Curated playlist

BT Digital Music Awards winners

ColdplayColdplay's first release was 500 copies of a self-financed EP. The band later grossed a billion dollars on one tour.
Lady GagaLady Gaga's name may have come from a phone typo. Producer Rob Fusari said autocorrect turned "Radio Ga Ga" into "Lady".
Bruno MarsBruno Mars was five years old when he wet himself on a Honolulu stage in the middle of Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love." His parents wondered whether they were making a mistake by putting him in front of crowds. He never…
AdeleA friend posted Adele's three-song class demo on Myspace, and a record label phoned.
GorillazGorillaz performed at the Grammy Awards, though no band member ever existed. The four are cartoon characters.
Peter GabrielOn the 19th of June 1971, Peter Gabriel took a running jump off a stage and expected the audience to catch him. They moved aside instead. He landed on the floor and broke his ankle, then performed the next several Genesis shows with a…
Thom YorkeThom Yorke was born on the 7th of October 1968 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, with a paralysed left eye. By the age of six he had undergone five operations on it. The last, in his own word, was "botched", and it left him with a…
Robbie WilliamsRobbie Williams walked onto a stage at Knebworth on the 1st of August 2003 and faced a crowd of 125,000 people. He then did it again on the 2nd and the 3rd. Three consecutive nights, with that many people each time, made it the biggest…
Cheryl (singer)Cheryl Ann Tweedy, the English singer and television personality known simply as Cheryl, once described her own voice with a shrug. She spoke about her ability and said, "I am very aware of my ability, I know I'm no Mariah Carey but I…
Kylie MinogueKylie Minogue's hit "I Should Be So Lucky" was written in under 40 minutes.
Lily AllenIn the months before her debut album, almost nobody outside her record label's A&R department knew who Lily Allen was. Even so, 500 limited edition 7-inch vinyl copies of her song "LDN" were rush-released, and they resold for as much as…