Post Views: 16 BPPA press photographer of the year 2022 – in pictures People escaping the sweltering summer heatwave at Bournemouth beach on 17 June. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters We take a look at some of the images from the winning portfolios at the BPPA press photographer of the year awards. The …
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Post Views: 15 The 50 best albums of 2022: No 4 – Charli XCX: Crash ‘Characteristically self-scouring’ … Charli XCX. Photograph: Matthew Baker/Redferns For the final album on her major-label contract, the contrary pop auteur decided to dance with the devil to make a nakedly commercial record – though her self-awareness …
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Post Views: 15 The 50 best albums of 2022: No 3 – The Weeknd: Dawn FM ‘Time to conquer death itself’ … the Weeknd. Photograph: Paras Griffin/Getty Images Abel Tesfaye’s luridly spectacular album continued his trangressive and dazzlingly deranged themes with gorgeous, grand music voiced by his depressive alter ego …
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Post Views: 9 The 50 best albums of 2022: No 2 – Kendrick Lamar: Mr Morale & the Big Steppers ‘The first moment in a decade where Lamar’s halo slipped’ … Kendrick Lamar. Photograph: Scott Garfitt/AP It polarised some fans, but Lamar’s exploration of trauma and fallibility through often unflattering storytelling …
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Post Views: 5 The 50 best albums of 2022: No 1 – Beyoncé: Renaissance ‘Cheeky, purring self-celebration’ … Beyoncé. Photograph: Carlijn Jacobs At last, a post-pandemic party album we could all get behind, as the artist rode her glittery horse through house, disco and ballroom culture to reimagine Studio 54 in …
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Post Views: 17 Best movies of 2022 in the US: No 6 – The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg’s thorny family drama gave us unusual insight into how the world’s most famous director came to be Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans Photograph: Merie Weismiller Wallace/AP The first thing you realize watching …
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Post Views: 27 UK artists dominate Top 10 singles of 2022 for first time since records began A clean sweep led by Harry Styles was an ‘astonishing’ high note for the music industry – but the domination of older songs reflected the impact of streaming Top of the pops … …
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Post Views: 8 ‘Music that will be forever in my heart’: readers’ best albums of 2022 Clockwise from top left: Arctic Monkeys, Beyoncé, Ezra Collective and Lady Wray. Composite: Zackery Michael, Columbia Records, Aliyah Otchere and Sesse Lind From Ezra Collective’s joyous jazz to Little Simz’s old-school rap and King Gizzard’s …
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Post Views: 9 Antitrust target Ticketmaster spends big on lobbying amid woeful 2022 Ticketing debacles involving Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny have led to calls for parent company Live Nation’s stranglehold on live entertainment to be broken Ticketmaster managed to anger everyone from Taylor Swift to Joe Biden in 2022, …
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Post Views: 471 The 10 best jazz albums of 2022 Fusion … Makaya McCraven, Mary Halvorson and Charles Lloyd. Composite: EPA/ Michael Wilson/ Redferns Kokoroko sounded fresh on their debut record, we heard a classic bebop set from the late, great Joe Harriott, and Charles Lloyd completed his three-part trio masterpiece …
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