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| Robin Thicke holds onto UK singles number one spot Posted: 10 Jun 2013 08:05 AM PDT
The song, which features hip hop artists T.I. and Pharrell Williams, sold nearly 200,000 copies during its second week on sale, keeping British rapper Naughty Boy's dance track "La La La", featuring London singer Sam Smith, at number two. The Official Charts Company said Thicke's success was part of a trend that had seen sales of number one singles go "through the roof" in the last two months selling an average of 150,000 copies a week, compared to 106,000 last year. In the albums chart, British electronica duo Disclosure snatched the number one spot with their debut album Settle, beating off stiff competition from the Queens of the Stone Age. "We're absolutely delighted with the result. Proudest moment of our lives. We want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has bought the record," Disclosure's Guy and Howard Lawrence told the Official Charts Company. Disclosure's success meant French electronic music duo Daft Punk were knocked off the top spot with "Random Access Memories" and pushed into third place. Veteran Rod Stewart was duly pushed into number four with "Time". — Reuters |
| Artist uses toilet humour to protest Cyprus bailout Posted: 10 Jun 2013 07:39 AM PDT
Arranged in two rows on a pavement outside the building, the white "toilets" made of concrete and plaster caused traffic to slow down along a busy Nicosia avenue, with many drivers honking their horns in approval. From the rear, the "toilets" looked like headstones. "I felt the need to protest the situation my country is in ... and I think the choice of toilets has a pretty clear symbolism to everyone," artist Andreas Efstathiou told Reuters. Cyprus was forced to close a major bank and seize savings at a second in March to salvage the island's banking sector and secure 10 billion euros (RM41.3 billion) in aid from international lenders. Thousands of people lost their life savings. Efstathiou, who has been working on the design for two months, said that although Cyprus's recent financial woes were partly down to mistakes made by commercial banks, he chose the independent central bank for its symbolic value. Central bank spokeswoman Aliki Stylianou said artists were free to express themselves, but declined to comment on the specific choice made by Efstathiou. — Reuters |
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