Katy Perry was handed one of France’s top music prizes last night (January 18th) - only to later discover she had been given the award by mistake. The singer personally collected the prize for Best International Song at the NRJ Awards – but the honour was meant for Rihanna’s single, ‘Disturbia’. Read more >>

Kylie Minogue is to host this year's BRIT Awards alongside Gavin and Stacey actors James Corden and Mathew Horne. Performances at the event in London on February 18th will come from Kings of Leon, Girls Aloud and Duffy. Read more >>

New Yorker Lady GaGa has scored her second week on top of the UK single charts with 'Just Dance'. The singer, who played her debut UK show in London on Saturday (January 17th), also saw future single, 'Poker Face', enter at number thirty. Read more >>

Amy Winehouse has established a record label to launch her 13 year-old goddaughter, Dionne Bromfield's singing career, according to reports. Winehouse is understood to have invested nearly £1million into the label, Lioness, as well as a further £15,000 on singing lessons for Bromfield. Read more >>

Britney Spears has been forced to re-record her new single over a set of controversial lyrics, according to reports. US radio programmers had raised concerns over the meaning behind the song 'If You Seek Amy', which when sung by Spears sounds like “F U C K me”. Read more >>

Former Hollywood actor Joaquin Phoenix sensationally fell from the stage during his debut rap gig in Las Vegas on Friday (January 16th). Phoenix, who stated his intention to launch a music career last October, performed to a sold-out club crowd at LAVO. Read more >>

US rapper Snoop Dogg has called on footballer David Beckham and former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney to help overturn his UK visa ban. The rapper has faced continued visa problems following an altercation between his entourage and police at Heathrow Airport in 2006. Read more >>

A nude photograph of Madonna will go under the hammer at Christie's auction house in London next month. The picture, taken in 1979 by American photographer Lee Friedlander, is expected to raise $15,000. Read more >>

Placebo will release they new studio album in June, frontman Brian Molko has said. The album, which is the follow-up to 2006's 'Meds', has been produced by David Bottrill, and is the band's first with the PIAS entertainment group. Read more >>

Lily Allen has sought to bury her feud with Lily Allen, insisting that “there's actually nothing going on” between the pair. The two singers fell out last year when Perry claimed she was “a fatter version of Amy Winehouse and a skinnier version of Lily Allen”. Read more >>

Jennifer Hudson will perform at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 8th, just four months after the murder of three members of her family. The singer, who is also due to appear at the Super Bowl, is nominated for four awards at the ceremony. Read more >>

Radiohead's new album is still in its “embryonic” stage, one of the band's manager has said. Brian Message said he had “no idea” how the band would release the album. Read more >>