Marina & the Diamonds
Summary
Marina Lambrini Diamandis (Greek: Μαρίνα-Λαμπρινή Διαμάντη, pronounced /diːəˈmndi/ dee-a-man-dee; born 10 October 1985), better known by her stage name Marina and the Diamonds (sometimes stylised as Marina & the diamonds), is a Welsh singer-songwriter of Greek descent. She rose to fame after reaching number two on the BBC Sound of 2010 poll list, coming second to Ellie Goulding. After releasing one private extended play, Diamandis released her second extended play, The Crown Jewels EP, with help from Neon Gold Records, in 2009. Now signed to 679 Recordings, she released her debut full-length studio album, The Family Jewels, followed by her third extended play, The American Jewels EP, in 2010.Her name, "Marina and the Diamonds", consists of Diamandis' first name and the translation of her surname which means "Diamonds" in Greek.
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Movetech UK starts and finishes the show for Graham Norton – Video
Movetech UK has helped So Television create stunning effects for the Graham Norton Show by supplying turntables for two consecutive shows in the latest series. The first, a standard revolving stage for a performance of ‘Primadonna Girl’, the latest single by Marina and the Diamonds, was followed by a manually operated turntable to emulate the [.
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Streamed music chart has short long tail, more Rihanna than Rita
The first ever weekly top 100 chart of streamed plays, released by the UK’s Official Charts Company on Monday, is broadly similar to the chart of downloads purchases and, therefore, the overall singles chart.
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Streamed music has short long tail, more Rihanna than Rita
The first ever weekly top 100 chart of streamed plays, released by the UK’s Official Charts Company on Monday, is broadly similar to the chart of downloads purchases and, therefore, the overall singles chart.
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Jessie J is BBC's tip for 2011
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Radio 1 returns to Maida Vale
Each act is set to perform three live tracks from the studios between 7-10pm. For the last hour from 10pm, Radio 1 DJs Toddla T, Benji B and Jaymo and Andy George take over with special mixes. Previous years have featured performances from: Plan B, The Hoosiers, Kate Nash Glasvegas, Marina and The Diamonds, The XX, Chipmunk, Mumford and Sons, Florence and the machine, Friendly Fires and Chase and Status.
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Absolute Radio axes dabbl
Absolute Radio has pulled the plug on its interactive digital radio station dabbl less than a year after it launched.
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