Beyoncé’s Albums Ranked, From ‘Dangerously in Love’ to ‘Renaissance’

The Beatles released their debut single in the UK, 1962’s “Love Me Do,” as the first of many classic songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, their offspring have come together to bring back their tune-making magic.“Primrose Hill,” the new single by James McCartney — Sir Paul’s only son, with his late wife Linda — was co-written by Sean Ono Lennon, John’s youngest son from his marriage to Yoko Ono.And the next generation does their papas proud on this wistful beauty of a ballad that recalls some of the nostalgic reverie of “Now and Then” — which was released to much fanfare in November as the last Beatles song (and their first new tune since 1996).Released on Friday, “Primrose Hill” — which is a public park north of Regent’s Park in London — is the first-ever collaboration between McCartney, 46, and Lennon, 48.And if any song could sound just like taking a bittersweet stroll in the park with nothing but your longing memories, then this one pretty much captures it.There’s instantly something familiar about it — both the dreamy moodiness and McCartney’s lilting delivery — but it never seems to fall into Beatles mimicry.Nor does it ever reach the reach the heights of Beatles transcendence — I mean, how could it?The lyrics almost border on lovesick cliche at one point: “Forever’s not long enough to be loving you/Forever and a day/I look into your eyes, it’s such a great surprise/You take my breath away.”But if you just lose yourself in the warm, woozy feeling, you’ll get over that.And the bluesy guitar that comes in at the end adds a nice bite to the bliss.“ ‘Primrose Hill’ is here!” McCartney wrote in a post on Instagram, alongside a photo of him and Lennon.

With a new BBC radio series now launched, Courtney Love is once again proving the power of the adage “go large or go home.”

Creator Victor Levin and star Andrea Riseborough discussed their Masterpiece on PBSminiseries Alice & Jack at Deadline Contenders TV on Saturday. Riseborough plays Alice and Domhnall Gleeson plays Jack in the six-episode show that follows their relationship over 16 years. Riseborough said she often is frustrated that most conventional love stories worry about making the characters likable and perfectly moral.

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are going the distance! Literally!

Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson has spoken to NME about the reissue of their 2005 album ‘Bleed Like Me’, the worsening conditions of the music industry, and the band’s plans for new material.This week sees the alt-rock veterans drop their fourth album on vinyl for the first time, along with a raft of b-sides, remixes and rarities hitting streaming for the first time. While containing the singles and fan favourites ‘Sex Is Not The Enemy’, ‘Why Do You Love Me’ and ‘Run Baby Run’, the album arrived to mixed reviews and didn’t perform as well as its hugely commercially successful predecessors.“To be a frank, I never had a particularly good relationship with that record until relatively recently,” Manson told NME.

If you're looking for weekend outfit ideas, Love Island All Stars winner Molly Smith has just launched a collection with Boohoo - and it's undeniably gorgeous.The 29-year-old has already been rocking pieces from her new online fashion edit, which went live at boohoo.com last week, including a striking figure-hugging piece that's going straight in our baskets. Molly wore the Bandeau Trim Cut Out Mini Dress, £25 here, at the launch party for her new Boohoo range, sending fashion fans wild.The reality TV star and personal trainer recently shared a series of snaps of herself wearing the bodycon number to Instagram. In the caption, she wrote: "Such an amazing night with the best people." One of the pictures shows Molly posing next to her footballer boyfriend, Tom Clarke, who she had a whirlwind romance with in Love Island's South Africa villa in February.

Peggy Gou has announced details of a debut album titled ‘I Hear You’, and dropped the latest single ‘1+1=11’. Check it out below.Announced today (April 4), the upcoming LP will mark the first full-length album to be shared by the Korean-born artist, producer and DJ, following on from a string of hit singles including ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’ and the Lenny Kravitz collaboration ‘I Believe In Love Again’.Titled ‘I Hear You’, the 10-track release will be shared on June 7 via XL Recordings – and you can pre-order it here.“‘I Hear You’ is more than just my debut album,” Gou said of the upcoming project.

Rapper Jay-Z and singer Beyoncé are one of the biggest celebrity power couples in the world, and on Thursday, 4 April, they will celebrate their 16th wedding anniversary. The couple met in the year 2000, when Beyoncé, now 42, was just 18 years old.Their meeting came when they sat next to each other on a plane while both attending the 2000 MTV Spring Break festival. It seems that Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, who is 12 years Beyoncé's senior, always knew she was 'the one' as he rapped about it in his 2018 song Everything Is Love.

Love Island fans are convinced two of the show’s cast members are secretly dating after noticing them looking cosy in a cheeky clip. Casey O’Gorman, 27, who starred in the most recent All Stars, featured in a TikTok video with fellow Love Island star Lucinda Strafford, 24. In the clip, the pair could be seen having a laugh together, as Lucinda playfully mocked his catchphrase 'wassup TikTok.' The pair appeared to enjoy spending time together, leading to speculation from fans that they are secretly dating.

Bleachers have released their cover of ‘Almost Like Being in Love’, the final track from the all-star soundtrack to the new TV series The New Look. Listen below.The 10-song soundtrack album has been curated and produced by Bleachers’ own Jack Antonoff, a compilation of covers of early to mid-20th-century songs by contemporary artists.‘Almost Like Being in Love’ was written by legendary songwriting team Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe for the musical Brigadoon, and has been recorded by Nat ‘King’ Cole, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.Listen to Bleachers’ version below:Per an official synopsis, the new Apple TV+ series ‘The New Look’ delves into “the shocking story of how fashion icon Christian Dior and his contemporaries, including Coco Chanel, Pierre Balmain and Cristóbal Balenciaga, navigated the horrors of World War II and launched modern fashion”.It stars Emmy Award-winner Ben Mendelsohn as Christian Dior, and Academy Award-winner Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel.

Love Island star Francesca Allen appeared to confirm her fiancé Ed Crossan's tattoo of her name is real after fans were convinced it was an April Fools' joke.The 28-year-old shared a clip of Ed getting a cupid tattoo on his leg alongside her name. She wrote: "What would you do!? Possibly one of the craziest surprises I’ve ever had in my life what a huge gesture of love mi amore. still can’t believe this went down." But after she posted the video on Monday 1 April, many followers assumed it was an April Fool's prank.

Beyoncé has revealed the track listing for her upcoming new album ‘Act II: Cowboy Carter’, just two days ahead of its release.‘Cowboy Carter’ is set to be released on Friday (March 29), the pop icon’s eighth studio album, and the second instalment of a believed trilogy project that began with 2022’s ‘Renaissance’.Tracks included on the album are previous singles ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ and ‘16 Carriages’, as well as ‘Jolene’, which Dolly Parton had previously confirmed Beyoncé had recorded a cover of.See all the titles revealed by Beyoncé in an Instagram post below:A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce)Also listed are songs named ‘Dolly P’ and ‘Smoke Hour Willie Nelson’, apparent tributes to greats of the country genre, as well as ‘The Linda Martell Show’, a reference to one of the first successful Black country artists.Last week, Queen Bey revealed the artwork for the album, after having disclosed its name a month earlier.The artwork sees the singer in a white cowboy hat with long platinum blonde locks while wearing a red, white and blue leather outfit holding an American flag and wearing a “Country Carter” sash while sitting upon a white horse.The singer also addressed some of the backlash she has received for foraying into the country music sphere. Writing on Instagram, she said: “This album has been over five years in the making.

Kobbie Mainoo, the rising Manchester United star, has a very famous brother who made his name on Love Island. Kobbie's own quick rise to fame continued this week when he got his first call-up to play for England.

Wellington Love has started the w/Love production company, and already has an inaugural slate of projects lined up.

Nine months after his split with Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, Love Island star Davide Sanclimenti has sparked rumours he’s seeing someone new. Ekin-Su, who just appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, and Davide split earlier this year. However, there could be romance on the horizon for Davide as he and reality star Niccci Hernestig have been rumbled by fans as they shared pictures from the same venue on their social media.

Dr Alex George has had an incredible journey since we first saw him slapping on the Factor 50 on Love Island in 2018. Since then, the softly-spoken Welshman, 33, has become one of the country’s best-loved ambassadors for mental health, during the pandemic appearing on TV - while working as an A&E doctor - almost daily, to help update the nation. Here, Alex, who has been the UK's Youth Mental Health Ambassador since 2021, opens up on how his experiences in life have changed him, including the tragic death of his younger brother, Llyr in 2020.

Beyoncé‘s hit ’16 Carriages’ has revealed that her forthcoming country album ‘Cowboy Carter’ was made before ‘Renaissance’, despite the latter being released first.Atia ‘Ink’ Boggs said in a new interview that ’16 Carriages’ was the first song she had worked on with Beyoncé, but it saw the light of day much later than the three songs she worked on from ‘Renaissance’.“So a lot of people don’t know, we actually had this first,” she explained on the Acknowledge YouTube series. “So imagine having this timeless, classic music first and having to wait, and then she came up with ‘Act I’.”Boggs said that she first started working with Beyoncé in 2020 and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic influenced the direction of the music they worked on and how it was eventually released.“So we came out of being isolated, back into the world from no parties to finally expressing ourselves,” she continued. On the subject of her pivot to country, Boggs said: “And it’s like, baby, we don’t do just one thing we do everything and we do it well.

Paige Turley rose to fame following her stint on Love Island four years ago. Since then she has been fairly quiet, however is set to come back with a bang in her new debut on the small screen.

Ekin-Su Culculoglu reportedly won't be attending the Celebrity Big Brother final on Friday after being withdrawn from the appearance. The ex Love Island star was voted out of the show last Friday but after being caught up in a bullying row on CBB spin-off Late & Live, Ekin-Su has been pulled out of the final by her management, according to The Daily Mail.

X (formerly Twitter). “You gone let this woman and these bees do this to me??” The social media strife between the two singers came after the “Next Life” singer shared a photo of the alternate cover for the “Single Ladies” songstress‘ upcoming album “Act II: Cowboy Carter” on her Instagram Story with the simple yet shady caption: “hmmm.” In the photo, the Grammy winner, 42, poses completely nude covered with a red, white and blue banner with “act ii Beyincé” on it — a tribute to her cousin Angie.While it is unclear what exactly set Badu off — some suspected that it’s because Beyoncé beaded her hair in the same fashion as the “Window Seat” singer — fans are defending Queen Bey. “You deserve the lashings you getting right now Auntie.