None of the top 100 songs of 2018 were collaborations just between female-only acts. But there's no change there - that was the same in 2008. There's always been a gender imbalance in pop music ...

His emotional, relatable songs are a diary of ... who've taken fifth place in the Sound of 2018 Manchester goth-pop band Pale Waves were formed at university by best friends and musical soulmates ...