What a year of music 2018 has been: Arctic Monkeys went sci-fi, psych inspired a whole new generation, jazz was more exciting than ever and across the board artists were releasing albums so good ...

The star is due to release an album of collaborations later this year Ed Sheeran was the most-played artist in the UK last year, while Feel It Still by Portugal The Man was 2018's most-played song.

Ninety-one men or all-male groups were credited on the Official Chart Company's top 100 most popular songs of 2018 - compared with 30 female acts. And despite the success of singers like Dua Lipa ...