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Tuesday, 6 December

Adele's 21 has overtaken Amy Winehouse's Back To Black to become the biggest selling album of the 21st century so far. The record has now sold 3.4 million copies since its release in January.
BBC.co.uk/newsbeat

Madonna is set to perform at the Superbowl on 5 February. The Material Girl singer will be colaborating with Cirque du Soleil dancers for the half-time show which in previous years has boasted appearances from The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bruce Springsteen and Janet Jackson's nipple.
Rollingstone.com

Bon Iver has been attacked by The Avalanches on Twitter for his comments about the Grammy Awards. The Australia act criticsed the singer for calling the awards "not important" in a recent interview and suggested his appearance in a whiskey advert was irresponsible and selling out. "A musicians 'art is compromised' if he/she desires a grammy," tweeted The Avalanches, "but endor$ing a product with proven devastating health risks is ok? a product which kills 100k p/a in the US alone..man kids look up to you." The exchange ended with both sides saying they were just up for a chat.
Stereogum.com

Animal Collective have begun work on a new album. "We're really excited about this record," explained the band's Avey Rare. "It's been really fun jamming with those guys again." The group are due to enter the studio in January.
Madison.com

Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood is working for director Paul Thomas Anderson again. After scoring There Will Be Blood, the guitarist will do the same for a new film, believed to be called The Master.
Onethirtybpm.com

Johnny Marr has been banned from driving for 56 days after being caught doing 72mph in a 40mph zone. The former Smiths guitarist escaped a six month ban after pleading with magistrates.
Mirror.co.uk

Biffy Clyro have become patrons of a charity set up in honour of a fan who died suddenly of a rare blood disease. The band will be auctioning off signed items all week in aid of the charity.
Thelaurencurrietwilightfoundation.org

Howard Tate has died aged 72. The soul singer, who had six Top 40 hits in the US, passed away after complications from multiple myeloma and leukemia.
Rollingstone.com

What music books should be on your Christmas list? Here's a list of the best, according to Q writers.
Qthemusic.com

Nirvana's record label are set to re-release Smells Like Teen Spirit on limited seven-inch in an effort to boost the campaign to make it Christmas Number 1. The song is currently the bookies' favourite to score the festive top spot - but they face some stiff competition not only from X-Factor, but campaigns backing The Stone Roses, My Chemical Romance and more...
NME.com

Just a little reminder if you're going Christmas shopping this weekend? There's an Independent Label Market taking place at London's Spitalfields this Saturday featuring stalls by the likes of Big Dada, Ninja Tune, Domnio and Sonic Cathedral.
Thequietus.com

It's nearing the end of the year which can only mean one thing - it's Albums Of The Year time. We revealed our top 50 of 2011 last week but who topped Stereogum and Thequietus.com's lists. Find out now.

Billy Bragg will join The Clash's Mick Jones in Liverpool this week (9 December) in support of the Justice For Hillsborough campaign. "I'm totally honoured to be part of something so meaningful and I hope that we can do some good," explained Jones. Glasvegas singer James Allan will make a cameo at the Glasgow (10) gig while Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie is set to appear in London (8).
Contrast.org/hillsborough

Willy Moon is one of our Faces Of 2012 - get a sneak peek at his appearance in the new issue of Q (Q306) out in shops now. Plus watch out for more New To Q with Chris Catchpole all this week.
Qthemusic.com

Evanescence are set to play the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo on Sunday. The band will play to notable humanitarians alongside David Gray and, err, someone out of Glee.
Evanescence.com

Lily Allen has thanked fans for their support following the birth of her first child last month. The singer tweeted yesterday: "Thank you for all the flowers and lovely messages everybody. very touching indeed. nuff luv."
Twitter.com/mrslrcooper

Ukulele player Bill Tapia, who played for the likes of Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Elvis Presley has died aged 103.
bbc.co.uk/news

Today's Track Of The Day is Baxter Dury's Isabel, plus you can win free tickets for his Q Live with Grants Whisky gig at London's Concrete on 21 December.

That's it for today, more Hot List tomorrow at noon.

12:00 PM | 06/12/2011