Meghan Trainor

You might have noticed recently that Meghan Trainor has lost a significant amount of weight, and there's a very good reason for that. Since she was forced to undergo vocal cord surgery, she has been making some serious lifestyle changes and is all about looking after herself more - including quitting alcohol. 

Meghan Trainor outside Global Radio Studios

It's perhaps the most terrifying thing to happen to a professional singer, being diagnosed with a hemorrhaged vocal cord and having to have an operation that could either save or end your career. It was certainly a big deal for the 24-year-old 'All About That Bass' hitmaker, who decided that something needed to be done.

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It has been quite a year of challenges for Meghan Trainor who, apart from trading her famous curves for a svelte physique, has joined the likes of Khaled and Diddy on the judging panel of a new singing show entitled 'The Four: Battle for Stardom'. 

Meghan Trainor at 'The Smurfs' premiere

The 22-year-old 'All About That Bass' singer has been rather quiet this past year, but that doesn't mean she hasn't been working hard. She's just been selected as a judge for Sean Combs' new talent contest 'The Four' after her boyfriend Daryl Sabara encouraged her to chase her dream.

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Confirming what we essentially already knew, Adele’s global domination is total, with the news that her latest album 25 outsold the rest of the top five bestsellers around the world put together in 2015.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a global body representing the music industry, reports that her long-awaited third album sold 17.4 million units in 2015, despite only coming out in late November. As a result, the organisation concludes that Adele has helped to reverse “two decades of almost uninterrupted decline” in the music business.

Adele performing live in Birmingham in April 2016

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The six acts in Cheryl Fernandez-Versini’s ‘Groups’ category on the ‘X—Factor’ have all undergone name changes during the judges’ houses round. The name changes are said to be due to ‘copyright’ issues, but it’s common practice in the groups’ category to give acts a rebranding before the live shows.

Cheryl Fernandez-Versini’s Groups have all undergone name changes.

While a spokesperson for the show confirmed to the Express that the acts had undergone name changes, they did not comment further. The changes are said to have taken place to avoid any potential ‘copyright issues’.

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ITV has announced some pretty major names from the pop world as guests for the judges’ houses stage of ‘The X Factor’ over the next few weeks, the biggest of which is former alumnus of the show Louis Tomlinson who’ll be assisting Simon Cowell.

23 year old Tomlinson, who finished in third place on ‘The X Factor’ with One Direction back in 2010, will be helping Cowell choose which singers from the “overs” category will be going through to the live shows later in the series. Tomlinson will be replacing Cowell’s regular aide Sinitta in the chair, and ends speculation linking former judge Louis Walsh with the role.

The newcomers to the judging panel, Nick Grimshaw and Rita Ora, will be joined by ‘Uptown Funk!’ hitmaker Mark Ronson and American pop star Meghan Trainor respectively.

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Meghan Trainor has cancelled the remainder of her current ‘MTrain’ tour of North America following a second vocal cord haemorrhage in quick succession. Her first nationwide tour had been expected to go through to the end of September.

The 21 year old singer had previously been forced to cancel the opening three dates of the tour last month suffering from the same problem. She bounced back in just over a week to resume the tour as planned, but now it seems as if she’s been diagnosed with a recurrence.

Meghan Trainor has cancelled the rest of her 'MTrain' tour following a recurrence of a vocal cord haemorrhage

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There’s great news for Meghan Trainor fans as the singer has announced that her doctors have given her the all-clear to resume her U.S. tour straightaway.

Last week, the ‘All About That Bass’ star broke the news to disappointed fans that she had been diagnosed with a vocal cord haemorrhage and had ordered to completely rest her voice – no singing or even talking – and was therefore forced to cancel the first two of the scheduled dates for her ‘MTrain’ tour, in Atlantic City and Connecticut.

Meghan Trainor has recovered from vocal cord surgery quickly, and will resume touring this week

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American pop sensation Meghan Trainor has cancelled the first two dates of her upcoming MTrain Tour after being diagnosed with a vocal cord haemorrhage.

The crestfallen singer broke the bad news to her fans on her Instagram page late on Thursday (July 2nd). Unable to speak because of her condition – her doctors have ordered to her to take complete vocal rest - the video shows her typing out the message on her phone.

Meghan Trainor has cancelled two upcoming gigs on her MTrain tour

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Throughout his lengthy and prestigious career, singer-songwriter James Taylor has achieved many great things, but a US Number One album has always eluded him: until today! Taylor’s 47 year wait for a Billboard chart topping LP came to an end this week as it was announced that his new effort Before This World had outsold all rivals.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Taylor’s 17th studio album sold 97,000 copies in its first week of release to debut atop the Billboard 200, with 96,000 of those coming through actual album sales (as opposed to streaming or track equivalents). His very first album, a self-titled effort, was released in December 1968 but only achieved a chart peak of Number 62 in the US.

James Taylor scored his first ever US No.1 album

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Florence Welch may be recovering from a broken foot, but she’s got even more good news to make her feel better, as the third Florence + The Machine album has entered the American charts at Number One, her first record to reach the summit in the States.

How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful sold 137,000 copies in its first week on sale to debut at the top spot in the Billboard 200 albums chart, according to Nielsen SoundScan. As a result, Florence is one of the few artists who have managed to top the American and British albums charts at the same time – the ninth act to do so in the 2010s and the first since Ed Sheeran’s X last year.

Florence Welch is celebrating being Number 1 in the US and the UK at the same time

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