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Wiley (musician)

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Richard Kylea Cowie Jr, (born 19 January 1979), better known by his stage name Wiley and in his early career Wiley Kat, is an English rapper, recording artist, record producer from Bow, East London. [1]

104 relations: Ah Yeah!, Alexis Petridis, All Media Network, Asylum Records, BBC Online, BBC Radio 1Xtra, Big Dada, Bow, London, Boy Better Know, Boy in da Corner, Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Cash in My Pocket, Chatham, Kent, Chill Out Zone (EP), Chip (rapper), Cleo. (English musician), Crack cocaine, Da 2nd Phaze, Dancehall, David Hume, Dizzee Rascal, DJ Slimzee, DJ Whoo Kid, Drum and bass, Dyo (singer), East End of London, East London, Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sandé, Eskimo (grime beat), Evolve or Be Extinct, Ghetts, Giggs (rapper), Godfather (album), Grime (music genre), Grime Wave, Hammersmith, Heatwave (Wiley song), Heroin, Hip hop music, House music, If I Could (Wiley song), Inner city, Instagram, Island Records, ITunes, Jammer (MC), Jme (MC), Jockey Slut, ..., Juelz Santana, Kano (rapper), Kantianism, Katana, Launchpad Records, Maniac (producer), MOBO Awards, Nas, Never Be Your Woman, Novelist (MC), On a Level, Order of the British Empire, Patois, Pirate radio, Pitchfork (website), Playtime Is Over (Wiley album), Race Against Time (album), Reggae, Rinse FM, Rita Ora, Roll Deep, Sadie Ama, Seduction (Wiley song), See Clear Now, Selling out, Shola Ama, Skepta, Slang, Snakes & Ladders (Wiley album), Sub-bass, The Ascent (Wiley album), The Guardian, The Independent, The New Yorker, The Sugarhill Gang, The Times, ThunderCats, ThunderCats (comics), Tinchy Stryder, Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Treddin' on Thin Ice, Tulisa, Twitter, UK Albums Chart, UK garage, UK Singles Chart, University of Southampton Students' Union, Virgin Records, Warner Music Group, Wearing My Rolex, Will Oldham, XL Recordings, 100% Publishing, 2018 New Year Honours. Expand index (54 more) »

Ah Yeah!

"Ah Yeah!" is a 2012 song by Australian producer and DJ Will Sparks.

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Alexis Petridis

Alexis Petridis (born 13 September 1971 in Sunderland) is a British journalist, head rock and pop critic for the UK newspaper The Guardian, as well as a regular contributor to the magazine GQ.

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All Media Network

All Media Network (formerly All Media Guide (AMG) and AllRovi) is an American company that owns and maintains AllMusic, AllMovie, AllGame (until its closure in 2014), SideReel and Celebified.

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Asylum Records

Asylum Records is an American major record label, founded in 1971 by David Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts.

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BBC Online

BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.

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BBC Radio 1Xtra

BBC Radio 1Xtra (also known simply as 1Xtra) is a digital radio station in the United Kingdom from the BBC specialising in urban music.

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Big Dada

Big Dada is a British independent record label imprint distributed by Ninja Tune.

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Bow, London

Bow is a neighbourhood and parish in Greater London England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Boy Better Know

Boy Better Know are an English grime collective and record label.

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Boy in da Corner

Boy in da Corner is the debut studio album by English rapper and producer Dizzee Rascal.

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Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya)

"Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya)" is a single from British grime artist Wiley, featuring vocals from Skepta, Jme and Ms D. It was released as the second single from his eighth studio album, The Ascent, on 28 October 2012 for digital download in the United Kingdom.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian federal Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster for both radio and television.

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Cash in My Pocket

"Cash in My Pocket" is a 2008 single from British grime artist Wiley, which features guest vocals from Daniel Merriweather and was produced by Mark Ronson.

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Chatham, Kent

Chatham is one of the Medway towns located within the Medway unitary authority, in North Kent, in South East England.

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Chill Out Zone (EP)

Chill Out Zone is an extended-play by UK grime artist Wiley, released independently on 12 July 2011 for free digital download.

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Chip (rapper)

Jahmaal Fyffe (born 26 November 1990), better known by his stage name Chip or Chipmunk, is an English rapper and singer.

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Cleo. (English musician)

Cleopatra Humphrey formerly known by her stage name Mz.

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Crack cocaine

Crack cocaine, also known simply as crack, is a free base form of cocaine that can be smoked.

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Da 2nd Phaze

Da 2nd Phaze is the second album by English grime MC Wiley.

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Dancehall

Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s.

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David Hume

David Hume (born David Home; 7 May 1711 NS (26 April 1711 OS) – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism.

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Dizzee Rascal

Dylan Kwabena Mills (born 18 September 1984), better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is an English hip hop recording artist and record producer. A pioneer of grime music, his work has also incorporated elements of UK garage, bassline, British hip hop, and R&B. He released his acclaimed debut album Boy in da Corner in 2003. It has since been considered a grime classic and earned him the 2003 Mercury Prize. Follow-up albums Showtime, Maths + English, and Tongue n' Cheek have been critically praised and certified platinum, with Tongue n' Cheek going platinum for sales exceeding 300,000 units in the United Kingdom. He has scored the number-one hits "Dance wiv Me", "Bonkers", "Holiday", "Dirtee Disco", "Shout".

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DJ Slimzee

Dean Fullman, best known by his stage name DJ Slimzee, is an English DJ who currently hosts a show on Rinse FM, returning from his previous show on NTS.

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DJ Whoo Kid

Yves Mondesir (born October 12, 1975), better known by his stage name DJ Whoo Kid, is an American–Haitian Hip Hop DJ.

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Drum and bass

Drum and bass (also written as "drum 'n' bass" or "drum & bass"; commonly abbreviated as "D&B", "DnB" or "D'n'B"), is a genre and branch of electronic music which emerged from rave and jungle scenes in Britain during the early 1990s.

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Dyo (singer)

Dayo Olatunji (born 4 March 1992), better known by her stage name Dyo (formerly Ms D), is an Ivor Novello nominated, multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter from London, England.

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East End of London

The East End of London, usually called the East End, is the historic core of wider East London, east of the Roman and medieval walls of the City of London, and north of the River Thames.

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East London

East London is a popularly and informally defined part of London, capital of the United Kingdom, lying east of the ancient City and north of the River Thames.

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Ed Sheeran

Edward Christopher Sheeran, (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actor.

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Emeli Sandé

Adele Emily Sandé, (born 10 March 1987), known professionally as Emeli Sandé, is a British singer and songwriter.

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Eskimo (grime beat)

"Eskimo" is an instrumental grime beat by the East London producer and MC Wiley, first released on 12" vinyl in July 2002.

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Evolve or Be Extinct

Evolve or Be Extinct is the eighth studio album by English grime artist Wiley.

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Ghetts

Justin Clarke (born 9 October 1984), better known by his stage name Ghetts (formerly Ghetto) is an English Rapper, from Plaistow, Newham, East London with Caribbean roots from Jamaica and Grenada.

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Giggs (rapper)

Nathaniel Thomson (born 11 May 1983), better known by his stage name Giggs, is an English rapper from London.

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Godfather (album)

Godfather is the eleventh studio album by English grime MC Wiley.

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Grime (music genre)

Grime (also known as, Eskibeat, 8Bar, Sublow and UK Bashment) is a genre of music that emerged in London in the early 2000s.

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Grime Wave

Grime Wave is the fourth album by English grime artist Wiley.

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Hammersmith

Hammersmith is a district of west London, England, located west-southwest of Charing Cross.

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Heatwave (Wiley song)

"Heatwave" is a single from British grime artist Wiley, featuring vocals from Ms D - known for singing on the Chipmunk song "Oopsy Daisy".

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Heroin

Heroin, also known as diamorphine among other names, is an opioid most commonly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hopMerriam-Webster Dictionary entry on hip-hop, retrieved from: A subculture especially of inner-city black youths who are typically devotees of rap music; the stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rap; also rap together with this music.

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House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music created by club DJs and music producers in Chicago in the early 1980s.

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If I Could (Wiley song)

"If I Could" is a single from English rapper Wiley, featuring vocals from British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran.

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Inner city

The inner city or inner town is the central area of a major city or metropolis.

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Instagram

Instagram is a photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, Inc. It was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 exclusively on iOS.

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Island Records

Island Records is a British-Jamaican record label that operates as a division of Universal Music Group (UMG).

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ITunes

iTunes is a media player, media library, Internet radio broadcaster, and mobile device management application developed by Apple Inc. It was announced on January 9, 2001.

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Jammer (MC)

Jahmek Power (born 3 June 1982), better known by his stage name Jammer, is an English rapper and producer active in the grime scene.

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Jme (MC)

Jamie Adenuga (born 4 May 1985), better known by his stage name Jme, is an English grime MC.

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Jockey Slut

Jockey Slut was a British music magazine which ran between 1993 and 2004, focusing mainly on dance music and club culture.

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Juelz Santana

LaRon Louis James (born February 18, 1982), better known by his stage name Juelz Santana, is an American rapper and actor.

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Kano (rapper)

Kane Robinson (born 21 May 1985), better known as Kano, is an English rapper and actor from East Ham, London.

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Kantianism

Kantianism is the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher born in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia).

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Katana

Historically, were one of the traditionally made that were used by the samurai of ancient and feudal Japan.

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Launchpad Records

Launchpad Records are a record label which specialise in Grime music.

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Maniac (producer)

Maniac (born Brandon Jolie in Bow, East London) is an English grime producer.

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MOBO Awards

The MOBO Awards stands for "Music of Black Origin" and was established in 1996 by Kanya King and Andy Ruffell.

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Nas

Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones (born September 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Nas, is an American rapper, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.

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Never Be Your Woman

"Never Be Your Woman" is a song recorded by British record producer Naughty Boy, featuring lead vocals from British rapper Wiley and British singer and songwriter Emeli Sandé.

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Novelist (MC)

Kojo Kankam (born 20 January 1997), better known by his stage name Novelist, is an English grime MC and producer from Lewisham in South London.

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On a Level

"On A Level" is a single from English grime artist Wiley, produced by longtime collaborator Skepta.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Patois

Patois (pl. same or) is speech or language that is considered nonstandard, although the term is not formally defined in linguistics.

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Pirate radio

Pirate radio or a pirate radio station is a radio station that broadcasts without a valid license.

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Pitchfork (website)

Pitchfork is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber, based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by Condé Nast.

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Playtime Is Over (Wiley album)

Playtime Is Over is the third studio album by English grime artist Wiley.

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Race Against Time (album)

Race Against Time is the sixth studio album released by English grime artist Wiley on Eskibeat Recordings on 8 June 2009.

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Reggae

Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.

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Rinse FM

Rinse FM is a London-based community radio station, licensed for "young people living and/or working within the central, east and south London areas.". The station plays grime, dubstep, house, jungle and funky and other UK-centric dance music.

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Rita Ora

Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born Rita Sahatçiu; 26 November 1990) is a British singer and actress.

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Roll Deep

Roll Deep (formerly Roll Deep Entourage) are an English grime crew.

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Sadie Ama

Sadie Ama (born Mersadie Louise Hall, 19 August 1987) is an English R&B singer.

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Seduction (Wiley song)

"Seduction" is a single by UK grime artist Wiley, featuring vocals from British-singer songwriter Alexa Goddard.

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See Clear Now

See Clear Now is the fifth studio album by English grime artist Wiley.

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Selling out

"Selling out" is a common idiomatic pejorative expression for the compromising of a person's integrity, morality, authenticity, or principles in exchange for personal gain, such as money.

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Shola Ama

Shola Ama (born 8 March 1979) is an English R&B singer from London, who scored her biggest hit in 1997 with a cover of Turley Richards' "You Might Need Somebody".

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Skepta

Joseph Junior Adenuga (born 19 September 1982), better known by his stage name Skepta, is an English grime artist, rapper, songwriter, record producer and music video director.

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Slang

Slang is language (words, phrases, and usages) of an informal register that members of special groups like teenagers, musicians, or criminals favor (over a standard language) in order to establish group identity, exclude outsiders, or both.

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Snakes & Ladders (Wiley album)

Snakes & Ladders is the tenth studio album by British rapper Wiley.

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Sub-bass

Sub-bass sounds are the deep, low- register pitched pitches approximately below 60 Hz and extending downward to include the lowest frequency humans can hear, assumed at about 20 Hz.

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The Ascent (Wiley album)

The Ascent is the ninth studio album by English grime artist Wiley.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The Sugarhill Gang

The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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ThunderCats

ThunderCats is an American franchise featuring a fictional group of catlike humanoid aliens.

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ThunderCats (comics)

The ThunderCats comic book series was based on the original television series of the same name.

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Tinchy Stryder

Kwasi Danquah, better known by his stage name Tinchy Stryder (born 14 September 1987) and also as The Star in the Hood, is a Ghanaian-British rapper, singer, entrepreneur and investor.

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Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Tottenham or Spurs, is an English football club in Tottenham, London, England, that competes in the Premier League.

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Treddin' on Thin Ice

Treddin' on Thin Ice is the debut album by UK Grime artist Wiley released on XL Recordings.

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Tulisa

Tula Paulinea "Tulisa" Contostavlos (born 13 July 1988) is a British singer-songwriter, actress, and television personality.

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Twitter

Twitter is an online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".

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UK Albums Chart

The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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UK garage

UK garage (also known as UKG) is a genre of electronic music originating from England in the early 1990s.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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University of Southampton Students' Union

The University of Southampton Students' Union, branded as SUSU is the students' union at the University of Southampton in southern England, United Kingdom.

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Virgin Records

Virgin Records Ltd. was a British record label founded by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman in 1972.

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Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group (WMG, also referred to as Warner Music or WEA International) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City.

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Wearing My Rolex

"Wearing My Rolex" is a 2008 single from British grime artist Wiley, who is a founding member of the Roll Deep crew.

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Will Oldham

Will Oldham (born December 24, 1970), better known by the stage name Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, is an American singer-songwriter and actor.

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XL Recordings

XL Recordings is a British independent record label founded in 1989 by Richard Russell, Tim Palmer and Nick Halkes.

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100% Publishing

100% Publishing is the seventh studio album by English grime artist Wiley.

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2018 New Year Honours

The 2018 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries.

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References

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