New Music Friday Features
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11 times we were at the Mercy of Shawn Mendes
Shawn Mendes has us at his mercy in so very many ways...
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5 Movie themes *almost* as good as 5SOS' Ghostbusters epic
5SOS are back with the theme to Ghostbusters, here's some other great movie themes
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6 Times You Sung Along to Tove Lo
The Swedish singer-songwriter is building quite a music CV
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Bring Me The Horizon can't wait to play 'Avalanche' at Radio 1's Big Weekend
Bring Me The Horizon talk to Clara Amfo about their new single
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Cheers! David Guetta and Zara Larsson bring us the song of Euro 2016
David Guetta and Zara Larsson have collaborated with literally one million football fans
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Diamonds In The Sky: Rihanna's Sci-Fi
Rihanna's back with the theme to Star Trek: Beyond
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Each other's 'Company': Bieber's best collaborations
Justin's on Major Lazer's new single, 'Cold Water' - here are his previous best collabs
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Five Records Everyone Should Own
In honour of Record Store Day, we've picked five records literally everyone should own.
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Five Songs We Need Tropical House Versions Of Yesterday Already
Come on everyone get some mellow beats round this lot. Stick a pan flute on it, yeah?
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Get the party started, P!nk has returned
P!nk is back with her 35th single, Just Like Fire - we look back over her 16 year career
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HE'S BACK: 8 things we learnt from the return of Ed Sheeran
Thank everything, after a year off there's hope for 2017
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Infectious Panda - Desiigner's viral hit, from Rochdale to the White House
18-year-old US rapper Desiigner has scored a viral megahit with 'Panda' - here's how
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Izzy Bizu roars into New Music Friday with 'White Tiger'
Izzy Bizu was too shy to be a popstar - now she's gone from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Introducing to Radio 1
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Justin Timberlake: Summer has arrived as Can’t Stop The Feeling caps two decades of hits
JT is back! Two years after his last UK single and twenty years after he
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Low key Loki: Is the new John Newman single really Calvin on Hiddleswift?
Penned by the jilted dance maestro, Ole has some... interesting lyrics.
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New Music Farmday: all aboard the Zoo Musical Express
We run down the best animals charging into your must-hear lists
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New Music Friday on Radio 1
Discover your new favourite music
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New Music Friday: Tom Odell chats with Clara Amfo and Annie Mac about his new single
Tom Odell visited Annie Mac and Clara Amfo to chat about his new single, 'Magnetised'
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No Promo, No Problem! Why are stealth releases so successful?
Beyonce, Drake & Radiohead have all dropped new music with no warning this year, but why?
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Quiz: Are you in a Summer Dance Video?
Find out if you are trapped in an endless, sunlit bacchanal of smooth, banging beats
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Quizzee Rascal - test your Dizzee lyrics knowledge
Dizzee Rascal's on Breakfast premiering his new song 'Hype' and doing the Nixtape
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Radio 1 brings you the songs you have to hear this week
Everything in New Music Friday this week
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Right Here: can M.O match the best summer girl group tunes?
M.O's 'Who Do You Think Of' on Radio 1's New Music Friday
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Stressed out by revision? Try these alternative teachers from the Radio 1 playlist
Tired of revision? Get a refresh with these popstars-turned-teachers.
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Take That and Sigma - does it make you 'Cry' with excitement or horror?
Grimmy interviewed Take That and Sigma for the Radio 1 Breakfast Show
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The most popular words in the Radio 1 Playlist
These words were used the most often in the Radio 1 Playlist of 20 April 2015
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Who are Twenty One Pilots?
21 Pilots, New Music Friday
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You make me wanna... Usher in 5 Songs
We burn through the hits and get you caught up to the climax of his career