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Calvin Harris is declared the most successful songwriter in the UK singles chart in 2011, according to research published by trade magazine Music Week. Harris wrote Rihanna's number one track We Found Love as well as scoring hits of his own with Bounce and Feel So Close.
Having undergone throat surgery just three months earlier, Keith Urban gives his first post-operation live performance on the Grand Ole Opry at Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Madonna releases Give Me All Your Luvin' as the first single from her forthcoming twelfth studio album, MDNA.
A post mortem examination carried out in California, USA, on recently deceased Soul Train tv show host Don Cornelius concludes that his death was a suicide. The report states that he shot himself in the head.
On their
The Maccabees release
Feel To Follow, as the second single from their album Given To The Wild on Fierce
Panda records in the UK.
Robert Dewey Hoskins, who was convicted of stalking Madonna in the 90s, escapes from a mental health facility in Norwalk, California, USA. Police later describe him as highly psychotic and violent when not taking his medication.
Via a message on their Facebook page, Black Sabbath state that they will continue with their upcoming re-union tour whether or not original drummer Bill Ward performs with them. The previous day, in an open letter on his website, Ward threatened to pull out of the band's re-union tour unless he was offered 'a contract that reflects some dignity and respect toward me as an original member of the band'.
In court in Los Angeles, California, USA, jailed record producer Phil Spector settles a wrongful death suit brought against him by the mother of Lana Clarkson - the woman Spector was convicted of killing.