"It shows the broad spread of British pop music, " said Alt-J's Gus Unger-Hamilton of the diverse shortlist.
In 1984, British pop singer Elton John married Renata Blauel in Sydney, Australia.
The soundtrack is full of ersatz British pop, so tuneless and squally that it could almost be the real thing.
Likewise, many recent British pop-ups have been offbeat ventures by mainstream firms.
Jade Ewen, one of a trio that makes up the British pop band Sugababes, tries on a gold-colored sari blouse, cut like a halter top and covered in sequins.
The London Olympics were brought to a close on Sunday night with a spectacular musical ceremony, featuring some of the biggest names of British pop, including the Spice Girls, George Michael and Elbow.
British pop crooner Cliff Richard's relationship with 1976 French Open winner Sue Barker made waves in the early 1980s, while Agassi's brief marriage to American actress Brooke Shields also attracted a deluge of headlines.
The singer and songwriter Scott Walker was one-third of the sixties British pop group the Walker Brothers, who were not British, not brothers, and not really named Walker (Scott was born in Ohio, as Noel Scott Engel).
And it worked well for the launch of a British pop group called the Arctic Monkeys, whose first record went to the top of the British charts in 2005 largely thanks to being marketed by fans on the internet.
Lythgoe says all this has helped make American Idol, like its British predecessor Pop Idol, the ultimate water cooler program.
The British-born pop singer, George Michael, who was arrested 10 days ago in a Beverly Hills park, has been charged with lewd conduct.
The British creator of Pop Idol and US version American Idol sued Fox and producers FremantleMedia, seeking a credit and fees from the US X Factor.
With an uplifting, "people power" theme combining references to British history and pop culture, the rambunctious ceremony covered subjects as diverse as the Industrial Revolution, the National Health Service, popular children's book characters including Peter Pan and Mary Poppins, and pop stars past and present.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- With four nods each, British dance group Sonique and pop singer Robbie Williams lead the nominations for the MTV Europe Music Awards, scheduled for next month in Sweden.
Buckle up for beauty and some fresh pop tunes from the UK. British papers are reporting the UK sweetheart Cole is being offered a mega opportunity by the music svengali to join him in the U.S. on Fox as a judge on the panel of his new singing competition X Factor.
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The most frequently cited reasons for being proud to be British were to do with national prowess in football (yes, really) and pop music.
The 42-year-old princess of pop will also wear a dress designed by Stella McCartney when she weds British film director Guy Ritchie on December 22, the website said.
Alt-J and Mumford And Sons are also up for best British group, a shortlist that also takes in stadium rock with Muse, teen pop with One Direction and atmospheric indie with The xx.
But perhaps its biggest experiment of all was taking a cute pop tune from the '60s called "Spanish Harlem" and asking a white British singer to perform it, with only a 1932 vintage guitar as backup.
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