Timberlake rose from 28 to four last week following his performance of Mirrors at the Brit Awards.
Singer-songwriter Tom Odell has become the first male artist to win the Brit Awards' critics' choice prize.
But I think the question is, will the Brit Awards become cooler because of the association with him?
British albums are "translating" more successfully in other countries, agrees Ged Doherty, head of Sony Music UK and chairman of the Brit Awards.
Blunt's album is currently number two in the US and the star was named best pop act and best male solo artist at the Brit Awards.
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The singer performed her solo track Fight For This Love at the Brit Awards earlier this month and flew to the US afterwards before returning to the UK earlier today.
The play was written by Boff Whalley of the anarchist band Chumbawamba, whose members famously poured a bucket of ice over then Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at the Brit Awards in 1998.
Five-time Oscar-winner John Williams is to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Classic Brit awards in October.
The Classic Brit awards, now in its 13th year, broadened its remit last year to include musical theatre and film score composition.
Stage musicals could be honoured at the Classic Brit Awards from 2012 onwards, organisers have revealed ahead of this year's ceremony in central London.
The annual NME Awards - formerly known as the Brats - are handed out by the New Musical Express magazine and have more of an alternative focus than the forthcoming Brit Awards.
She opted for an Oscar de la Renta floral gown for a White House state dinner last year honoring Germany (Rihanna wore a version of the same gown to the 2011 Brit Awards).
Oddly his biggest concern for Sunday is not the band's performance but that, unlike the booze-soaked Brit awards, the Grammys are completely dry.
Coldplay won best British live act, beating The Rolling Stones, who were nominated 35 years after they were shortlisted for the first ever Brit Awards.
The award for best live act has been reintroduced this year, and sees The Rolling Stones gain a nomination, 35 years after they were shortlisted for the first ever Brit Awards.
Speaking to the singer backstage, BBC entertainment reporter Emma Saunders told the star she had been missed at last week's Brit awards.
Williams was arguably Britain's biggest pop star in the late 1990s and first part of the 2000s, selling 60 million solo albums and winning a record 17 Brit Awards.
They were one of the biggest bands of the late 70s and 80s with a string of top 10 singles and albums and won Brit Awards, Ivor Novellos and Grammy Awards.
Following his departure from Take That in the mid-1990s, Williams went on to sell 60 million solo albums and win 12 Brit Awards.
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