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Zayn is at #1 on the US singles chart with 'Pillowtalk'

A former member of One Direction, Zayn Malik released his debut solo single Pillowtalk as a part of his debut solo studio album Mind of Mine. It was released as the lead single and debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100. With that, Malik became the 1st British artist to ever debut at No. 1 in the US with a debut single.

The 28th Brit Awards are held

The 28th Annual Brit Awards took place at the Earls Court in London and were hosted by Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack Osbourne. Arctic Monkeys, Take That and Foo Fighters won 2 awards. Shine by Take That won the award for British Single.

The 33rd Grammy Awards are held

The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York and were hosted by Garry Shandling. Quincy Jones won a total of six awards including Album of the Year. Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins was awarded Record of the Year.

Kylie Minogue is at #1 on the UK singles chart

The I Should Be So Lucky single by Kylie Minogue is from her debut studio album called Kylie. The song was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. It is a dance-pop song which features elements of bubblegum pop and new wave music.

American television series 'Columbo' first airs on NBC

'Columbo', a TV series about the homicide detective with the LAPD first aired on the NBC as a pilot episode. Its title was 'Prescription: Murder' and it was 98 minutes long. Peter Falk made his debut in the role of detective Columbo. Next pilot episode aired 3 years later and it was followed by the first season in 6 months.

'African Queen' opens at the Fox Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills

The 'African Queen' is a British-American adventure film adapted from a novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. The film earned an estimated £256,267 at UK cinemas in 1952, making it the 11th most popular movie of the year. It earned an estimated $4 million at the US and Canadian box office.

Anniversaries of the (in)famous

born 1988

Rihanna

born 1967

Kurt Cobain