Why it's the girls who have all the best songs - and the million dollar smiles

You only had to see the audience, predominantly female, swaying and singing together in their legions at Adele's Royal Albert Hall concert, which was broadcast last week, to know where the big money is in pop music these days. It's in the bank accounts of the top half dozen girl singers in the country. More than at any time in the history of popular music the factors that govern pop fame, and therefore wealth, are coming together to create glamorous, seemingly strong female stars with whom a

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