Congratulations is due for Simon Fuller who, after collecting the Peter Grant Award for music management last week was named on monday as Britain’s most successful music manager. His career to date has seen the worldwide notoriety of the Spice Girls, a number of pop sensations like S Club 7 and Amy Winehouse and the creation of the global phenomenon that is Pop Idol – that now has over 100 different versions.

While I personally find the commercial world of music he has excelled in slightly nauseous it is certainly a commendable accolade to have such a successful history. To date he has sold more tracks that Brits Brian Epstein and Peter Grant – managers of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin respectively – and his tally of 116 million records sold puts him third in the all-time chart for managers. This figure is still 32 million off Elvis’ manager Colonel Tom Parker who tops the lot at 148 million records sold.

And lest you not forget, I will leave you with a little reminder that it’s the Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final this evening so don’t forget to tune in and remind yourself of the wonderful and glorified karaoke occasion that isn’t Pop Idol before Saturdays finals…

...amazingtunes