Appearing on This Morning, he said: “Nothing ever seemed to be possible in the early days. We were written off as one-hit wonders. We lived from day to day. So he’s doing it, and I’m doing it, but I have never got through easily. It’s always been competition with someone else, and if you’ve got the better record, then you’ve got it. This calendar was fun to produce and allowed me to be creative in terms of where and how to take the images. We are only doing about eight shows, I think. I think the days of me going on tour for six months are way behind me … It is so terrifying to be on tour for lengths of time because you never know what day you are going to wake up and that’s not going to work,” he said, pointing to his vocal cords. One is the Peter Pan of pop, the other is the king of UK hip-hop. But despite the decades between them, Cliff Richard and Stormzy, two of Britain’s most successful artists – with fanbases that couldn’t be more different – are going head to head in this week’s charts.

Last Name * Please enter a Last Name Please enter a valid Last Name, the maximum length is 50 characters. Forget puppy dog eyes! Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, including a 'play face' they share with humans, study finds Sir Cliff Richard decided to stay dressed for his 2023 calendar - after previously stripping off shirtless for pictures in previous years. Last year, the Mistletoe and Wine singer even teased that his Christmas With Cliff album was much better than Stormzy’s This Is What I Mean.Well, Sir Cliff is undoubtedly a staple Christmas voice – and now it looks like he will be a part of every fan’s decor for 2024. Little-known right to help YOU beat NHS waiting lists without having to wait for hospitals to invite you... as data reveals how many patients are waiting at YOUR trust The shirtless shot came as a surprise to those who read his autobiography, The Dreamer, released in October 2020. Rita Ora's close friend and hairstylist James Brown CONFIRMS... Georgia May Jagger shows off her washboard abs in a string... Ashley Roberts shows off her toned figure in a white bikini...

Political interventions: Famously allowed then-prime minister Tony Blair and his family to use his Sugar Hill Estate in Barbados. That said, there is still a shirtless picture of sorts in this year’s calendar. Indeed, the picture for this month shows the legendary singer wearing only swimming shorts while he raises a glass in a pool. He is mostly underwater though. BBC and Sky scramble to make on-air apologies for broadcasting Dominic Cummings' expletive-filled Covid inquiry appearance uncensored (but furious viewers blast them for saying sorry while ex-No10 aide gave evidence) King Charles expresses his 'greatest sorrow and deepest regret' over Britain's colonial past and says there can be 'no excuse' - but he stops short of full apology as he gives speech during state visit to Kenya

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That year, Elvis Presley - who died in 1977 aged 42 - came in second place. Harry, 28, came third after enjoying huge success in his solo career after leaving One Direction. Have YOU fallen prey to this toxic dating trend? Relationship experts lay bare the pitfalls of 'spider-webbing' - as they reveal how you can avoid becoming a victim of these VERY unhappy romances He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind Elvis Presley and The Beatles. Sir Cliff has sold more than 250 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

The 83 year old can be seen relaxing on board a cruise ship in new – fabulous, we may add – pictures released from his 2024 calendar. Ex-Downing St spin chief Lee Cain says government had no 'clarity' or 'plan' of how to handle Covid as he gives evidence to official inquiry - with Boris Johnson's former top aide Dominic Cummings set to appear laterSir Cliff had previously warned fans that his days of posing sans shirt for his calendar were coming to an end. He wrote in his most recent autobiography in 2020: “I suspect I have done my final topless photo for my annual calendar... it’s time to gracefully exit the Chip­pendales market.”