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TOP 20 ROCK/METAL SINGLES Q1 2012 POS ARTIST / TITLE / LABEL / COMPANY / CORPORATE GROUP / GROUP Q1 SALES (DISTRIBUTOR)
01 GOO GOO DOLLS IRIS WARNER BROS/WARNER BROS/WARNER MUSIC (WARNER) 02 YOU ME AT SIX THE SWARM VIRGIN/VIRGIN/EMI MUSIC (EMI)
03 BON JOVI LIVIN' ON A PRAYER MERCURY/MERCURY/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI) 04 EVANESCENCE BRING ME TO LIFE VIRGIN/WIND UP/VIRGIN/EMI MUSIC(EMI) 05 GUNS N' ROSES SWEET CHILD O' MINE GEFFEN/POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI) 06 MUSE FEELING GOOD A&E/ATLANTIC RECORDS UK/WARNER MUSIC (WARNER) 07 QUEEN DON'T STOP ME NOW ISLAND/UNIVERSAL ISLAND/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI) 08 TWIN ATLANTIC FREE RED BULL/RED BULL/RED BULL(EMI)
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09 NICKELBACK ROCKSTAR ROADRUNNER/ROADRUNNER/WARNER MUSIC (WARNER)
10 NICKELBACK WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER ROADRUNNER/ROADRUNNER/WARNER MUSIC (WARNER) 11 LINKIN PARK NUMB WARNER BROS/WARNER BROS/WARNER MUSIC (WARNER)
12 NICKELBACK HOW YOU REMIND ME ROADRUNNER/ROADRUNNER/WARNER MUSIC (WARNER) 13 QUEEN BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY ISLAND/UNIVERSAL ISLAND/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI) 14 FOO FIGHTERS THESE DAYS RCA/COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP/SONY MUSIC (SONY)
15 DARKNESS I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE MUST DESTROY/ATLANTIC RECORDS UK/WARNER(WARNER) 16 YOUNG GUNS BONES PLAY IT AGAIN SAM/PIAS RECORDINGS/PIAS RECORDINGS(PIAS)
17 LED ZEPPELIN STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN ATLANTIC/ATLANTIC RECORDS UK/WARNER MUSIC (WARNER) 18 LINKIN PARK WHAT I'VE DONE WARNER BROS/WARNER BROS/WARNER MUSIC (WARNER) 19 EVANESCENCE MY IMMORTAL VIRGIN/WIND UP/VIRGIN/EMI MUSIC (EMI) 20 METALLICA ENTER SANDMAN VERTIGO/MERCURY/UNIVERSAL MUSIC(UNI)
Q1 SALES
39,212 23,853 20,168 16,994 14,778 13,372 11,849 11,374 10,210 9,977 9,167 9,162 9,025 8,715 8,713 8,643 8,507 7,912 7,761 7,460
You Me At Six’s The Swarm was a rare 2012 release among the genre’s top Q1 sellers after being outsold only by Goo Goo Dolls’ evergreen Iris. The Virgin band’s single peaked at 23 on the weekly singles countdown, but in this quarter-end chart is accompanied mainly by oldies from the likes of Bon Jovi, Evanescence and Guns N’ Roses. The new contingent also include Red
Bull-signed Glasgow rock band Twin Atlantic whose track Free has been a Top 40 alternative hit in the US and PIAS’s Young Guns whose Bones is the title track from their recent Top 20 album.
TOP 20 CONTEMPORARY URBAN SINGLES Q1 2012 POS ARTIST / TITLE / LABEL / COMPANY / CORPORATE GROUP / GROUP Q1 SALES (DISTRIBUTOR)
01 FLO RIDA FT SIA WILD ONES ATLANTIC/ATLANTIC RECORDS UK/WARNER MUSIC(WARNER) 02 RIZZLE KICKS MAMA DO THE HUMP ISLAND/UNIVERSAL ISLAND/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI) 03 NICKI MINAJ STARSHIPS CASH MONEY/ISLAND/UNIVERSAL ISLAND/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI) 04 FLO RIDA GOOD FEELING ATLANTIC/ATLANTIC RECORDS UK/WARNER MUSIC (WARNER)
05 LLOYD FT ANDRE 3000/LIL WAYNE DEDICATION TO MY EX (MISS THAT) INTERSCOPE/POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL(UNI) 06 PITBULL FT CHRIS BROWN INTERNATIONAL LOVE J/RCA LABEL GROUP/SONY MUSIC (SONY) 07 LABRINTH FT TINIE TEMPAH EARTHQUAKE SYCO MUSIC/RCA LABEL GROUP/SONY MUSIC (SONY) 08 WILL I AM/JAGGER/LOPEZ T.H.E (THE HARDEST EVER) INTERSCOPE/POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI) 09 TAIO CRUZ TROUBLEMAKER 4TH & BROADWAY/UNIVERSAL ISLAND/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI) 10 DRAKE FT RIHANNA TAKE CARE CASH MONEY/ISLAND/UNIVERSAL ISLAND/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI) 11 BEYONCE LOVE ON TOP COLUMBIA/PARKWOOD ENT/RCA LABEL GROUP/SONY MUSIC (SONY) 12 JAY-Z & KANYE WEST N****S IN PARIS ROC-A-FELLA/MERCURY/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI) 13 LIL WAYNE FT BRUNO MARS MIRROR CASH MONEY/ISLAND/UNIVERSAL ISLAND/UNIVERSAL (UNI) 14 DAPPY FT BRIAN MAY Rockstar AATW, ISLAND/ISLAND/UNIVERSAL/UNIVERSAL (UNI) 15 RIHANNA YOU DA ONE DEF JAM/MERCURY/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI)
16 CHRIS BROWN TURN UP THE MUSIC RCA/RCA LABEL GROUP/SONY MUSIC (SONY) 17 LABRINTH LAST TIME SYCO MUSIC/RCA LABEL GROUP/SONY MUSIC (SONY)
18 GYM CLASS HEROES FT NEON HITCH ASS BACK HOME DECAYDANCE/FUELED BY RAMEN/ATLANTIC UK (WARNER) 19 TINCHY STRYDER FT PIXIE LOTT BRIGHT LIGHTS ISLAND/UNIVERSAL ISLAND/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI) 20 AZEALIA BANKS FT LAZY JAY 212 POLYDOR/POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI)
Flo Rida hit a purple patch in Q1 by becoming the only main act to place two tracks among the quarter’s Top 10 singles overall. The two singles in question, Good Feeling and Wild Ones, also gave the Atlantic artist back- to-back UK Top 10 hits for the first time in his career and were the first and fourth
Q1 SALES
441,387 374,425 319,451 272,685 226,513 214,105 200,403 167,415 141,310 135,334 127,357 116,341 116,011 104,910 95,257 83,778 82,720 79,254 77,638 73,944
biggest urban hits of the quarter. Island’s Rizzle Kicks
were one of three UK acts among the genre’s Top 10 singles for the period (four if you count Mick
Jagger with
will.i.am and Jennifer Lopez)
with Syco’s Labrinth and 4th & Broadway/Island’s
Taio Cruz also appearing.
TOP 20 DANCE SINGLES Q1 2012 POS ARTIST / TITLE / LABEL / COMPANY / CORPORATE GROUP / GROUP Q1 SALES (DISTRIBUTOR)
01 DAVID GUETTA FT SIA TITANIUM POSITIVA/VIRGIN/VIRGIN/EMI MUSIC (EMI)
02 DJ FRESH FT RITA ORA HOT RIGHT NOW MINISTRY OF SOUND/MOS/MINISTRY OF SOUND GROUP (FUGA) 03 DAVID GUETTA FT NICKI MINAJ TURN ME ON POSITIVA/VIRGIN/VIRGIN/EMI MUSIC (EMI) 04 LMFAO SEXY AND I KNOW IT INTERSCOPE/POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI) 05 AVICII LEVELS ISLAND/UNIVERSAL ISLAND/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI)
06 RIHANNA FT CALVIN HARRIS WE FOUND LOVE DEF JAM/MERCURY/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI) 07 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA/KNIFEPARTY ANTIDOTE VIRGIN/VIRGIN/EMI MUSIC (EMI) 08 REDLIGHT GET OUT MY HEAD MTA/MERCURY/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI)
09 LMFAO/LAUREN BENNETT/GOONROCK PARTY ROCK ANTHEM INTERSCOPE/POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL(UNI) 10 ALEXANDRA BURKE/ERICK MORILLO ELEPHANT RCA/RCA LABEL GROUP/SONY MUSIC (SONY) 11 NADIA ALI RAPTURE MINISTRY OF SOUND/MOS/MINISTRY OF SOUND GROUP (FUGA) 12 DAVID GUETTA FT USHER WITHOUT YOU POSITIVA/VIRGIN/VIRGIN/EMI MUSIC (EMI) 13 EMELI SANDE HEAVEN VIRGIN/VIRGIN/EMI MUSIC (EMI)
14 SKRILLEX & THE DOORS BREAKN' A SWEAT ATLANTIC/ATLANTIC RECORDS UK/WARNER MUSIC (WARNER) 15 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA GREYHOUND VIRGIN/VIRGIN/EMI MUSIC (EMI) 16 LMFAO SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING INTERSCOPE/POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UNI)
17 CHRIS BROWN FT BENNY BENASSI BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE SONY MUSIC/RCA LABEL GROUP (SONY) 18 CALVIN HARRIS FEEL SO CLOSE COLUMBIA/COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP/SONY MUSIC (SONY) 19 DJ FRESH FT SIAN EVANS LOUDER MINISTRY OF SOUND/MOS/MOSG (FUGA) 20 MADEON ICARUS POPCULTUR/COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP/SONY MUSIC (SONY)
Three David Guetta singles collectively sold more than 900,000 copies in Q1 as the DJ led a very successful quarter for dance. Two of the genres three top singles
came from Guetta with Titanium first and Turn Me On third, while Without You ranked 12th. In between the two Frenchman’s tracks in second place, Ministry of Sound’s DJ Fresh achieved the highest weekly sales total of the year so far when Hot Right Now featuring Rita Ora debuted at the top in February with 127,998 sales. Fresh’s first chart-topper
TOP 20 VINYL SINGLES Q1 2012 POS ARTIST / TITLE / LABEL / COMPANY / CORPORATE GROUP / GROUP Q1 SALES (DISTRIBUTOR)
01 NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING DREAM ON SOUR MASH/SOUR MASH/SOUR MASH (EMI) 02 PAUL WELLER THAT DANGEROUS AGE ISLAND/UNIVERSAL ISLAND/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (ARV) 03 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING IF I HAD A GUN SOUR MASH/SOUR MASH/SOUR MASH (EMI) 04 ARCTIC MONKEYS BLACK TREACLE DOMINO RECORDINGS/DOMINO RECORDINGS(PIAS) 05 KASABIAN GOODBYE KISS COLUMBIA/COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP/SONY MUSIC (ARV) 06 FEEDER BORDERS BIG TEETH/BIG TEETH/EMI MUSIC (EMI) 07 LANA DEL REY BORN TO DIE POLYDOR/POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (ARV) 08 SAINT ETIENNE TONIGHT HEAVENLY/UMC/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (ARV) 09 MICHAEL KIWANUKA HOME AGAIN POLYDOR/POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (ARV) 10 LANA DEL REY VIDEO GAMES STRANGER/STRANGER/STRANGER (PIAS) 11 VACCINES WETSUIT COLUMBIA/COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP/SONY MUSIC (ARV) 12 JOHN HOLT ALI BABA TROJAN/SANCTUARY/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (ARV) 13 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING AKA WHAT A LIFE SOUR MASH/SOUR MASH/SOUR MASH (EMI) 14 DARREN HAYES BLOODSTAINED HEART POWDERED SUGAR/POWDERED SUGAR/EMI MUSIC (SANDBAG) 15 CLAUDETTE & THE CORPORATION HOT BREAD AND BUTTER TROJAN/SANCTUARY/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (ARV) 16 ED SHEERAN DRUNK ASYLUM/ATLANTIC RECORDS UK/WARNER MUSIC (ARV) 17 ARCTIC MONKEYS SUCK IT AND SEE DOMINO RECORDINGS/DOMINO RECORDINGS (PIAS) 18 LADY GAGA MARRY THE NIGHT INTERSCOPE/POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL MUSIC (ARV) 19 KILLS THE LAST GOODBYE DOMINO RECORDINGS/DOMINO RECORDINGS/DOMINO RECORDINGS (PIAS) 20 HORRIBLE CROWES LADYKILLER SIDE ONE DUMMY/SIDE ONE DUMMY/SIDE ONE DUMMY (PIAS)
Vinyl was always an important market for Oasis and so it has remained for Noel Gallagher who claimed two of the format’s three top sellers in Q1. Dream On led
the way by becoming the only track to sell more than 2,000 vinyl copies during the quarter, while fellow
Sour Mash release If I Had A Gun was third. Sitting in between them was appropriately one of Gallagher’s musical heroes, Paul Weller, with the Island track That Dangerous Age. While guitar-based
music dominates this list, other genres get a look in, including pop via Polydor’s Lana Del Rey With Born
To Die.
Q1 SALES
595,501 341,683 234,852 215,714 209,368 180,436 133,109 89,013 83,050 80,012 76,600 76,465 73,529 61,781 52,705 43,395 36,463 34,712 33,377 33,184
Louder with Sian Evans was also among the quarter’s 20 top dance hits.
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