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for CD singles took sales down to 113,340 units. BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor describes the
overall 4.4% rise in singles sales as “a decent result”, while noting: “I would hope to see that growth rate become higher year-on-year. Obviously, Gotye has had tremendous success and there have been other markets that saw a flattening out. That hasn’t happened here.” Universal commercial division managing director
Brian Rose, whose group provided four of the quarter’s 10 biggest singles led by Somebody That I Used To Know, is encouraged the market is up on what was a record year last year, but notes: “It’s even more difficult to judge the singles market within just one quarter. We all know one million-selling single can shift the numbers. If you look at Q1 in isolation it’s great it’s up on the year, but we’ll have a better idea of what the trend is later in the year.” With four of the 10 biggest sellers coming from
British acts with Island/Lava’s Jessie J third with Domino, Virgin’s Emeli Sande fifth, Island-signed Rizzle Kicks sixth and Ministry of Sound’s DJ Fresh placed seventh, the UK claimed a greater share of the quarter-end Top 100 compared to a year ago. Forty-seven of the top sellers were by homegrown acts, up from 43 on Q1 2011’s chart. US artists’ share dropped year-on-year from 41% to 35%, while an increased presence for acts from Europe and the rest of the world was reflected by the period’s top two sellers coming from Belgian-born Australian Gotye and Frenchman David Guetta. Eight of the Top 100 were by Europeans, compared to six in Q1 2011, and 10 from the rest of the world, up from six a year earlier. Pop and contemporary urban remain by far the
market’s two dominant genres, making up 70% of the quarter’s Top 100 sellers between them. However, dance has made up some ground over the past year. Pop’s 35% share compares to 44% in
Q1 2011 SINGLES SALES BY REGION
London 19.4% South 9.7% South West 2.7% Wales & West 6.8% Midlands 10.6% East 7.7% Yorkshire 5.3%
North East 3.5% Lancashire 6.7% Border 1.2% C. Scotland 4.5% N. Scotland 2.9% N. Ireland 2.2% Digital 16.9%
Q1 2011 and includes Jessie J’s Domino, while contemporary urban’s share was also 35%, down from 43% 12 months ago. Going the other way, dance grew its stake from 9% to 16% thanks to the likes of Postiva/Virgin’s David Guetta with Titanium and Ministry of Sound act DJ Fresh’s second UK chart-topper Hot Right Now.
Rock also recovered significantly from
having just three of Q1 2011’s Top 100 sellers to 10 in 2012’s equivalent chart. This run included hits by Parlophone’s Coldplay,
Columbia’s Foster The People and arguably Gotye whose number one track of the quarter is classified as rock by the Official Charts Company.
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Singles men: Gotye (far left) and Flo Rida led the way on singles in Q1 2012
Q1 2012 SINGLES SALES BY REGION
London 19.4% South 9.7% South West 2.7% Wales & West 6.8% Midlands 10.6% East 7.7% Yorkshire 5.3%
North East 3.5% Lancashire 6.7% Border 1.2% C. Scotland 4.5% N. Scotland 2.9% N. Ireland 2.2% Digital 16.9%
Q1 2012 TOP 100 SINGLES BY GENRE
Pop 35% Contemporary Urban 35% Dance 16% Rock 10% Classical/Folk/Reggae 3%
Q1 2011 TOP SINGLES BY GENRE
Pop 44% Contemporary Urban 43% Dance 9% Rock 3% Reggae 1%
Q1 2012 TOP 100 SINGLES BY ARTIST NATIONALITY
UK 47% US 35% Rest Of Europe 8% Rest Of World 10%
Q1 2011 TOP 100 SINGLES BY ARTIST NATIONALITY
UK 43% US 41% Europe 6% Other 6% Multi-nationality 4%
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