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POLIÇA Dark Star (Memphis Industries) Ahead of two sold out live dates in June, this brilliant new single has been playlisted at Radio 1 and 6Music. (Single, June 18)
LANA DEL REY National Anthem (Polydor) Two million sales into her debut album campaign, the Ivor Novello winner will follow summer festival dates with this emotive new single. (Single, July 8)
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Honeycomb (Domino) Lead track from Animal Collective’s new seven-inch, Honeycomb is an inspired, frantic mix of joyful, rhythms, celebratory vocals and playful sound effects. (Single, June 26)
BO SARIS She’s On Fire (Unsigned) Vintage soul led by a big male voice. Zane Lowe is leading the charge at Radio 1 but there have been early plays at 1Xtra and Radio 2 as well. (Demo)
AIDEN GRIMSHAW Is This Love (RCA) Despite his X Factor roots, Grimshaw’s debut is attracting interest from The Fly to Popjustice. And rightly so. This ambi- tious honest, dark pop strikes an imme- diate impression. (Single, August 13)
ELRO FEAT. JME & MANGA Scrabble (The Beats) The fledging signing to Mike Skinner’s label, Elro continues to show off his lyri- cal and comedic dexterity on this track from his Porcelain Corpse mixtape. (Single from free download mixtape)
JAGGA Love Song (Epic) Blending big bassy, slow dubstep-like beats and soulful vocals, Jagga’s latest offering is lyrically more like an anti-love song packing appeal to those bass- loving ravers. (Single, July 15)
ENTER SHIKARI Live In London NW5 (Ambush Reality) Following low-quality audio rips surfac- ing online, ES decided to release 320kbps MP3s plus artwork for five tracks recorded at a recent intimate London show. (Free download, live EP)
SEBASTIAN INGROSSO & ALESSO FEAT. RYAN TEDDER Calling (Mercury) One third of Swedish House Mafia and his 20-year-old protégé have already got this epic EDM track on the Radio 1 playlist and it’s set to be a big worldwide hit. (Single,May 28)
ARCHEO Glass Half Empty (Music Mantra) A punchy piece of R&B/pop from the 21-year-old Londoner, he’s received much media praise. This track is fun and funky with a distinct air of cool. (Single, out now)
BREAKOUT SALES STATISTICS
CHART WEEK 20 Compiled from Official Charts Company sales data by Music Week VS LAST WEEK
SINGLES
(ME) These UK-based Aussie theatrical rockers are signed to Lizard King, the label that launched The Killers. They will be on tour in the UK in May in support of mini-album Another Story High. (ME) will headline the main stage on June 13 Breakout event at Proud Galleries in Camden. Get on the guest list at
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SALES PREVIOUS WEEK
% CHANGE YEAR TO DATE
SALES PREVIOUS YEAR % CHANGE
3,150,138 3,382,333
–6.9% SINGLES
67,134,271 62,221,397
+7.9%
APPOINTMENT TO VIEW
The latest most popular Shazam new release chart: 1:RUDIMENTAL Feel The Love (Asylum) 2: CHERYL Call My Name (Polydor) 3: DOT ROTTEN Overload (Mercury) 4: LAWSONWhen She Was Mine (Polydor) 5: SEBASTIAN INGROSSO & ALESSOCalling (Mercury)
TAGGED
ARTIST ALBUMS 1,095,399 1,197,688
–8.5%
ARTIST ALBUMS 26,780,578 31,510,910
–15.0%
COMPILATIONS 253,312 260,104
–2.6%
COMPILATIONS 6,188,990 6,059,374
+2.1%
TOTAL ALBUMS 1,348,711 1,457,792
–7.5%
TOTAL ALBUMS 32,969,568 37,570,284
–12.2%
50 BIGGEST SELLING DANCE HITS OF THE NOUGHTIES Friday May 25 – 4Music, 8:30pm-12:45am Exclusive countdown of the 50 biggest selling dance tracks of the Noughties, compiled by the Official UK Charts Company.
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST GRAND FINAL 2012 Saturday May 26 – BBC1, 8-11:15pm Engelbert Humperdinck (left) flies the flag for the UK in this year’s contest, taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan and will perform Love Will Set You Free amongst 26 acts competing for the coveted title. Commentary provided by Graham Norton.
A PINK FLOYD MISCELLANY: 1967-2005 Mon May 28 – BBC4, 12:40-1:40am A compilation of rarely screened Pink Floyd videos and performances, from 1967 to 2005, including a newly-restored Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2), Grantchester Meadows, Cymbeline and others.
PIRATES’ BAY
NUMBER OF ILLEGAL FILES FOUND BY
MUSO.com OF TOP 10 ALBUMS ON MAY 22 2012
244 EMELI SANDE Our Version of Events 342 TENACIOUS D Rize Of The Fenix 483 KEANE Strangeland
16 ADELE 21 21 REN HARVIEU Through The Night 424 BEN HOWARD Every Kingdom 1,311 GOTYE Making Mirrors 625 REBECCA FERGUSON Heaven Source:
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GIG OF THE WEEK
Who: Josh Kumra Where: The Social When: May 29 Why: The second of three dates of his solo residency at the venue. You may not know the name yet but chances are you’re familiar with the soulful voice of 21-year-old Kumra who wrote and fea- tured on Wretch 32’s No. 1 single Don’t Go last summer.
0 CRITICAL MASS
139 GARBAGE Not Your Kind Of People 500
1,000 1,500 2,000 2,346 ED SHEERAN +
Keeping score of entertainment.
The average review scores of the biggest releases – all courtesy of Metacritic
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Willie Nelson Heroes
Best Coast The Only Place
The Cribs In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
74 72 69
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