6 MusicWeek 01.06.12 DATA DIGEST
HAIM Forever (National Anthem) With their refreshingly effortless knack for a pop song, the three sisters of Haim were SxSW’s biggest unsigned drawcard this year. Debut EP comes via UK indie National Anthem. (EP, July 2)
LIANNE LA HAVAS Is Your Love Big Enough? (Warner) A big, joyful slab of soul-charged good times, arriving as La Havas gets ready drop her debut album of the same name. (Single July 2)
PLAN B Lost My Way (Atlantic) The Al Shux-produced follow-up to iLL Manors, Lost My Way was premiered on Zane Lowe’s show scoring immediate hottest record status. (Single, July 2)
SEBASTIAN INGROSSO + ALESSO Calling (Lose My Mind) (Mercury) Take one member of Swedish House Mafia and his protege, throw in song- writer Tedder and you've got a surefire recipe for a hit. (Single May 28)
KYLIE Timebomb (EMI) Kylie made her live return on The Voice over the weekend, debuting this big, bold slice of summer pop. (Single, out now)
KING CHARLES The Brightest Lights (Island) West London’s eccentric folk talent King Charles gets a helping hand from friends Mumford & Sons on this upbeat, country-tinged track. (Single, July 16)
THE SCARLETZ Killer Instinct (Crown) One of the first releases on Crown Talent’s new label infrastructure, this four-piece girl group deliver pop with a dark production twist. (Single, June 17)
LINKIN PARK Lies Greed Misery (Warner) From forthcoming album Living Things, this is classic Linkin Park, urgent, sharp- edged rock which makes an immediate impression. (Single, available now)
GEMINI CLUB By Surprise (Unsigned) Los Angeles natives Gemini Club have a knack for a pop hook. Accomplished, bright productions with an indie twist. (From EP, available now)
ANDY BURROWS Keep On Moving On (PIAS) The first fruits of Burrows’ new album, this is an immediate classic, born of an early collaboration with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt. A big summer song. (Single, July 2)
BREAKOUTSALES STATISTICS
CHART WEEK 21 Compiled from Official Charts Company sales data by Music Week VS LAST WEEK
SINGLES
POPPY & THE JEZABELS This Birmingham- based girl band, with a Mute Songs publishing deal, release single Sign In, Dream On,Drop Out! on their own label on May 28. They’ll perform at Breakout on Weds, June 13 at Proud Galleries in Camden. Get on the guest list at
musicweek.com/ breakout
SALES PREVIOUS WEEK
% CHANGE YEAR TO DATE
SALES PREVIOUS YEAR % CHANGE
3,092,230 3,150,138
–1.8% SINGLES
70,526,502 54,526,679
+7.2%
APPOINTMENT TO VIEW
TAGGED
The latest most popular Shazam new release chart:
1:DOT ROTTEN Overload 2: MAROON 5 FEAT. WIZ KHALIFA Payphone 3: CHERYL Call My Name 4: NELLY FURTADO Big Hoops 5: FLO RIDA Whistle
Source:
Muso.com
GIG OF THE WEEK
Who: Avicii Where: The O2 Arena, London When: Following his headline appearance with Madonna at the Ultra Music Festival, the 22-year-old superstar DJ plays his first major date in London bringing his blend of melodic, pounding house music.
ARTIST ALBUMS 1,060,432 1,095,399
–3.2%
ARTIST ALBUMS 27,841,010 33,126,776
–16.0%
COMPILATIONS 252,539 253,312
–0.3%
COMPILATIONS 6,441,529 6,326,947
+1.8%
TOTAL ALBUMS 1,312,971 1,348,711
–2.6%
TOTAL ALBUMS 34,282,539 39,453,723
–13.1%
STEPS: CONCERT SPECIAL Friday June 2 – Sky Living, 10-11pm Steps return after 10 years to the UK arena circuit with their Ultimate Tour, filmed at London’s O2 arena. Expect the big hits, including Tragedy.
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952) Saturday June 2 – Film 4, 3.10-5.15pm The glorious, popular musical comedy from the 1950s starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds whose characters’ romance blossoms against the backdrop of the coming of sound in movies.
THE VOICE UK: THE FINAL Saturday June 2 – BBC One, 7.20-9.20pm We’ve had four weeks of blind auditions, two battle rounds and five live shows. Now it’s down to the four finalists, who will perform three more songs each before the public vote decides The Voice 2012 - and who’ll win that Universal recording contract. Jessie J, Tom Jones,
will.i.am and Danny O'Donoghue will also partake in a group performance.
PIRATES’ BAY
NUMBER OF ILLEGAL FILES FOUND BY
MUSO.com OF TOP 10 ALBUMS ON MAY 28 2012
134 JOE BONAMASSA Driving Towards The Daylight 435 EMELI SANDE Our Version of Events
12 ADELE 21 310 JOHN MAYER Born And Raised
709 KEANE Strangeland 568 BEE GEES Number Ones
1,472 FUN. Some Nights 370 TOM JONES Spirit In The Room 149 THE ENEMY Streets In The Sky 0 CRITICAL MASS 300 600
692 BEN HOWARD Every Kingdom 900
1200 1500
Keeping score of entertainment.
The average review scores of the biggest releases – all courtesy of Metacritic
www.metacritic.com
ADAM LAMBERT Trespassing
CORNERSHOP Urban Turban: The Singhles Club
TENACIOUS D Rize of the Fenix
80 71 60
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