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MARKET SHARES BY CORPORATE GROUP CHART WEEK 21
SINGLES Universal 48.0% Sony 24.0% Warner 13.4% EMI 11.9% Others 2.7%
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Capital FM plays One Direction for first time in three months Tom Tomalin: “Harry Styles made a genuine mistake and he and One Direction should not have been ‘pun- ished’ so harshly by Capital (if it was theirs or indeed Global’s decision to stop playing their songs on the indi- vidual station?), but, whatever, at the end of the day One Direction have been unfairly victimised here, by the sheer fact of getting less radio exposure.
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Top Of The Pops returns… as live production Wednesday, May 23 BPI asks Google to remove 160,000 URLS from search results Friday, May 25 Eurovision viewers call for BBC to quit competition Monday, May 28 BMG Rights Management and GEMA sign licensing deal Wednesday, May 23 Stone Roses play first gig in 16 years Thursday, May 24
ARTIST ALBUMS Universal 36.5% Sony 16.5% Warner 14.9% EMI 10.7% Others 21.4%
Eurovision viewers call for BBC to quit competition following UK’s poor performance Friend From Behind The Iron Curtain: “Dear british, your 2012 song was beautiful and I truly think it's evergreen, but it sounds soooo pre-war! Not Irakian, not Afganistan, but WWII! It is retro and few people listen to
and appriciate retro nowdays. I'm 34 and voted for you, but i'm a born pensioner. Normal people in my age and younger are not in to "green green grass of home"-kind of music :-)”
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In this month’s The Fly Claire Boucher aka Grimes says she was notori- ous at her high school for always looking crazy with four- inch platforms, black eyeliner, carry- ing an umbrella around and doing tonnes of drugs. Her debut album Visions is “aloof and brooding” and perfectly suited to “pitch-dark small- hours listening”. The Cribs’ fifth album is all about
“taking the bull by the horns”. The band say that Johnny Marr’s depar- ture gave them the impetus to get back into the recording studio, after which original plans to take a break fell by the wayside. Sprawling road trips and impromptu writing ses- sions resulted in a barrage of new material, which the band perfected with three producers for a series of two-week sessions. Ariel Pink’s got a new self-pro-
duced album: Haunted Graffiti. It’s “good, old and classic”, and he promises he’ll keep releasing records until, er, someone kills him. Meanwhile, spring has sprung on Beach House’s fourth album Bloom and frontman Alex Scally is nervous about the reac- tion the new offering will receive after fellow bandmate Victoria Legrand’s third album Teen Dream was highly acclaimed.
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@sophie_hall Sorry Metro, putting Modestep in the same 'genre acceler- ating' group as Nero, Sub Focus an C&S is an absolute joke.
(Sophie Hall, MTA Records) Monday, May 21
@KermodeMovie I see from today's papers that this year's Cannes red car- pet celebrity role-call includes Pete Doherty. Oh how I love Southampton.
(Mark Kermode, BBC) Monday, May 21
@simon_price01 The name Black Rebel Motorcycle Club still makes me wet myself laughing. The Mean Cool Leather Gang, as I call them.
(Simon Price, Independent on Sunday) Monday, May 21
@MichaelAHann Hot Chip have really crept up on me over past five years or so. I now suspect they are just about the best British pop group.
(Michael Hann, The Guardian) Monday, May 21
@DizzeeRascal Boy just stepped out- side and its sunny! Im puttin' sum shorts on and bringing the Rarri out!! Honk when u see me!!! #Winning
(Dizzee Rascal) Tuesday, May 22
@Paulhitsheet George Best Born 22.5.1946: "I spent 90% of my money on women, drink & fast cars... The rest of it I wasted"
(Paul Kramer, Hitsheet) Tuesday, May 22
@thesisterbliss I am reminded just what a great family we have here in the EDM community – such bright tal- ented and passionate music people!
(Sister Bliss) Thursday, May 24
@nilerodgersMeeting Giorgio Moroder: one of the highest moments of my life. I told him that Chic’s I Want Your Love was my
attempt to be him on guitar. (Nile Rodgers) Friday, May 25
@Maverick_AC Follow this guy @DaveShack He’s actually quite funny when he’s not taking the piss out of me. He’s married to Nicki
Chapman, so not all bad! (Andy Copping, Live Nation) Sunday, May 27
@Gary_Lancaster I get the impres- sion that The Prodigy at Download is going to get stupid. The last time I *properly* watched them was
Reading 2002. (Gary Lancaster, ADA/Warner) Sunday, May 27
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@leethommo This new Kylie single. It’s really not very good, is it? #GenericGuff #thevoiceuk (Lee Thompson, BT Vision)
Sunday, May 27
@LiamTootill Last night was fucked. Ibiza is heaven. Still trying to work out what happened. #MENTAL (Liam Tootill, SBTV) Friday, May 25
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Points accrued by Engelbert at Eurovision. Upside: he
didn’t finish with ‘nul points’ like Norway. Downside: he was beaten by Jedward
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Years since The Stone Roses performed live before last week’s
Warrington Parr Hall gig 4.5m
A series-low audience for The Voice during its semi- final on BBC One
THE MAGIC NUMBERS
Amaze colleagues and bamboozle rivals with
these head-spinning facts and figures...
162,721 URL copyright removal
requests logged by the BPI with Google in the first 24 days of May, according to the search giant’s Transparency Report
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... of June. The date tickets go on sale for the reformed Beach Boys at Wembley. Also the date Sgt. Pepper
was released in 1967 - the Beatles’ masterpiece that Brian Wilson challenged himself to better
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Album chart entry for 76-year-old Engelbert
Humperdinck’s latest Best Of compilation
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