6 MusicWeek 06.07.12 DATA DIGEST
MATT CORBY Made Of Stone (Atlantic) Uber-talented Australian now signed to Atlantic via a UK deal; Made Of Stone is the title track from the new EP which is being given away online. (Available now)
CONOR MAYNARD Vegas Girl (EMI) Off to a strong start in the US, Vegas Girl will lead Maynard’s debut album (July 30) in the UK. Sparky, punchy pop with commercial punch. (Single, July 23)
KYLA LA GRANGE Walk Through Walls (ioki/Sony) This veritable highlight from her debut album is benefiting from a new Dan Grech radio mix which has been enjoy- ing spins on Radio 1. (Single, July 30)
ANGEL HAZE Reservation (Unsigned) With Pitchfork, MTV and XXL support, AH has delivered an exciting mixtape. This standout track is a seamless blend of rap and singing. (Free mixtape, July 17)
HADOUKEN! Bad Signal (Ministry Of Sound) Signed to an enthusiastic new home in Ministry Of Sound, R1 airplay is already in the bag for this first single from the forthcoming album. (Single, tbc)
BLUR Under The Westway (Parlophone) One of two new songs written for their upcoming Hyde Park shows. This is a beautiful return. (Download available)
WILEY FEAT. MS. D Heatwave (Warner) Another surefire commercial monster for Wiley, this is immediate and infec- tious – though with an optimistic title given our ‘summer’. (Single, July 30)
HONEY RYDER Marley’s Chains (Oceanic/EMI) Title track of the album from this UK music trio is a melodic country-inspired pop-appealing treat. A charming vocal from lead singer Lindsay sits alongside sweet harmonies. (Single, out now)
DISCLOSURE Control (Greco Roman) This teenage brother duo have enlisted the vocal talents of Ria Ritchie for this chilled garage track, a former Hottest Record In The World. (From EP, out now)
REDLIGHT Lost In Your Love (Polydor) Follow-up to the Top 20 charting Get Out My Head has an equally catchy vocal hook and breakdown that’ll send dance- floors into a frenzy. (Single, August 6)
BREAKOUT SALES STATISTICS
CHART WEEK 26 Compiled from Official Charts Company sales data by Music Week VS LAST WEEK
SINGLES
KITTY COWELL A ‘rap/electro livewire’, Powell pre- viously toured with Lady Sovereign as part of the Binary Kids and has played with the likes of Example and N Dubz. Her new solo mixtape 13 is out now. Catch her on the main stage at July’s Breakout. Get on the guest list at
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SALES PREVIOUS WEEK
% CHANGE YEAR TO DATE
SALES PREVIOUS YEAR % CHANGE
3,529,896 3,421,065
+3.2% SINGLES
87,639,716 81,131,642
+8.0%
APPOINTMENT TO VIEW
TAGGED
The latest most popular Shazam new release chart: 1 NICKI MINAJ Pound The Alarm 2 WILEY FEAT. RHYMEZ & MS D Heatwave 3 CALVIN HARRIS FEAT. EXAMPLE We’ll Be Coming Back 4 RITA ORA How We Do (Party) 5 KARMIN Brokenhearted
ARTIST ALBUMS 1,271,838 1,217,261
+4.5%
ARTIST ALBUMS 34,180,452 41,023,730
–16.7%
COMPILATIONS 295,068 276,005
+6.9%
COMPILATIONS 7,975,280 7,830,355
+1.9%
TOTAL ALBUMS 1,566,906 1,493,266
+4.9%
TOTAL ALBUMS 42,155,732 48,854,085
–13.7%
T IN THE PARK COVERAGE Friday, July 6 – BBC Three, 8pm-12am Catch performances from the first day of the Scottish festival, including those from Olly Murs, Kaiser Chiefs, Example, Florence + the Machine, Professor Green and Tinie Tempah.
MUCHMUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2012 Sunday, July 8 – 4Music, 7-9pm One of Canada’s most popular awards ceremonies, co-hosted by LMFAO and Katy Perry, the Awards features performances from Justin Bieber, Kelly Clarkson, Ed Sheeran, Carly Rae Jepsen and Nelly Furtado. Drake has the most nominations with five but how many awards will he win?
THE NATION’S FAVOURITE NUMBER ONE SINGLE Sunday, July 8 – ITV, 9-10.30pm Celebrating 60 years of the UK singles chart, this three-parter will reveal the results of a viewer’s poll on the favourite 60 No.1 songs of all time. Featuring shots from the Music Week chart archive!
PIRATES’ BAY
NUMBER OF ILLEGAL FILES FOUND BY
MUSO.com OF TOP 10 ALBUMS ON JULY 1 2012
268 MAROON 5 Overexposed
373 LINKIN PARK Living Things 823 ED SHEERAN +
312 CHERYL A Million Lights 311 JUSTIN BIEBER Believe
329 EMELI SANDE Our Version of Events 1,036 FLO RIDA Whistle Source:
Muso.com 0 CRITICAL MASS
GIG OF THE WEEK
Keeping score of entertainment.
Who: Jill Scott Where: Somerset House When: 9-10 July Why: The platinum- selling, triple Grammy-winner brings her soulful sound to London’s Somerset House.
The average review scores of the biggest releases – all courtesy of Metacritic
www.metacritic.com
303 PALOMA FAITH Fall To Grace 1,000
2,000
2,538 RIHANNA Talk That Talk 4,365 JAY-Z & KANYE WEST Watch The Thrones
3,000 4,000 5,000
NENEH CHERRY The Cherry Thing
MAXIMO PARK The National Health
JUSTIN BIEBER Believe
79 72 69
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