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THE OTHER TRIBE Skirts (Relentless) The thrilling live act get the ball rolling at radiowith this first taste of their forthcoming debut. (Single, tbc)
BLOOD RED SHOES In Time To Voices (V2/Coop) Ahead of their European tourwith The Gaslight Anthem, the band deliver this urgent piece of guitar-driven rock from their newalbum. (Single, August 27)
BASTILLE Bad Blood (EMI) Newsingle fromthe Brit talent comes ahead of Bastille’s biggest tour yet, culminating at Koko in October. (Single, August 20)
LIANNE LA HAVAS Is Your Love Big Enough? (Warner) The soulful Londoner releases her cheeky albumtitle track encompassing elements of funk and a catchy chorus line. (Single, out now)
THE NEON LIGHTS EP One (Underplay) Remixers ofWarpaint,Grimez and The xx (among others),Neon Lights are racking up specialist support for this infectious production. (Out now)
RUDE KID FEAT. SKEPTA Get Busy (Relentless) Using an old school dance samplewith amodern twist, Rude Kid has already garnered specialist tastemaker support for his Relentless debut. (Single, July 29)
PET SHOP BOYS Winner (Parlophone) Very Olympic appropriate, this slow- paced electronic number is packed full of aspirational lyricswith a singalong chorus. (Digital single out now)
KRISTYNAMYLES I’mNot Going Back (Decca) Former buskerMyles has nabbed her- self amulti-million-pound record deal and her debut single is a self-written catchy pop offering. (Single, July 16)
BALTIC FLEET Engage (BlowUp) Former Echo&The Bunnymen key- boardist Paul Fleming returnswith this single taken fromforthcoming album Towers. (Single, temporarily free download)
RIZZLE KICKS Dreamers (Island) Bringing attention back to their album and capitalising on festival performanc- es,Dreamers is rolling hip-hopwith a brass-flecked instrumental. (Single,tbc)
BREAKOUTSALES STATISTICS
CHARTWEEK 27 Compiled fromOfficial Charts Company sales data by MusicWeek VS LASTWEEK
SINGLES SALES
EUGENE McGUINNESS One of themost “stylistically distinc- tive and uniquely insightful”writers of the present day, McGuiness’s second full-length album The InvitationToThe Voyage is released on July 25. Catch himat August’s Breakout. Get on the guest list
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PREVIOUS WEEK
% CHANGE YEAR TO DATE
SALES PREVIOUS YEAR % CHANGE
3,429,164 3,529,896
–2.9% SINGLES
91,068,880 84,335,014
+8.0%
APPOINTMENT TOVIEW
TAGGED
Thelatestmost popularShazam newreleasechart: 1 WILEY Heatwave 2 CALVIN HARRIS FEAT. EXAMPLE We’ll Be Coming Back
3 RITA ORA HowWe Do
4 KARMIN Brokenhearted
5 DRAKE FEAT. THE WEEKND CrewLove
Source:
Muso.com 0 CRITICAL MASS
GIG OF THE WEEK
Who:Madonna Where:Hyde Park When: July 17 Why:One of two dates in theUK, her MadjestyMadonna stops off in London town on herMDNA world tour, hosted by giant interna- tional promoter LiveNation.
Keeping score of entertainment.
The average review scores of the biggest releases – all courtesy ofMetacritic
www.metacritic.com
ARTIST ALBUMS 1,220,269 1,271,838
–4.1%
ARTIST ALBUMS 35,400,721 42,360,518
–16.4%
COMPILATIONS 316,677 295,068
+7.3%
COMPILATIONS 8,291,947 8,109,555
+2.2%
TOTAL ALBUMS 1,536,946 1,566,906
–1.9%
TOTAL ALBUMS 43,692,678 50,470,073
–13.4%
THE NATION’S FAVOURITE NUMBER ONE SINGLE Saturday, 14 July – ITV1, 9pm-10:30pm Series 1 - Episode 2. The countdown enters the top 40 as Fearne Cotton continues the search for the UK's best-loved singles of the past 60 years, chosen by ITV viewers froma list put together bymusic industry experts.
100 YEARS OF THE PALLADIUM Sunday, 15 July – BBC Four, 9pm-10pm Cliff Richard, Bruce Forsyth,Michael Crawford and Andrew LloydWebber are among the stars sharing the behind-the-scenes goings-on at one of the world’smost famous theatres. This BBC programme tomarks the venue’s 100th birthday.
BEHIND THE MUSIC DURAN DURAN Tuesday, 17 July – Sky Arts 1, 9pm-9:50pm Documentary charting Duran Duran’s (pictured) rise to fame during the 1980s, exploring the often controversial off-stage lives of singer Simon Le Bon and bassist John Taylor.
PIRATES’ BAY
NUMBER OF ILLEGAL FILES FOUND BY
MUSO.com OF TOP 10 ALBUMS ON JULY 9 2012 116 CHRIS BROWN Fortune
228 MAROON 5 Overexposed 251 LINKIN PARK Living Things 729 ED SHEERAN +
305 EMELI SANDE Our Version of Events 461 PAUL SIMON Graceland
4,1,484 COLDPLAY Mylo Xyloto 2,289 RIHANNA Talk That Talk 8 ADELE 21 4,145 JAY-Z & KANYE WEST Watch The Thrones 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000
THE FLAMING LIPS The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
LINKIN PARK Living Things
MAROON 5 Overexposed
73 57 54
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