06 MusicWeek 03.08.12
ELLIE GOULDING Anything Could Happen (Polydor) (Single, September 30) Contact: Susie Ember, Polydor
Susie.Ember@umusic.com
LITTLE MIX Wings (SyCo) (Single, August 26)
Contact: Simon Jones, Hackford Jones
simon@hjpr.co.uk
DATA DIGEST BREAKOUT
BAND OF HORSES
Knock Knock (Columbia) (Single, September 17) Contact: Michael Cleary, Columbia
Michael.Cleary@
sonymusic.com
AMPLIFY DOT Recently signed to Virgin/EMI,
A.Dot is the first female rap- per in the UK to receive a major label album deal in over a decade. With stacks of “bravery and bravado” big things have been predicted for this “feisty young artist”. Catch her at August’s Breakout event at The Proud Galleries in Camden this month.
AIDEN GRIMSHAW Curtain Call (RCA) (Single, August 12) Contact: Frazer Lawton, Murray Chalmers
frazer@murraychalmers.com
OWL CITY
Good Time ft. Carly Rae Jepsen (Island) (Single, September 10) Contact: Alix Wenmouth, Wasted Youth
alix@wastedyouthpr.com
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Today's Supernatural (Domino) (Single, out now)
Contact: Jodie Banaszkiewicz, Domino
jodie@dominorecordco.com
TAME IMPALA
Elephant (Modular) (Single, August 13) Contact: Duncan Jordan, Bella Union
duncan@bellaunion.com
GIG OF THE WEEK
GWILYM GOLD Lust For Sale (From album, September 10) Contact: Adrian Read, Inside Out
adrian@insideslashout.com
SCOUTING FOR GIRLS
Summertime In The City (Epic) (Single, August 26) Contact: Sarah Pearson, Wasted Youth
sarah@wastedyouthpr.com
BAT FOR LASHES Laura (Parlophone) (From album, October 15) Contact: Anna Mears, Dog Day
anna@dogdaypress.com
Who: Soul II Soul, McFly and Saint Etienne Where: Hyde Park and Victoria Park, London When: August 4 Why: Big named artists descend upon the two London parks for a celebration of live music, have-a-go sports and a screenin of the Olympic games.
The latest most popular Shazam new release chart: 1 SAM AND THE WOMPBom Bom 2 ANGEL Wonderful 3 RITA ORA How We Do 4 PORTER ROBINSON Language 5 REDLIGHT Lost In Your LovE
PIRATES’ BAY SALES PREVIOUS WEEK
% CHANGE YEAR TO DATE
SALES PREVIOUS YEAR % CHANGE
SALES STATISTICS
CHART WEEK 30 Compiled from Official Charts Company sales data by Music Week VS LAST WEEK
SINGLES
3,142,600 3,293,659
4.6% SINGLES
100,925,796 93,621,302
+ 7.8%
APPOINTMENT TO VIEW
TAGGED
ARTIST ALBUMS 1,048,761 1,130,677
7.2%
ARTIST ALBUMS 38,779,057 46,128,889
15.9%
COMPILATIONS 555,681 311,446
+ 78.4%
COMPILATIONS 9, 495,119 9,195,988
+ 3.3%
TOTAL ALBUMS 1,604,442 1,442,123
+11.3%
TOTAL ALBUMS 48,274,176 55,324,877
12.7%
BBC Proms 2012 Friday, 3 August – BBC4, 8pm-10pm Conductor Donald Runnicles leads the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a rendition of Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, which he wrote as a gift to his wife in 1870. They also perform Bruckner's Eighth Symphony, the last one he completed before his death in 1896.
ADAM BUXTON’S BUG Saturday, 4 August – Sky Atlantic, 11.15pm-11.45pm Season 1 Episode 4 of 8. The comedian introduces videos for songs by Danish singer-songwriter Oh Land and French DJ Etienne de Crecy.
THE HIT FACTORY: THE STOCK AITKEN & WATERMAN STORY Monday, 6 August – ITV1, 9pm-10pm Documentary charting the success of Stock, Aitken and Waterman, the songwriting and record-producing trio who scored more than 100 top 40 hits in the 1980s and 90s. Featuring contributions by Waterman, Simon Cowell, Sinitta, Pete Burns, Sonia, Steps and many more.
NUMBER OF ILLEGAL FILES FOUND BY
MUSO.com OF TOP 10 ALBUMS ON JULY 31 2012 98 Elton John Good Morning To The Night
17 Adele 21
365 Emeli Sandé Our Version Of Events 783 Ed Sheeran +
144 Joss Stone The Soul Session Vol.2 1,385 RIHANNA Talk That Talk 639 Jennifer Lopez Dance Again The Hits 326 Maroon 5 Overexposed
67 The Gaslight Anthem Handwritten 139 Plan B Ill Manors
Source:
Muso.com CRITICALMASS Keeping score of entertainment.
The average review scores of the biggest releases – all courtesy of Metacritic
www.metacritic.com 0 400 800 1200 1,552 1,600
Shrines Purity Ring
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Blood Red Shoes In Time to Voices
9.0 8.6 7.9
For all A&R enquiries and demo submissions contact
stuart@littlevictoriesltd.com
musicweek.com/playlist
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