06 Music Week 10.03.12
BIFFY CLYRO Stingin' Belle (14th Floor) (From album, October tbc) Contact: Ben Hopkins, Warner Music
freelancewriter@warnermusic.com
GRIZZLY BEAT Yet Again (Warp) (From album, September 17) Contact: Beth Brookfield, Purple
beth@purplepr.com
NINA NESBITT Boy (Island) Contact: Alix Wenmouth, Wasted Youth
alix@wastedyouthpr.com
DATA DIGEST BREAKOUT
SALES PREVIOUS WEEK
SOCIETY All That We've Become (Roundtable) (Single, August 27) Contact: Beth Brookfield, Purple
beth@purplepr.com
GOTYE I Feel Better (Island) (Single, September 3) Contact: Alix Wenmouth, Wasted Youth
alix@wastedyouthpr.com
FIDLAR No Waves (Wichita) (EP, August 20) Contact: Paddy Davis, Hall Or Nothing
paddy@hallornothing.com
SAM AND THE WOMP Bom Bom (One More Tune / Stiff) (Single, August 20) Contact: Katie Gwyther, Warner
THE SCRIPT Hall Of Fame (Phonogenic) (Single, September 10) Contact: Barbara Charone, MBC PR
bc@mbcpr.com
PAUL BANKS The Base (Matador) (Single, October 22) Contact: Stuart Davie, Matador Records
stuart@matadorrecords.com
PASSION PIT Take A Walk (Columbia) (Single, September 17) Contact: Michael Cleary, Columbia
Michael.Cleary@
sonymusic.com
Tanya Lacey This singer, songwriter and rapper takes influence from hip- hop, soul, reggae and drum’n’bass for “raw, eclectic and soulful” sounds. Currently in the studio working with Roc Nation and writing for Rihanna and DJ Fresh, Debut EP Head Chef is out October 8. Catch her at September’s Breakout event in Camden, London. Get on the guest list at
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% CHANGE YEAR TO DATE
SALES PREVIOUS YEAR % CHANGE
SALES STATISTICS
CHART WEEK 31 Compiled from Official Charts Company sales data by Music Week VS LAST WEEK
SINGLES
3,155,494 3,142,600
+0.4% SINGLES
96,600,711 104,081,290
+7.7%
APPOINTMENT TO VIEW
ARTIST ALBUMS 1,045,487 1,048,761
0.3%
ARTIST ALBUMS 39,824,544 47,352,697
15.9%
COMPILATIONS 449,347 555,681
19.1%
COMPILATIONS 9,944,466 9,615,336
+3.4%
TOTAL ALBUMS 1,494,834 1,604,442
6.8%
TOTAL ALBUMS 49,769,010 56,968,033
12.6%
THE JOY OF DISCO Friday, 10 August – BBC4, 9.20pm-10.20pm A documentary on why Disco provided the soundtrack to some of the most important social changes of the 1970s, including gay liberation and female empowerment.
OLYMPICS: LONDON 2012 CLOSING CEREMONY Sunday, 12 August – BBC1, 8.50pm-11.30pm The Olympics end with a bang in the traditional closing ceremony entitled A Symphony of British Music. Live from the Olympic Stadium it features more than 4,000 performers. Produced by artistic designer Kim Gavin, with music direction by 007 composer David Arnold.
AN AUDIENCE WITH LIONEL RICHIE Monday, 13 August – ITV3, 9pm-10pm The veteran sings a selection of hits, including Dancing on the Ceiling and All Night Long, and is joined on stage by Westlife and Beverley Knight. Audience members include Kelly Holmes and Myleene Klass.
TAGGEDPIRATES’ BAY
The latest most popular Shazam new release chart: 1 SAM AND THE WOMP Bom Bom 2 RITA ORA How We Do 3 PORTER ROBINSON Language 4 ANGEL Wonderful 5 TREY SONGZ Simply Amazing
GIG OF THE WEEK
Keeping score of entertainment.
Who: Jessie Ware Where: Plan B, London When: August 15 Why: Island Records soulstress Jessie Ware plays live ahead of debut album release Devotion on August 20.
The average review scores of the biggest releases – all courtesy of Metacritic
www.metacritic.com
NUMBER OF ILLEGAL FILES FOUND BY
MUSO.com OF TOP 10 ALBUMS ON AUGUST 6 2012
385 PLAN B ill Manors 371 EMELI SANDÉ Our Version Of Events 735 MAROON 5 Overexposed
33 DELILAH From The Roots Up 30 MIKE OLDFIELD Two Side The Very Best 2183 RIHANNA Talk That Talk 145 RICK ROSS God Forgives, I Don't 678 ED SHEERAN +
26 ADELE 21 Source:
Muso.com CRITICAL MASS 0 600 1,200 1,800 1,552 2,400
BLUR 21 Blur
RICK ROSS God Forgives, I Don’t
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM Handwritten
93 75 71
For all A&R enquiries and demo submissions contact
stuart@littlevictoriesltd.com
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