6 MusicWeek 07.09.12
EVERYTHING EVERYTHING Cough Cough (Victor/RCA) (Single, October 14) Contact: Beth Drake, Toast
beth@toastpress.com
CRYSTAL CASTLES Wrath Of God (Fiction/Polydor) (Single, TBC) Contact: Ruth Drake, Toast
ruth@toastpress.com
DOG IS DEAD Talk Through The Night (Atlantic) (Single, October 1) Contact: Briana Dougherty, Atlantic
briana.dougherty@
atlanticrecords.co.uk
DJ FRESH Feeling (Ministry Of Sound) (Single, September 24) Contact: Matt Learmouth, Alchemy
matt@alchemypr.com
BENJAMIN GIBBARD Teardrop Windows (City Slang) (Free download, available now) Contact: Kate Price, Stereo Sanctity
kate@stereosanctity.co.uk
THE STAVES W/KEATON HENSON Icarus (Atlantic) (Free download, available now) Contact: Jon Lawrence, Stoked
jon@stokedpr.com
CHARLI XCX You're the One (Asylum / Atlantic) (Single, September 17) Contact: Briana Dougherty, Atlantic
briana.dougherty@
atlanticrecords.co.uk
PAPA ROACH Still Swingin' (11/7) (Single, September 24) Contact: Kas Mercer, Mercenary
kas.mercer@
mercenarypublicity.com
WILD BELLE Keep You (Columbia) (Single, September 24) Contact: Michael Cleary, Columbia
Michael.Cleary@
sonymusic.com
DEADMAU5 FEAT. GERARD WAY Professional Griefers (Virgin) (Single, September 24) Contact: Paul Guimaraes, Virgin
paul.guimaraes@
virginmusic.com
DATA DIGEST BREAKOUT
SALES
FOREIGN SLIPPERS Made up of Swedish-born Gabrielle Fröden’s “unique voice” and Phil Wilkinson on drums, Foreign Slippers’ folk-pop sound has been coined by The Line of Best Fit as: “A fine introduction to a real emerging tal- ent.” Catch the duo at the Music Week Breakout event on September 13 at Proud Galleries, Camden. Get on the guest list at
musicweek.com/ breakout
PREVIOUS WEEK
% CHANGE YEAR TO DATE
SALES PREVIOUS YEAR % CHANGE
SALES STATISTICS
CHART WEEK 35 Compiled from Official Charts Company sales data by Music Week VS LAST WEEK
SINGLES
3,442,303 3,379,982
+1.8% SINGLES
117,339,917 108,553,799
+8.1%
APPOINTMENT TO VIEW
ARTIST ALBUMS 1,159,692 1,091,318
+6.3%
ARTIST ALBUMS 44,060,731 52,549,966
–16.2%
COMPILATIONS 326,965 350,238
–6.6%
COMPILATIONS 11,350,568 10,889,663
+4.2
TOTAL ALBUMS 1,486,657 1,441,556
+3.1%
TOTAL ALBUMS 55,411,299 63,439,629
–12.7%
LONDON ROCK Friday, 7 September – Sky Arts 1, 3pm-4pm Bands including
T.Rex, the Faces and Fairport Convention reveal their philosophies, thoughts on stardom and inspiration during their early days.
BBC PROMS 2012 Saturday, 8 September – BBC2/1, 7.30pm-10.40pm The grand finale to the 118th season of Henry Wood Promenade concerts, live from London’s Royal Albert Hall. Violinist Nicola Benedetti (pictured) and tenor Joseph Calleja return with the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra to perform music by Richard Rodgers, Shostakovich, John Williams and Dvorak.
TAGGED PIRATES’ BAY
The latest most popular Shazam new release chart: 1 FUN. Some Nights 2 TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 3 EXAMPLE Say Nothing 4 CHERYL Under The Sun 5 AMELIA LILY You Bring Me Joy
GIG OF THE WEEK
Who: Lady Gaga Where: Twickenham Stadium When: September 9 Why: Pop luminary Lady Gaga comes to London with The Darkness as part of her Born This Way European Tour.
Keeping score of entertainment.
The average review scores of the biggest releases – all courtesy of Metacritic
www.metacritic.com
SPECTACLE: ELVIS COSTELLO Monday, 10 September – Sky Arts 1, 6pm-7pm 5/7. John Prine, Lyle Lovett and Ray LaMontagne discuss the craft of the singer-songwriter and perform songs from their respective back catalogues.
NUMBER OF ILLEGAL FILES FOUND BY
MUSO.com OF TOP 10 ALBUMS ON SEPTEMBER 3 2012
215 RITA ORA Ora 282 EMELI SANDÉ Our Version Of Events 1,176 OF MONSTERS AND MEN My Head Is An Animal
73 ELBOW Dead In The Boot
0 PALOMA FAITH Fall To Grace 266 THE BLACK KEYS El Camino
226 PLAN B Ill Manors 303 FUN. Some Nights 567ED SHEERAN +
Source:
Muso.com CRITICALMASS 0 200 400 600 1,190 RIHANNA Talk That Talk 1,552 800 1,000 1,200
DAN DEACON America
RICHARD HAWLEY Standing At The Sky’s Edge
ALANIS MORISSETTE Havoc And Bright Lights
82 78 56
For all A&R enquiries and demo submissions contact
stuart@littlevictoriesltd.com musicweek.com/playlist
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