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MARKET SHARES BY CORPORATE GROUP CHART WEEK 35
ARTIST SINGLES Universal 38.0% Sony 23.6% Warner 22.6% EMI 6.9% Others 8.9%
DIGITAL VS 100
20 40 60 80
0 32.7% 66.9%
PHYSICAL 32.7%
66.9%
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Lucy Spraggan’s album removed from iTunes Monday, August 27 Universal/EMI: Vivendi ‘expects approval within weeks’ Thursday, August 30 One Direction debut cost ‘nowhere near’ £1m – Cowell Friday, August 31 Global digital music revenue to grow 15% per annum – report Wednesday, August 29 The Creamfields cancellation in pictures Tuesday, August 28
ARTIST ALBUMS Universal 38.5% Sony 29.4% Warner 12.0% EMI 10.5% Others 9.6%
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36.6% 63.0%
34.3% 65.3% 35.3% 65.3%
WkS 31-35 The UK market share for all albums in the past five weeks
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An exclusive Nick Cave interview in this months Uncutmaga- zine explores a life on the “lawless edge”. The Bad Seed talks about his new prohibition-era gangster film, the art of writing and why movie execs think he’s musically inept. Inside, a 50th anniversary
feature on Irish folk music revolutionaries The Dubliners traces the bands rise to success despite initial fear. “To see five guys with beards was a frightening experience for many people,” says fiddle/man- dolin/tin whistle/concertina player John Sheahan. Peter Shapiro finds David Byrne
pacing around the office of his record label Todo Undo resembling a “giant ice lolly”, despite the stifling heat of mid-July New York City and singer/songwriter Michael Nesmith (of The Monkees) says the reason for his notorious no-show at performances was motivated from “having other things to do”, In the reviews pages, Bob
Dylan’s 35th album Tempest gets 10/10 from Allan Jones: “a storytelling masterpiece – dark, passionate and violent” and Stephen Troussé says Grizzly Bears’ Shields discovers “a new wildness”.
YES: 15%
@aylott listened to the new Propagandhi album yet? if not, fuck- ing hurry up you idiots. (Tom Aylott, Hopeless Records)
Tuesday, August 28
@ClashRobin Another day, another negative Yeasayer review. Am I the only person in the world who genuine- ly likes it? #probably
(Robin Murray, Clash Magazine) Tuesday, August 28
@kevtwitking I'm coming round to
the idea of marrying your pet. (Kevin King, Universal Music) Tuesday, August 28
@SeanBHill Having attended V Festival this year I can fully under- stand how the locals managed to confuse a cat with a lion (Sean Hill,
Lucid Group) Wednesday, August 29 NO: 85% LIFE IS TWEET WE FOLLOW THE INDUSTRY’S FINEST
@BethanElfyn Congratulations to all the nominees for @welshmusicprize - exciting how many brilliant albums get made in Wales each year. Go guys!
(Bethan Elfyn, BBC Radio Wales) Wednesday, August 29
@alistairtant It's always a delightful feeling when you have a meeting with a band’s manager & they remind you what you did on Friday at Leeds Fest.
(Alistair Tant, Essential) Wednesday, August 29
@lilyrosecooper I think a baby mouse has died in my mouth. (Lily Rose Cooper) Thursday, August 30
@davesimps0n Bit late, but my #Leedsfestival highlights: Cure, Of Monsters & Men, Kasabian, Jake Bugg’s wrist, conga line for Django
Django, cakes (Dave Simpson, The Guardian) Thursday, August 30
@anniemacdj Off to DJ in Mallorca for the last time this Summer. I even brought my swimsuit. Not for stage obvs, for a jump in the sea #notrihan-
na (Annie Mac) Thursday, August 30
@Karistocat Back DJing the Abbey Tavern again on Saturday... I plan to play Mariah Carey's classic 'Fantasy' at least once. Girls, come and dance!
(Karis Beckingham, Cooking Vinyl) Friday, August 31
@Gentlemansunion Can’t get enough Anne Vanderlove today. (Samuel Ward, Sentric Music) Friday, August 31
@mm6169 At paralympics. There’s official 2012 mexican wave organis- ers. 5yr old just said “why do they have to do that ridiculous thing”...
(Mark Mitchell, Warner) Tuesday, September 4 Follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute alerts @MusicWeekNews
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55,242 Total UK lifetime sales of
Public Enemy's Harder Than You Think, according to Official Charts Company
data. Originally released in 2007, 52,753 sales have arrived since Channel 4
used the track for its 2012 Paralympic Games cover-
age. It is now PE's biggest- selling UK single in history and claimed a No.4 spot on last Sunday's Official Singles chart.
3.2%
Revenue rise in this year’s H1 for Universal Music Group
166
Miles from Earth (as in, on the surface of Mars) is the venue for the premiere of
will.i.am's new single Reach for the Stars
£69.5m
Puts Dr. Dre ahead of Simon Cowell and Elton John in Forbes’ rundown of the World’s Most Powerful Celebrities
79 Weeks after entering
the Billboard 200 Top 10 and Adele's 21 has finally lost its place
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