32 MusicWeek 14.09.12
FUN Some Nights (single) Out now Some Nights (album) Out now
The third biggest-selling single of 2012 with sales of close to one million in the UK alone, Fun’s We Are Young is an undisputed
global anthem of epic proportions. Debut album Some Nights scored a Top 10 chart position in the UK on release this summer and their second single of the same name has already reached the A list on Radio 1 and 2 and entered the OCC Top 10 for the first time last week. With a follow-up single shaping up to be just as big a hit as the first and the band back in the UK in early October to play a sold-out headline tour, including the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Fun look set to continue their chart domination.
Plan B iLL Manors (album) Out now Playing with Fire (single) November 26
Plan B returned this summer to follow up the quadruple-platinum success of his 2010 album The Defamation Of
Strickland Banks. First came a ferocious statement of intent in the form of lead single iLL Manors in March that galvanised the nation as a rousing slice of social commentary. This was followed by the critically acclaimed soundtrack album of the same name that entered the UK album charts at No.1 in July and received widespread plaudits as the most important record of the year. Since then the album has been certified gold and a fourth single, Playing With Fire featuring Labrinth, will be released in November.
Ed Sheeran + (album) Out Now Give Me Love (single) Out November tbc
After a staggering 12 months Ed Sheeran has established himself as not only the biggest-selling debut artist of the last year
Ed Sheeran: Debut album + is now certified six-times platinum
Plan B: Playing With Fire, featuring Labrinth, will be the fourth single taken from the gold-selling album Ill Manors
combined so far this year. The accompanying album Wild Ones also entered the Top 10 of the UK album charts on release. His latest single I Cry is already burning up the singles chart and radio playlists and looks like joining Wild Ones, Good Feeling and Whistle as yet another huge single from the current album. With an incredible year to date there’s still plenty more to come from one of the world’s biggest crossover urban superstars.
The Staves
Dead & Born & Grown (album) November 12 Tongue Behind My Teeth (single) November 4
The angelic voiced trio of sisters have spent recent months touring the length and breadth of the US, Canada and UK with
the likes of Michael Kiwanuka, Ben Howard and Bon Iver. November 12 will see the release of The Staves’ debut album, Dead & Born & Grown. Amidst the folk trio’s relationship with the open road, the sisters released two EPs, courted praise from the likes of The Times and The Observer and captivated audiences at SXSW to much acclaim from critics and artists alike. Around the release of their highly anticipated album the band will support Bon Iver across the UK in November.
TREY SONGZ Chapter V (album) Out now Never Again (single) Out November
Trey Songz arrived in the UK this summer with the breakthrough album of his career, delivering his first UK hit single Heart
but also one of the most successful breakthrough acts in recent history. The double Brit winner’s debut album + is certified six-times platinum and has sold more than 2.5 million singles as well as upholding a place within the album Top 10 for most of the last year. Ed returns to the UK this autumn playing to over 300,000 people on his sold-out headline tour and recently headlined the iTunes Festival. The
next single Give Me Love, to be taken from +, will be released this November.
FLO RIDA Wild Ones (album) Out now I Cry (single) Out now
Flo Rida dominated the UK charts and airwaves through 2012, selling 1.6 million singles to date, more than any other artist
ROAD SHOW THREE OF THE QUARTER’S BEST FROM
At The Skylines The Secrets To Life Roadrunner Released October 8
Newly signed to Roadrunner this young six piece from SoCal, USA, have already released their debut in
the US to a hugely receptive audience. Produced by Fredrik Nordström (Bring Me The Horizon, In Flames), ATS’s debut combines soaring melodies and passionate screams with blazingly provocative dynamics.
The Amity Affliction Chasing Ghosts Roadrunner Released October 1
This Australian four- piece’s breakthrough album Youngbloods charted at No.6 in their homeland and now
Chasing Ghosts, their debut for Road- runner, is set to break open the door worldwide. While combining sing/ scream assaults with skillfully melodic angst, TAA offer something new, unique and distinct. Expect big things.
Stone Sour The House Of Gold And Bones Part 1 Roadrunner Released October 22
Grammy- nominated US rockers Stone Sour return with not one but two
albums in the space of six months. HoGaB Part 1 drops in October and is the immediate follow up to their UK Top 10 album Audio Secrecy. Preceded by the double-salvo single Gone
Sovereign/Absolute Zero, the band come to the UK in December for tour dates while HoGaB Part 2 is released in March 2013.
Break and the Top 10 smash Simply Amazing. He followed this up with his first Top 10 UK album Chapter V, which also debuted at the number one spot in the US Billboard charts. A further single will follow before the end of the year alongside a forthcoming UK tour that will firmly establish Trey as one of the biggest R&B stars to hit UK shores and a truly global phenomenon.
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