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MARKET SHARES BY CORPORATE GROUP CHART WEEK 38
ARTIST SINGLES Universal 39.7% Sony 20.8% EMI 16.7% Warner 15.5% Others 7.3%
DIGITAL VS 34.3%
20 40 60 80
0 65.3%
PHYSICAL 35.3%
65.3%
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Universal/EMI: Now US clears deal Friday, September 21 Universal/EMI: EC approves takeover Friday, September 21 Adele confirmed as singer of new Bond theme Monday, September 17 MOBO Awards 2012 - all the nominees Tuesday, September 18 Sheeran man Gosling tops Music Week producers chart Thursday, September 20
ARTIST ALBUMS Universal 36.4% Sony 34.8% EMI 10.5% Warner 6.1% Others 12.2%
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34.3% 65.2% 34.9% 64.5% 34.3% 65.1%
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Hammer mag- azine Lamb of God front man Randy Blythe speaks exclu- sively about his “prison hell abroad” after being accused of manslaughter, following the death of a fan at the bands show in Prague on May 24. Inside, George ‘corpsegrinder’
Fisher from Cannibal Corpse says his neck is “bigger than the base of his head”, a girth he’s kept from headbanging: “A friend of mine once said, ‘you don’t have a head, you’re a neck with lips.’” The track Before I Die, which
features on Papa Roach’s seventh album The Connection, was written by front man Jacoby Shaddix just after he “decided to kill himself”. Meanwhile, Dave Wyndorf of Monster Magnet says if he presses his liver against his spleen he can extract enough residual LSD to “get him going again”. In the reviews pages Dom
Lawson gives Devin Townsend Project’s Epicloud nine out of ten, a record which comes wrapped in a “soothing blanket of dreamy reverb and beguiling multi-layered voices”. Greg Moffitt says Down’s upcom-
YES: 40%
@Eddrewett In the stooodio with the B.E.A.UTIFUL @Parade Vocalling a tune I wrote called The Touch :O (Ed Drewett) Monday, September 17
@rebeccaschiller Erm, Electric Brixton might wanna take a look at their web- site. When you click 'More Info' on gig listings, it sends me to a Viagra ad...
(Rebecca Schiller, NME) Monday, Sept. 17
@horrorshowtunez finally taking a proper listen to "Children of Desire" by Merchandise. It is incredible. Props to Katorga Works for giving free down- loads. (Nathan Roberts, Columbia)
Monday, September 17
@StevenJRStone I've just woken up to some random women calling me from Last Bar on Chancery Lane asking me to try her free nibbles on Friday #still- drunk (Steven Stone, freelance)
Wednesday, September 19 Follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute alerts @MusicWeekNews NO: 60%
@nhsriley #shitfacebookupdateofthe- week friend of mine likes something to do with someone i don't know and i don't care about x50 all over the
timeline (Matt Riley, Hospital Records) Wednesday, September 19
@TamMcLarty someone send me some new upbeat choons so i can retain my music dictatorship in the office pls. fanks.
(Tamsin McLarty, Metropolis Group Studios) Wednesday, September 19
@iamrobanderson Disappointed my £50 offer for EMI was refused. (Rob Anderson, Distiller Music) Friday, September 21
@guyachambers Doing a masterclass at at LIPA in Liverpool
today.try and not talk bollocks (Guy Chambers, songwriter) Friday, September 21
ing Down IV Part 1 - The Purple EP is “metal for people with hangovers made by people who understand.”
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@GabeGurnsey What is it with bands bringing in an orchestra for their second album? The only thing I'll be bringing in is another cowbell. End
(Gabe Gurnsey, Factory Floor) Friday, September 21
@coltmanmusic who needs swag when you have gangnam style? (Adam Coltman, Sticky Management) Friday, September 21
@conwittwit Honestly, this years X Factor is truly a crock of shit. #timetocallitaday (Conrad Withey, Warner Music Group) Sunday, September 23
@SoundCity The last time I was 'digitally engaged' was to my Thai internet bride. (Liverpool Sound City) Monday, September 24
THEMAGIC NUMBERS
Amaze colleagues and bamboozle rivals with
these head-spinning facts and figures...
10%
Of Universal and EMI’s combined revenues represented in the divest- ments demanded by the EC before it would allow the deal to go ahead
8
Illegal downloads for every purchase of Ed Sheeran’s debut album + doesn’t faze the artist.
£7.4m
Is the reported worth of Nicki Minaj's American Idol contract
£1.2m
Sought by James Taylor in compensatory damages from Warner in a dispute over royalty rates
5th
Arctic Monkeys album is underway, according to a tweet from drummer Matt Helders’ mum
£2.46m Raised by Beyonce and
Jay-Z at a fundraiser for US President Barack Obama's re-election campaign
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