4 Music Week 07.12.12 NEWS NEWS IN BRIEF
MOS: Ministry Of Sound’s pre-tax profits doubled last year, reaching almost £40m turnover for its core business. New accounts for the company showed turnover of £38.2m for the 12 months ending December 2011 – with £25m of that coming from recorded music. The Ministry Of Sound Licensing arm saw a pre-tax profit of £3.45m while digital music revenues increased by 28% last year, improving overall gross margins on recorded music from 26.3 – 30.4%. Ministry Of Sound’s nightclubs also saw a 4.6% rise in attendance last year although operating costs rose by 2%. PRS: The group has launched a revised Code of Conduct for its 95,000 music creator members and over 350,000 existing customers. FESTIVAL AWARDS: Bestival was crowned the Best Major Festival at the 9th annual UK Festival Awards earlier this week in London. Festival No. 6 took home the title of Best New Festival. See who won what in full on
MusicWeek.com. 6 MUSIC: Mary Anne Hobbs is to join BBC Radio 6Music as the presenter of the all-new Weekend Breakfast Show. PERFECT SONGS: In our Q3 publishing market shares Sam and The Womp’s Bom Bom was wrongly attributed to Kobalt and should have been 100% Perfect Songs. As a result of this, Kobalt remains the period’s third biggest singles publisher overall but with market share of 13.9%, while Perfect Songs finishes in sixth place with a 2.4% share. In the indie singles rankings Kobalt now leads with 35.8% followed by BMG Chrysalis (12.4%) and Perfect Songs (6.2%). WEGOTTICKETS: This year’s Oxjam broke the record for the largest amount of customer donations to a charity project (£6,200 raised all in including 50% of booking fee). This year’s Christmas appeal is for Nordoff Robbins –WGT customers can donate throughout December, and 100% of booking fees on Xmas day are donated to the charity. O2 ARENA: The venue has been awarded Gold status on Attitude is Everything’s Access Charter for deaf and disabled fans. The O2’s Changing Places toilet is due to be installed this month including a changing bed and hoist for people at the high end of access requirements.
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Atlantic patient in Mars quest A
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tlantic Records is in no hurry with its marketing campaign for Bruno
Mars’ highly-anticipated second album, with an 18-month stretch of activity planned for Unorthodox Jukebox. The LP, which is released in
the UK on Monday (December 10) is the follow-up to Mars’ debut Doo-Wops and Hooligans, which has gone 39 times platinum around the world. Doo-Wops has sold in excess
of five million copies since being released in October 2010, with Rolling Stone calling it “the year’s finest pop debut” - and Atlantic has every confidence that Mars’ follow-up can also enjoy long-tail success. “There are only a handful of
artists who have recently enjoyed the scale of success of Bruno,” said Mark Mitchell, general manager of Atlantic Records UK. “Doo-Wops and Hooligans built over an 18-month period and similarly we have a long term plan for Unorthodox Jukebox, starting with a burst of high profile activity in the run up to Christmas.” Atlantic’s strategy with Doo-
Wops won’t be copied in its entirety for Orthadox Jukebox, however: the new album arrives less than a month after recent lead single Locked Out Of Heaven, which hit No.2 on the
Mars Attacks: Atlantic began promoting Unorthodox Jukebox straight away in the UK, with Bruno Mars now firmly established
Arena in London this Friday evening (December 8). “From day one we showcased
the full range of Bruno’s artistry,” commented Mitchell. “From booking his first live performances to introducing him to media, our aim was to establish his credentials as a gifted songwriter and talented performer. The amazing success we enjoyed on TV and radio was thanks to taking people on a journey with Bruno via his music and letting the songs speak for themselves. He added: “Bruno has an
Official Chart and has sold more than 180,000 copies to date. “In the UK we released Doo-
Wops and Hooligans two months after the US date because we wanted time to establish Bruno,” explained Mitchell. “Releasing the singles first helped people to see this was an album packed full of hit tracks and it worked incredibly well. “This time around he is a proven act, so we are immediately into promo for Unorthodox Jukebox and that’s reflected in a very active TV and radio schedule here in the UK.” He added: “Bruno is a truly
global artist, the fact that he’s only on album two and already 39 times platinum internationally is testament not
only to his talent but also the work we have put into developing and promoting his music. We are very excited about his success, however our focus is on building him a long-term career and we are working towards that by making the most of the current album.” Mars this week unveiled
another new track from Unorthadox Jukebox on his YouTube page called When I Was Your Man, following a performance on X Factor on Sunday night (December 2), which has helped keep Locked Out Of Heaven in the Top 5 on the Official midweek Sales Flashes. He also appeared on Capital FM on Tuesday morning. Mars will play the O2
incredible and rare mix of talents; timeless songwriting, electrifying performance and a signature voice. He understands his audience and creates compelling music that appeals to a wide demographic, as such he has attracted a large and engaged fanbase.” Mars has racked up a clutch
of prestigious awards on the back of his first album and hit-writing for other artists - such as Forget You for Cee Lo Green. His award wins include a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammy for Just The Way You Are, an American Music Award for Pop or Rock Music/Favorite Male Artist, two MTV European Music Awards and multiple 2011 Billboard Awards including Top Male Hot 100 Artist of the Year. He also won Song of the Year for Just The Way You Are at the ASCAP Pop Awards.
Absolute back on board for Music Week Awards 2013
Absolute Marketing & Distribution has signed up to sponsor the official Drinks Reception at the Music Week Awards 2013. The label services group,
which also backed the reception last year, will help ensure all guests are suitably refreshed before the big night kicks off on Thursday, April 11. “We are really pleased to be a
sponsor for the Music Week Awards 2013,” said Absolute director Simon Wills. “They have been a big success in the last couple of years and we are
very happy to be associated with them again.” This year’s ceremony will
feature 23 awards, recognising the finest commercial and creative successes in the UK music industry across fields including marketing, sales, distribution and retail. New categories include Live Promoter
and Music Media Brand – giving the specialist consumer press the chance to duke it out in front of the industry. Lobbying for the Music
Week Awards 2013 is free – and simple. Just email the name of a party deserving of a nomination to:
mwawards@intentmedia.co.uk.
Include: the category, who
you are nominating and up to one side of A4 in terms of explanation. Organisers will come back to you if further exposition is required. The final closing date for nominations is Monday, February 18, 2013. For tickets and table information contact: Sarah.Harris@
intentmedia.co.uk. For key sponsorship
opportunities contact:
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