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01.02.13 MusicWeek 7
INFECTIOUS BOSS APPOINTED CHAIRMAN AS HE PRAISES MARTIN TALBOT’S PROGRESS
Marshall to help move Charts into ‘contemporary digital landscape’
CHARTS BY TIM INGHAM
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he new chairman of the Official Charts Company, Korda Marshall, has told
Music Week that he believes the firm can do even more to help push up UK record sales in the digital age.
Marshall takes up the role
this week for an initial two-year tenure following a successful 2012 in which the company celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Official Singles Chart, launched a successful consumer- facing web platform and posted record turnover and profits. “You can see from the great
work that the Official Charts Company has undertaken over the last few years just how much excitement and interest there is in the UK charts and how important and relevant they still are to the music industry, artists and everybody who loves music,” Marshall (pictured) told Music Week. “I'm really excited to be appointed to this role and think that it's a real opportunity
to move the charts into a more contemporary landscape and for them to have even more relevance within the digital world. “Martin Talbot and his team
are doing an excellent job managing the Official Charts Company and have a real commitment to developing and evolving as the music environment changes with the advent of new technology.” He added: “It’s really
important that all companies that are involved in music are able to naturally and organically move and react to this fast- evolving marketplace and with the public’s consumption of
with an unbeatable track record of signing and launching new artists, from commercial pop through to the coolest, most credible acts. He is the perfect person to help us take the next steps following the excellent contribution of Rob Salter over the past couple of years.” Marshall will chair a 10-
music. Clearly, the new Official Streaming Charts will be very important going forward and I think we need to look carefully at the dissemination of information on a more open and regular basis as well as seeing how we can use the charts and their impact to drive more sales, create more success and help break more new artists.” The exec replaces Rob Salter,
Tesco’s former head of entertainment, who stepped down from his charts role last month. Marshall will take on the non-executive position in addition to his role running
Infectious Records, whose release An Awesome Wave by Alt-J won the Mercury Prize last year. Marshall has previously held
senior roles at labels such as Warner Music, BMG and Mushroom and has signed and launched acts including Ash, Muse, Gnarls Barkley, Garbage and The Temper Trap. Official Charts Company managing director Martin Talbot said: “I am delighted to welcome Korda as our new chairman. He is a progressive and experienced entrepreneur with a real vision for the Official Charts, as well as a music man
person board, which comprises representatives from the company’s two joint venture owners, record labels association BPI and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). Marshall added: “After 30
years at the A&R coalface finding and developing new talent, I'm really looking forward to utilising all my experience both here and abroad to help Martin and his team navigate the digital minefield and see how we can find new ways of creating even more excitement around the charts. I have a lot of experience running major and independent record companies and have studied and analysed the charts almost every week through my entire career.”
Cooking Vinyl signs Moyet services deal
British independent label Cooking Vinyl has signed Alison Moyet to a worldwide services deal for her eighth studio album. Produced by Guy Sigsworth
(Madonna, Bjork, Seal, Frou Frou) and scheduled for release in May 2013, the singer describes her new electronic-based material as “prog-pop” and “born of reconstructed improvisation”. A three-times BRIT winner and Grammy nominee, Moyet is managed by Richard Griffiths at Modest! Management. In her career to date she has achieved record sales of more than 20 million, both as a solo artist and half of Eighties duo Yazoo. All of her seven previous studio albums charted in the Top 30 of the UK’s
Official Chart. Moyet commented: "It is a
very happy place I find myself in. I am more than delighted to be joining Cooking Vinyl and working with a company of people that support the direction I have taken for my eighth solo studio album. “With the exceptional talent
that is Guy Sigsworth as producer and collaborator, we have recorded a collection of original songs that sees me moving away from a generic line up and back into the world of a programmer. Born of reconstructed improvisation I like to think of it as ‘prog-pop’.” Richard Griffiths, co-founder of Modest! Management said:
“We are thrilled to be working alongside Cooking Vinyl for Alison’s next release. They were the obvious home for this record, which we are all incredibly proud of.” Rob Collins, director,
Cooking Vinyl added: “Alison is a legend and has made an outstanding record on her own terms. I think a lot of people will be surprised, in a good way, about how amazing the record is.” The news comes after
Cooking Vinyl confirmed a global services deal for Billy Bragg’s upcoming album Tooth & Nail - his latest release in a 20-year relationship with the label.
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