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MARKET SHARES BY CORPORATE GROUP CHART WEEK 28
SINGLES Universal 50.0% Warner 18.6% Sony 15.8% EMI 14.5% Others 1.1%
DIGITAL VS 100
20 40 60 80
0 27.1% 72.5%
PHYSICAL 33.2%
66.4%
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Universal/EMI shock: IMPALA boss BACKS bid Monday, July 16 Universal/EMI deal approved in Japan Wednesday, July 11 Bloc Festival owner falls into administration Wednesday, July 11 Survey: half of people think not paying for music is acceptable Friday, July 13 Female music acts dominate Forbes under-30 richlist Friday, July 13
ARTIST ALBUMS Universal 37.4% Sony 24.7% Warner 18.7% EMI 10.0% Others 9.2%
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34.3% 65.3% 34.8% 64.8% 34.3% 65.3%
WkS 24-28 The UK market share for all albums in the past five weeks
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The front cover of the last ever issue of The Wordmag- azine bares few farewell themes, instead teasing a “fascinating” 24 hours on the road with The Cure. It offers a single quote from comic writer PG Wodehouse: “Golf, like measles, should be caught young.” Inside, 41-year-old British-born transgender and “musical oddity” Anthony Hegarty says that we’re doomed unless we shift to “more feminine forms of government: emo- tion and intuition are utterly essen- tial to any human decision.” James Medd discovers conversa-
tion with Lou Reed is like “conduct- ing a transatlantic phone call across a small table” and finds him dark, chilly, unafraid of silence and with a sense of “menace”. Robert Smith predicts that The Cure’s last world tour will be his final: “It’s taxed me so much. It’s a sad admission but I’ve never, ever performed without a stimulant.” Kimbra’s music is a “running buf-
fet” that spans intricate pop, gospel soul, disco-slick electronica, Bjork- like hyperballads and even rootsy Americana, according to Andrew Collins. Kate Mossman, meanwhile, says Laurel Collective’s Heartbreak Underground is “intelligent, busy, well-meant psychedelic pop”.
NO: 16%
@mrasaunders I see woman-beating misogynist Chris Brown is flying high atop the album charts - well done music fans, well done indeed....
(Andy Saunders, Velocity PR) Monday, July 9
@MikeTreat everyone at work has decided i should go out with Katie Holmes. yeah alright. (Mike Hemsley, Hassle Records)
Monday, July 9
@MarinasDiamonds “So, Marina, we're going to make you look like you’re trapped inside a massive bub- ble” - this is why I wanted to become a
pop star (Marina Diamandis) Tuesday, July 10
@Paulhitsheet Biggest laugh of the day so far ... email from a non sub- scriber asking me to find him an act for the voice second series. That ship
has sailed. (Paul Kramer, Hitsheet mag) Tuesday, July 10
@ThePrester Great show tonight from Monsters & Men. Very Arcade Fire-esque. Bits of Dexys, Beirut & Fanfarlo thrown in to boot. Euphoric
& uplifting! (Niall Prescott, Last FM) Thursday, July 12
@frazerlawton Oh Christ, I’m sitting next to a couple breaking-up. I can’t move. FFS. (Frazer Lawton, Murray Chalmers PR)
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@lukeywilliams Hey I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my laun- dry, so wash it maybe. (Luke Williams, Insomnia)
Wednesday, July 11
@CharliScottWhen you move me everything is groovy. (Charli Scott, Turn First) Wednesday, July 11
YES: 84% LIFE IS TWEET WE FOLLOW THE INDUSTRY’S FINEST
@cowboystyle pete hammond should be required to remix every single song in the UK Top 40. EVERY WEEK. (David James Lennon, Universal)
Friday, July 13
@StevieVanZandt English cops may be the only individuals left on earth that wouldn't want to hear one more from Bruce Springsteen and Paul
McCartney! (Steven Van Zandt) Sunday July 15
@annanev Paul Simon was so amazing, at the end did Sound of Silence, collective gasps then complete silence from 60,000+
people. Incredible. (Anna Neville, music lawyer) Sunday July 15
@JohnGiddings01 the bbc have spent 2.5 mill more of our money this year –maybe they shouldn’t put gigs on? (John Giddings) Tuesday July 17
THEMAGIC NUMBERS
Amaze colleagues and bamboozle rivals with
these head-spinning facts and figures...
£200m
Price paid to the BBC for the purchase of Television
Centre by Stanhope Plc. The Beeb’s annual report also
showed 90 hours of music & arts TV programming had been cut in its last fiscal year
107
UK festivals booked to take place between now and the end of
September according to the Festival Calendar website
$4,250
For one of the thousand copies of Kiss’s new
book, bumper photo album Kiss Monster
46 Years in business and
Brighton’s independent record store Rounder Records is to shut this
month, blaming “basic eco- nomics” for the closure
5
Female music artists feature on Forbes Top 10 of the highest paid celebrities
under the age of 30: Taylor Swift, Adele, Rihanna, Lady Gaga & Katy Perry
7th
Position on the US iTunes chart for former X Factor
contestant Cher Lloyd with single Want U Back
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