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issue 719 / 16 March 2017

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} StubHub Chief Survive On Love See page 12 Executive calls for for contact business to be more Matt Gresham details Warner [Europe only] / available for UK & US transparent around out where tickets are distributed. (FT) With over 3.5 million streams under his belt across three singles, including two million for this tune alone, Matt Gresham is }  quietly building a solid reputation, and this excellent track sounds introduces “Verified like a global breakout smash in the right hands. It’s co-written Fan” programme to with LA-based artist/producer Jaymes Young, who’s worked with tackle bots. (Recode) Grammar, and ZHU. Currently seeking a Empire on Monday (March 20). Press to date has included UK and US deal, Matt›s signed to Warner Germany for Europe Telegraph and , along with love from the likes of } Calls for “drastic after his 2016 SXSW show, and relocated to Berlin from his native Hilly Dilly, The AU Review, Fortitude, Fame Magazine, Nu Music and rethink” of OCC Australia, where he recently completed his own headline tour. Indietronica. Musically think meets fellow Aussie Jarryd Singles chart. He›s currently making an impact supporting on 16 James. Instantly appealing, brilliantly crafted, ’d be hard pressed (Guardian) sold-out UK dates and arrives in London at the Shepherd’s Bush to find a pop hit this durable anywhere in 2017, we suspect.

} Pandora launches on-demand streaming contents service. (Verge)

P2 Guy Moot discusses Sony/ATV’s year } Online touts who bulk and his promotion buy tickets and sell them for inflated prices P5 Secondary ticketing and more discussed at ILMC will face unlimited fines under government P7 Compass: Compass, Van Zeller, Figmennt plans. (RotD) P8 Mongrel   Plus all the regulars including Tweets, 6am, Word On, Business News, P2 Interview: Guy Moot P8 Compass: Cat Burns P11 Records of the week Media Watch and Chart Life 1 interview

Guy Moot, Sony/ATV UK MD and President of Worldwide Creative

As of this afternoon, Guy Moot celebrates his 30th year in publishing with a promotion “ don’t want to see the chart rules changed to from President of European Creative to an upgraded Worldwide title. This is of dramatically, or quotas or limits put in place, course on top of his existing role as UK because that’s in the realms of controlling it.” Managing Director at the world’s leading , Sony/ATV. His long and successful career is well documented but most recently the company of which he who all see the bigger picture; we all actually they’re from, it’s specific to where their music is at the helm laid claim to publishing or really like each other, respect one other and is most suited so having knowledge of every co-publishing every UK No.1 for an entire get along. It’s a changing world and we all need market is very important. year. It’s a dream headline for most but in each other to make sure we’re signing the a 52-week period where only eight songs artists that matter. Global hit writers can be from What does it mean for Sony/ATV to have have songs have reach the summit, is it , Holland, the States, anywhere, and it’s had a full year of No.1s? a bittersweet success? RotD speaks to important as an international team that we sell You’re always looking forward and thinking Moot about landing his “dream job”, the ourselves and show them what we can deliver about what’s next so I didn’t really keep count importance of thinking internationally, fixing for them because someone from Norway is of the weeks. Publishing is a bit like football the charts and why is bang on the going to end up in LA in a few months. You management: you’re hot one week and then Guy Moot money with culture and storytelling. have to sell yourself as an international team you’re not the next. Some of the hits were now wherever that artist chooses to be or from newer artists, some older and there How will your new title as President of The other thing is that I love spending time in wherever their career takes them. were some internationals in there too so it’s Worldwide Creative see your role change? America and this role will allow me to spend not just about how clever we are in the UK, It evolves the role I’ve been doing somewhat. more time there so I can cultivate even better What are the main challenges when having it’s our international A&R efforts again and At the moment, I run the UK company but also relationships with the people I know there and to consistently think globally? providing the right service to our international coordinate European creatives alongside the take the best of the US into Europe and vice Making sure you present yourself and what acts. Publishing is still about the hits, which best of our local teams but I think this just takes versa. It’s a win win for me and it really is a your proposition as a company is very clearly, these writers have, this isn’t something I what I believe in that A&R is international. dream job but I do think everyone has to think and then proving that. People get discovered masterminded two years ago – if only I could! You’ve got to connect these people in multiple of themselves as an international executive very quickly so I think as the role of a publisher I think we saw before a lot of people territories and this role just takes that around now, you can’t think solely of your territory. it’s working very closely with them to help where the charts were going and that they the world. develop them as , put them in were becoming more hit single orientated. I This allows me to do the two things I’m Outside of your role alone, how do you collaborative situations – being able to support think international hits are crucial because passionate about, one being A&R because ensure Sony/ATV is consistently adapting to media, work with streaming services locally, put in international terms it’s often about that’s been my life but it also allows me to a global industry? them in record companies – it’s not just purely performance and streaming numbers, one remain deep in the operational side of the We really have to work together as a team the creative side that’s the most important. international hit single can make as much as a business in the UK. now. We’ve got a fantastic set of people locally With artists, [success] is not specific to where big selling these days. }} 2 interview (cont)

Simultaneous to that success were a competition and that’s life. It’s great that people lot of conversations around the charts “Music in games is hugely important but I see publishing as such viable entity. Going being ‘broken’, does that make the title forward I just hope they take a long-term bittersweet? can’t say I’m over the moon about the deals view and aren’t just trying to buy up assets; I don’t really connect the two, you can’t we have to suffer.” these things need working, developing, you deny that streaming data is real data. need infrastructure, you need staff, you need The hits are there but people perhaps a global view… That’s not having a dig at take longer to discover them and then Off the back of a year of No.1s, do you think created a culture, it’s happened naturally and anyone, I just hope they are looking long they can play them more easily and more we’re moving away from being an organically and there’s a story, it’s a product term and providing a service because that’s often. I don’t want to see the chart rules industry and into a singles one? of its environment. If you look at my early what I believe in. Part of the fun of the job is changed too dramatically or quotas or Yes we are, there’s no question about it. There Jamaican signings, they come with a story working closely with artists, managers, record limits put in place because that’s in the was big four or five years ago and I think a and cultural relevance. If you look at our companies etc, I couldn’t think of myself as the realms of controlling it. I think there are lot of people will never access an album in the African artists now they come with a story, guy who cherry picks and buys assets. definitely areas of concern around passive same way. At the same time, I think if an album something you can dig into. I think Drake is a listeners on because if you listen is quality then even if people don’t listen to the guy who recognises this a lot, he works with How do you think the relationship to something in the background then that’s whole thing back to back they will listen to the people who are culturally diverse, culturally between publishers and streaming different to someone consciously deciding to vast majority and that’s still good. important. He discovers these people and services should evolve? listen to an artist or song. collaborates. Having current artists that are as well known You recently launched the urban We have a lot of music that sounds great for being writers as they are for their recording Do you think the way the charts are expansion, what does that signify for from good looking people, but you have to ask careers means it allows for a far more direct calculated needs to change? Sony/ATV as a company? yourself whether its compelling: do they come relationship with streaming companies now There isn’t an easy answer to how to We want to be aware of urban music and how with something you can read about, can you and I enjoy the relationship I have with Spotify change the chart but I really don’t like the important that area is but to be honest, I think wear the T-shirt, learn about the culture. A lot and Apple where I can talk to them directly. idea of quotas and I don’t like the idea of we always have been. There’s a unique time of newer stuff is quite sanitized, and if you try When I first joined the publishing word play because the public don’t decide for collaboration in the urban scene, look at and break an album artist without that cultural we had a radio promo guy who worked what gets played on radio. With the greatest from Africa with Drake from Canada… relevance and story it’s unlikely to work. with us and it seemed odd but he was for of respect, I don’t think the radio is the I think there’s this wonderful appreciation of performance income and with the streaming truest barometer of public opinion whilst culture now. People want culture and they want There appears to be a real land-grab world we can help take our catalogue and streaming allows people access and that’s stories and I think that’s often undervalued in across the publishing landscape at our artists and put them on the right lists, be a wonderful thing so as soon as you start process. There’s a coming together the moment from emerging and newer in contact with those services and then when to control that or contort it it lands in some of urban music and a real opportunity for it, we companies, how has Sony/ATV adjusted in there’s an anniversary or a big sync we can weird ground. are very focused on that but not just jumping order to compete? maximise the exploitation of that on streaming I haven’t got a clear answer and I’m not on any old bandwagon, it’s an evolution of our There are a lot of competitors and there is services. I’d like to say we’re innovating in sure how it should be addressed but I think roster here and what we’ve been strong in and a lot of cheap money in the world, a lot of that area and Lettice’s (Summerscale, Head we need to be very careful how we control we want to grow on that. people sitting on money, trying to make deals of Marketing, PR & Comms) job has become what is a free market and allowing people to I always come back to culture, I think and buying everything left, right and centre. more and more solely about promoting our express what they want to listen to. comes out of something where people have I can moan and bitch about that but that’s repertoire to streaming services, and I think }} 3 interview (cont) news

Music Week “People want culture and they want £ Praise for Ed Sheeran as £ Sync Story – Skott – stories and I think that’s often ‘Divide’ surpasses streaming Glitter & Gloss – for Huawei records and passes double P1 . (P9) undervalued in the music.” platinum in week one. (P1) £ Big Interview – they encourage that. I’m not trying to be a and sometimes we are having to make them £ and Tape Dan Chalmers, President of record company or radio plugger but it’s our aware that there is a sync license in music. announced as Music Week Rhino, East West and ADA job that if it’s new stuff, to make them aware Awards 2017 sponsors. (P1) at Warners, discusses their very early and if it’s catalogue to generate This is your 30th year in publishing, with success so far. (P10-12) as much interest as possible so they get your knowledge of the business, what do £ Music UK has streamed a lot. you see as being the biggest disruptor appointed Sara Lord as £ Report – Piracy going forward? Global Head of Creative Prevention. Music Week With so much new technology coming Some of the challenges we have in the Services, with the aim of delve into the protections through what does sync look like for future will be the amount of data that’s flying competing with the majors in needed in conjunction with you now? around in the publishing industry and how 2017. (P2) PRS for Music and YouTube. We have 14/15 people focused on the sync it’s reported. Dealing with so much data (P13-17) side and the different segments of it and I is a real challenge for everybody, every £ Box Plus and PPL are also think the market and ad spend seems quite publisher, every collecting society. There sponsoring the Music Week £ Profile – . buoyant at the moment, although Brexit may has to be some simpler solutions to how the Awards 2017. (P2) (P18-19) have some effect. industry is licensed and how the collections It’s very early in the VR world and we have all work together - which is still country by £ The xx make history with £ Profile – Mistajam. licensed a few games but I think it’s very country – with new technology people want their seven-night sold out run (P20-21) important that we set off on the right terms to license globally. at the O2 Academy . and get the right deals. We have to create (P3) £ Radar at Under The value and underpin how important music is. What are your main challenges in Bridge. (P22) Music in games is hugely important but I can’t publishing this year/ at the moment? £ GM of East West Records, say I’m over the moon about the deals we Being successful in the charts is great and Angie Somerside, reveals have to suffer. wonderful but I still go home at night and worry plans for digital strategy and In any new area it’s our job to be at the about the ones that we’re developing. Not new roles. (P4) forefront of that and be setting the terms worrying in a bad way but more worrying about and conditions. We want to work with these how we work with those people in order to £ Public Service people, we want them to know the importance make them successful. It’s always a challenge have signed in music and that there’s a sync license but to try and keep delivering a service. Coming a licensing deal with PIAS. we want to work with them and bring our up with the right deals with streaming services (P4) writers to work with them too. I don’t want when they come up for renewal is going to be them to see us as the guys at the end of the a challenge. Competition has always been £ On The Radar – . process who demand a lot of money, we want there and is a constant challenge. The biggest (P8) to be making deals that make challenge though comes from yourself, you sense for our songwriters. It’s an can’t rest on your laurels. 4 review

Sam Shemtob looks back at the key issues discussed at this year’s International Live Music Conference, including secondary ticketing, VIP festival options and heightening social engagement

The 29th edition of ILMC opened with Greg – a policy that new entrant Amazon sticks to Parmley, in his third year as MD, leading a to make it simpler for consumers – the panel State of the Nation discussion with the great explored the development of the primary and the good, including Biffy Clyro’s manager market. Ticketmaster UK’s MD Andrew Paul Craig and CAA’s Emma Banks, in one Parsons made some interesting comments of the most packed rooms that we’ve seen about adopting a more dynamic approach, since early noughties era Midem. This was with more instances of higher pricing at the ILMC’s first year in a mid-week slot, and a front and lower at the back. run through the numbers – 1,000 passes sold On resale, he stated: “We do have a resale to delegates from 56 countries – suggested business, they’re a small part of our overall resonated with attendees. live entertainment business.” You wouldn’t Despite the November ‘15 Bataclan attacks, think from his words that these small parts 2016 proved a good year for everyone from are among Live Nation’s most profitable fillers through to newer acts on divisions, driving the parent company’s the block. The panel noted the rising cost overall growth in 2016. Asked by ATC Live’s of touring, with Paradigm’s Marty Diamond Alex Bruford how he could justify a £60 bemoaning the $19K needed to get visas booking for two tickets on sale At the International Live Music Conference for nine to play New York in May – and that’s before considering the effects of the latest travel ban. Emma Banks “Red bull are on Seatwave for £160, Parsons answered Whether European legislation might impact a optimistically noted that if UK acts were soon essentially going to “delivery ” to derision from much of the Brexiting UK is anyone’s guess. going to need some kind of Schengen carnet audience, going onto explain that “cost of This year’s event also saw an extended to play on the continent, the bureaucracy festivals trying to get acquisition within that marketplace is huge focus on festivals and venues, with each might hopefully be limited to just one new rights ; it’s a for A dwords.” having their own summits – a series of ‘thing’. Moving onto secondary ticketing, Paul We later caught up with Italian branded panels interspersed across the Craig, was outspoken: “We are vehemently worrying trend and Claudio Trotta, who hosted a conference Wednesday and Thursday of last week. opposed to secondary – we think it’s totally something I’m not on curtailing the secondary market in Milan A workshop on VIP ticketing considered the wrong. I’ve heard lots of arguments for it at earlier in the year. He suggested the key latest ideas for adding to the bottom line of ILMC over the years, I think they’re rubbish.” going to buy into to criminalising secondary for profit across a festival’s balance sheet, with AEG Live’s Little surprise then that the ticketing panel Europe lay in creating legislation in one Jacqui Harris walking through the options was one of the busiest of the event. Starting without a ruck.” European state, before taking it to the available at British Summertime. These with discussions on promoter/performer Ruth Barlow, European Commission: something he’s included everything from a £10 “speedy revenue splits and moving on to whether Head of Live, Beggars Group working on in Italy with Italian parliamentarians boarding” option, enabling people to arrive prices should be ‘all in’ including booking fee and the Guardia di Finanza (finance police). an hour before general admission to bag }} 5 review (cont)

“Festivals better have a professional presence on socials, or accept the reality of being represented by some shitty footage uploaded by a fan.”

Paul Craig (Nostromo Management), Marty Diamond (Paradigm), Emma Banks (CAA)

the best areas, to golden circles, premium all help with building a , which in worrying trend and something I’m not going to centred on contingency planning when views, a Barclaycard guest area with its own some cases might grow over generations. buy into without a ruck.” travelling, so considering possible border separate bar, a special terrace, through to Commenting on Brexit, moderator Natasha Over in Security & Safety, Prodiss’ Aline when booking, and sharing travel full VIP, coming with food vouchers, unlimited Bent explained she now tries to receive offers Renet explained that following a concerted details with venues to enable loading in to alcohol and a T-shirt. in dollars as sterling isn’t working, meanwhile campaign to get fans back out following the be done as early as possible. Festival boasted 13 different the wider panel bemoaned the lack of talent Bataclan tragedy, 75% of French A tidy event all told. A European promoter accommodation areas and described working at headline level and people questioned goers now feel safe at a show, while noted that the two person approval process closely with Donington Park to partially clear a whether Europe’s festival bubble might finally accepting the need for occasional delays for helped ensure a professionally focused wooded area next to the main stage, leaving a burst. checks. Pointing out that the UK terrorism event. The frankness of the discussions handful of trees and creating a great VIP area. In Streaming & Artist Engagement, threat is currently higher than it was during made you momentarily forget the seniority VIP Nation’s Sarah Woodhead noted that panelists discussed the ‘amazing’ production the Olympics, an experienced panel shared of the delegates, only to be reminded while many festivals and artists didn’t like the values of ’s YouTube tips including increasing the number of by panelists talking about getting their idea of golden circles and viewing platforms, Aftermovie (14.5m views and counting), emergency exits, making sure access to artists a cameo appearance on Game of some people do who want those privileges, so noting that festivals better have a professional the site or venue is closed when there’s no Thrones. Panels aside, there was plenty if you build it, they’ll buy it. presence on socials, or accept the reality of performances, keeping security equipment of other events to ease the networking, Over in Franchises & New Formats, being represented by some shitty footage monitored, making sure from table football tournaments, Texas panelists shared their top tips for a good uploaded by a fan. The conversation moved with relevant authorities are good, looking Hold‘em and karaoke, to free food, alcohol festival, noting that giving people a special to media rights and the need for to at queues around the site, having trained and showcases hosted by Dutch Impact, experience should be a promoter’s overriding pay for what they get, with Beggars’ Ruth spotters camping with the crowd and Switzerland, and others. Based on 2017’s priority. Authenticity, honest communications, Barlow noting “Red Bull are essentially going background checks on security edition, ILMC is going to stay relevant for continual evolution and charming surprises to festivals trying to get rights for free; it’s a staff. On the performance side, advice some time to come. 6 compass

The hottest unsigned acts of the moment from RotD Music Consultant Ruth Kilpatrick

 Figmennt Signing news Self-releasing their debut EP this £ Westerman has signed (17 March), four-piece to Ellie Giles at Various Figmennt have raised the bar in the Artists Management. North East for a more delicate brand £ Reptaliens sign to of post-rock befitting of 2017 and Captured Tracks. beyond. Gone are the overzealous £ REM have signed a feedback drenched six minute deal with performance tracks of your trad post-rockers, rights organisation and in their place are bittersweet SESAC in the US. lyrics, delicate teenage dream £ Public Service vocals and a pop verse or two. You Broadcasting have can hear their last single Home via signed a licensing deal  Van Zeller , and pre-order the debut with PIAS. If you’re not yet aware of the wonderful EP via their store on MusicGlue. work of Flying Vinyl and their releases to Figmennt have been announced to date, then you’d be wise to catch up quick. play Evolution Emerging festival on Ones to watch This month sees Bristol band May 27, and will announce more Van Zeller £ Sarah Meth, Bakar, Lotto Boys, commit their new single to 7”, mixed and dates across the summer. Keep your ItsNate, Cat Burns, Gender mastered by Tarek Musa of Spring King eyes on their and Roles, The Night Café, Harry and available to buy here. A double a-side for the most up to date news, and Pane, Count Counsellor, featuring You Cant Lose and the ‘woah-oh’ while you’re at it why not follow them Cauls, MATA, Figmennt, Haus,  Cat Burns filled All Or Nothing, Van Zeller have been on Spotify too. IMOGEN, Kudu Blue, Its Nate, 16-year-old Cat Burns is one of our new favourite finds. We winning new fans all across the UK for Contact: Their Facebook page. Celeste, Abi Ocia, AADAE, came across her SoundCloud page and paid particular attention the past year or so, most recently helped Westerman, Nashe xx, Polo, to Falling For You, one of the most exciting tracks on there. along by coverage from DIY and Pleasure Complex, LVNA, Vinyl With its off-key, non-traditional production from EyeAm, the through BBC Introducing West. There’s a Staircase, Van Zeller, Them added depth lifts the track into something much bigger than your small, decent run of shows this summer to Blends, The Old Pink House, average love song. Cat’s vocals are incredibly sweet yet still with see them at, including a support slot with WEIRDS, Vulgarians, White an edge, harmonies juxtaposed with more jagged sounds, all the mighty Cloud Nothings in , Kites, Blesh, Bearcubs, Chaos making for a compelling listen. Drunk Thoughts is a darker take amongst others. Specialising in massive Jigsaw, Monroze, Penguin, on modern romance, with tracks like I Don’t Need You showing sing-a-long choruses and the type of sound Xaatu, Wu-Lu, Pelicandy, more of her R&B / modern soul leanings. You can find Cat on that keeps all indie in business, Karmacoma, Lumen, HORSEY, Facebook, or better yet, buy her brand new EP Adolescent on expect to see and hear much more from FEET, Ella Frank, Zico MC, iTunes - whilst wallowing in the knowledge that for most of us, Van Zeller throughout 2017 - Childcare, Medicine, Cassia, our teenage years were wasted in comparison to her super- All Or Nothing is certainly the only time Venture Lows, Nico Cara, Hers, productive work to date. An incredibly promising debut, we can’t we’ve ever shouted the words ‘take me Girl20, Husky Loops, Callum wait to hear where she goes next. back to Maidenhead’ and enjoyed it. Pitt, Felivand, Plaza. Contact: [email protected] Contact: [email protected] 7 media mongrel

£ “The chart is broken”, sense of the weird mish- streaming tallies would every concern this week, we are, because that’s the Just Do Nothing here, apparently. We’ve read mash of sales and streams actually be 50% higher. but strongly urges against way the industry wanted it which is seemingly set to }} little else this past week that now forms the basis So, we urge you to listen to kneejerk reactions. The to be. Let’s not forget that. be released on the night with Ed Sheeran’s sales of any artist’s chart career. James’s excellent chart right at this very The UK music biz wanted (March 24). domination prompting Personally, regular readers here this week, especially moment is doing a grand the chart to be compiled in calls from Jon Webster will know we’re still not from the 16’20’ mark, when job of reflecting what this odd, misshaped way, £  A few new Ed Sheeran at the MMF amongst fans of the way the chart is he tackles every current the public at large are not the public. New acts stats you might have others to change the Top compiled in 2017. As we’ve argument for change head genuinely consuming, aren’t breaking through missed – this coming 40 rules, almost every said many times before, on, and does so in a level- loving and buying, because there really aren’t , Divide should tabloid and it feels like we’re adding headed totally-considered probably more so than it that many that deserve crash through the one- offering up their own view together weekly single unit way. He’s absolutely has done for a long, long to right now. To his credit, million sales mark here in of the situation, and think sales of apples with the right, of course – Ed isn’t time. Ed is king on a - Ed’s seen , run the UK. That means he’ll pieces asking where we public’s daily consumption going to dominate forever. plated throne. You may not rings against his rivals and have sold as many copies go from here. Apparently of 150 oranges and Fatigue will eventually agree with the way we’ve played an absolute blinder. over this past fortnight as one ‘insider’ told The somehow giving them an set in, the popularity of arrived here, you may be the combined totals of that things were equal billing. We hate the the tracks from Divide watching it all unfold from £  Incidentally Drake’s two biggest-selling new indeed about to change way ‘sales’ are quoted, will diminish and another a rival label and cursing delayed ‘project’ (whatever album releases of 2016 as a result of Divide’s with many ‘million-sellers’ superstar (possibly Justin Warner’s incredible market that means) from (approx. annihilation of everything being nothing of the Bieber, Drake, share right now, but as drops this Saturday 440k) and Michael Ball in its path. But we that sort and would dearly or even ) will James says, the way to evening (March 18). We & Alfie Boe (approx. no decision has even been love some sort of other come along and bang a stop Sheeran is to simply hear it’s possibly an Apple 580k) across their entire considered so quickly, and terminology to be used. load of their songs high release something bigger exclusive, at least initially. lifespans to date. Oh, and that’s simply But we have no idea what into the chart too. OK, so and better that captures He’s unlikely to dethrone 2014’s Multiply slipped mischief making to fill that should be. We’d have Ed’s almost-total takeover the public’s attention (and Ed from his lofty perch, but though the three-million column inches. Certainly, preferred to have kept the is unprecedented for now, their wallets) on an even it’s not inconceivable that UK sales mark a few days Mongrel believes the most- streaming and sales charts but as he points out, it’s larger scale. Mongrel the Canadian rapper could ago, helped by another measured view and robust separate and let the public not a new phenomenon argued against the Top 40 see several of his own 100,000 sales alone since defense of the status quo decide which one they felt we’re seeing here. Bieber changes two years ago tracks and collaborations the start of this calendar comes courtesy of James was more relevant to them. lodged eight songs in the and warned of situations taking a strong foothold year. On Thursday’s latest Masterton, who knows a But putting all that aside, Top 40 at the same time like this occurring even on the chart next week, sales flashes, he still has thing or two on the subject, we’re with James when less than 18 months ago then. But arguing now especially if one killer 12 of the top 16 songs having written his weekly he says we should leave (where was the outcry from that the chart needs song emerges from on the Official Singles Top 40 column since the the Official Singles chart Universal’s rivals then?), to behave ‘like it used the collection. But then chart, including the entire early 1990s. He’s seen computations and formulas and had to’ (and whenever that again, could Ed have the Top 3 and nine out the it ebb and flow for better exactly as they are right 13 in there in the week happens to be is totally last laugh ? Top 10. He’s done alright and for worse, back when now for the foreseeable following his death. On the age-dependent on the He’s teasing a Comic for himself since we first that Week 1 position was future. It ain’t perfect, but early charts in 1952/53, period you inevitably Relief collaboration featured him six years everything, through to they only changed three crooner Frankie Laine consider were the glory with the FM ago here on the track where we are , as we months ago, after all. Had had four of the Top 10 days of your own ) is crew from spoof BBC3 Lately featuring , try to make some sort of they not, Sheeran’s current songs. Mongrel’s heard utterly futile. We are where mockumentary People hasn’t he? 8 media mongrel

}} £  Ed’s crossover following last £  Global has seen the £  Falling off Radio 1’s And to think the label Which was always the dominance is seemingly year, in 2015 success of Absolute 80s playlists this week: Kings never even wanted it on intention from Hugh happening the world and Jeff Lynne’s ELO in on DAB (the UK’s biggest Of Leon and the album. True story, or Goldsmith and the team over. Our Music Editor 2014. Incidentally most commercial station on & chums (both A List), a clever bit of spin that involved, of course. And Lee Thompson was on of Jeff’s band shares the digital, and second only , Blossoms, we’ve all fallen for? the perhaps-unexpected a tourist on Italy’s same session musicians to BBC 6 Music overall) Declan McKenna, Zara runway favourite right Amalfi coast last week, as Barlow and his mates. for their rivals at Bauer, Larsson ft Ty Dolla $ign £  We’re still assessing now is Italy’s entry from sat in front of a bunch so have tried to take a (all previously on B List) all the final national Francesco Gabbani. of local surly teens £  Could Islington music piece of the action for and Maggie Rogers selections for Eurovision Occidentali’s Karma who insisted on playing venue The Lexington themselves. 80s (C List last week). Zara this year but has already knocked up some pretty hardcore be at risk of closure later launched on Tuesday with is back however as have pulled out yet almost 61m views on indigenous rap rather this year, all because of a much-more streamlined, the featured artist on another corker with the YouTube. BMG have a loudly on their mobile the imminent business somewhat safe and Clean Bandit follow- brilliant I Can’t Go On global smash on their devices. But in amongst rates hike that comes predictable musical up to Rockabye, titled by hands with this one. It’s the mix (and getting the into action from April 1? output on the evidence of Symphony, which should sounding like an game over for everyone best reaction from all Stacey Thomas, who what we’ve heard briefly. be up there challenging international monster in if he brings the dancing eight of the kids) was Ed’s runs things there, told Womack and Womack, Ed’s supremacy on the making, whatever gorilla on stage with him , which Time Out magazine on James Ingram and Hall the singles chart from its success in the on the night. prompted the entire crew Tuesday that the rateable & Oates are appealing tomorrow (March 17). No competition. And he’s to all sing along with the value of the property has in short bursts but we wonder ’ cleaned up the ‘I can’t £  Mongrel will be reporting ‘I’m in love with your body’ been re-calculated, and prefer the richer, more Director of Promotions go on when you look this back next week from hook. Now that’s when her new annual bill could diverse selection of songs Damian Christian tweeted fucking beautiful’ this year’s RadioDays you know he’s created a be about to by as that Absolute’s service a month ago “The hand hook to ‘freaking’, after Europe conference taking monster. much as £70,000. Last offers. You’re unlikely to we have been given this dropping a dozen f-bombs place in Amsterdam week’s Budget included find indie and rock being year is ridiculous…” – it during the national heats this coming Monday £  grace the £1,000 rates discount for played on the Heart looks like he obviously on primetime TV. Our and Tuesday. The full cover of the Radio Times some pubs, but Stacey option. Still, it’s only a knew exactly what own entry Never Give programme is here but this week, plugging their told reporter James few days old, but expect was coming. Also, Ed Up On You from Lucie highlights include a Carpool Manning “we can’t claim it to become quite a big Sheeran’s Shape Of You Jones has had a bit session with Karaoke which airs that anything. And even if we noise as the marketing has been swapped over of a makeover and is and evening too. It’s also could, what’s £1,000? kicks in, especially now for Girl on the A sounding stronger than discussing Radio 1’s the same day that their It’s not going to help us that Absolute 80s can’t List, following the same ever. Reaction to the imminent 50th birthday album is released, rather stay open”. Worrying use the strapline ‘the UK’s addition from song in the comments this September, Jeff conveniently. And expect news. Especially as there only 80’s radio station’ (who now have three Ed section on YouTube is Smith mulling over Radio an announcement soon are many more London anymore. 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From RotD Music Editor Lee Thompson What If Brother Large It Adam Friedman Anna Pancaldi Starling BackTrack Music Unsigned Distiller Records single: March 24 / EP: out now out now Single: out now / EP: March 31 When LA-based We last featured We first Anna Pancaldi this featured Starling Adam Friedman time two years at the end of 2015 performed What ago with her with her sublime If on US TV’s The stunning track song Take It Down. Bachelor, Shazam Out Ahead. Since Recently she’s begun went nuts with almost then she’s been to musically evolve in twice as many tags busy setting up a different direction, as other songs stateside having with lyrics that show performed on that toured around a new defiance same show. We’re playing NYC, in her work. Now sure this rock-solid Nashville and LA with a new EP The mass-appeal pop and performed Body due at the end will react in the live on CBS TV of this month, she same way whenever it’s heard here in the UK and LA. Her songwriting, sound and voice have follows up her recent strong single No Rest For beyond. Adam’s first dalliances of music making been audibly honed over the past 24 months The Wicked (which was supported by Radio 1 came through his fascination with a tape machine and she’s now readying the release her latest and ) with this bold and confident song, he used as a kid to help overcome reading EP Sweet Charity later this month on March 22. co-written with the legendary , who’s and writing issues. Now he’s landing major Highlighting her crisp voice here on Brother it›s noted for his recent work for and Florence syncs for his songs including one as the theme evident that the copious gigging has boosted & The Machine among others. Clash recently to Rock Dog, Luke Wilson’s upcoming animated her confidence and powerful vocal, catching premiered the song and other online support for movie. Adam’s EP Green includes Lemonade, the attention of 6 Music, Radio 2 and BBC her music to date has included The Line of Best a collaboration with I Took A Pill hitmaker Introducing London. Following three sold Fit, Wonderland Magazine, Naiveté, The Mike Posner. What If is currently hitting over out London headline shows she’s steadily Most Radicalist, Kick Kick Snare, When The 90,000 Spotify plays a day, debuted at No.6 gathering press attention with features from Gramophone Rings and more. There’s a London on the iTunes Pop Chart, No.14 on Billboard’s the likes of The 405, Spindle, The Line of Best headline gig on the way at The Waiting Room on Heatseeker Chart and shifted over 12,000 units Fit and others, as well as being featured on May 9, where you’ll see a very different artist to in its opening week, but things are just warming a British Airways unsigned playlist that is on the one that first emerged 18 months ago. Gone up. UK promo kicks in soon to add to Billboard, every flight worldwide for a year. She’ll next be is the timid performer, still finding her feet, and in Glamour, People, Fuse, Earmilk, and Bustle live in London on March 22 at The Victoria in comes a liberated lady seemingly much more at already. Insanely catchy, totally addictive, prepare Dalston accompanied by a full band and string ease about opening up her world to us all, warts to fall for its charms on your very first play. section - one not to be missed. and all. Watch her closely.

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Highlights for the coming week Artist features this week Send your music and news to: Record of the Day Friday TV 10:00 6 Music 19:00 6 Music 22:00 Radio 1 Why the Now Ed Sheeran is dominat- - PO Box 49554 19:00 Arts - is finally taking ing almost all of the top 10, - Moon Duo live Slowcoaches in with Pulled Apart London E17 9WB Classic Albums seriously. (Forbes - it’s clear the pop charts are - , The Joshua in session session by Horses www.recordoftheday.com Tree 16:00 6 Music 19:00 Radio 2 23:00 Radio 2 Cherie Hu) dead, says David Barnett. (I) Publisher/MD 19:30 BBC4 - Jamie Cullum The People’s Five ways the singles chart Paul Scaife : live from South - Kadhja Bonet in Songs - Radio If Number 1 is a mix- can be fixed. (BBC) [email protected] By Southwest session Ga Ga; A 1983 tape, why do you have to 020 8233 1224 00:00 6 Music 20:00 Radio 2 Celebration of 20:00 Radio pay for it? The hit-generating Ed Sheeran: “Illegal fire Editor Discovering ’s - songwriter-for-hire was what made me. Liz Stokes Music - Leonard Electric Ladyland in Charli sharing [email protected] Cohen - with Nina session XCX is taking a strange, It was students in 020 8233 1224 Kraviz 20:30 Sky Arts 21:00 Radio 1 tortuous route to stardom. going to university, sharing Music Editor Discovering BBC Radio 1 and (Guardian - Michael Cragg) my songs with each other.” Lee Thompson 1Xtra’s Stories Music - The Monday TV (CBS) [email protected] Doors - Could a Robot 19:00 Sky Arts Replace Ed As live versions of a diverse Music Consultants 22:30 BBC4 Andy Williams: Sheeran? Ruth Kilpatrick The Shires: New streaming service, are The remarkable resurgence [email protected] My Favourite 22:00 Radio 1 Country Duets music festivals helping to kill of vinyl shows there’s life in Joe Taylor Huw Stephens [email protected] 23:00 Sky Arts - Goat Girl in live music venues? the LP yet. (Spectator) : session (NationalPost) From Here to Monday Radio Radio – Brixton Infinity 09:30 - 05:00 Former U2 manager Paul youth putting the show on 23:30 BBC4 Radio 2 Sounds Wednesday TV McGuinness talks ‘greedy’ right there. (Observer) Country at the of the 80s 22:30 Vintage TV BBC 22:00 Radio 1 Live With - Ella YouTube, streaming and the Huw Stephens Shaw live business at ILMC. (Bill- The gatekeepers that control - SXSW tips 22:45 Sky Arts board) the placement of music in Friday Radio special Queen Rock commercials. (Forbes) 06:30 Radio 1 Montreal The Radio 1 Ed Sheeran has 16 songs in Tuesday TV © Music Today Ltd. Breakfast Show the Top 20 – and it’s a sign 25 songs that tell us where with Nick 20:00 Vintage TV By reading this magazine Wednesday of how sick the charts are. music is going. (NYTimes) you agree to our terms & Grimshaw - with Live At The Radio (Guardian - Laura Snapes) conditions. See our website. Water Rats - Please respect the amount Blancmange 19:00 6 Music Aystar, and 06:30 Radio 2 Marc Riley - of work that’s put into this The Blaha in session Ed Sheeran rules the charts: Levelz are some of the magazine by not pirating it. Breakfast Show Where can he go next? names that have helped the One-off forwarding is acceptable - featuring Tuesday Radio 19:00 Radio 2 but only if we are copied in to The Folk Show (BBC) UK hip-hop scene flourish. Jennifer Hudson 13:00 6 Music [email protected] with Mark and Mike + The Radcliffe and The biggest regional talents Radcliffe - Tim VAT 800 5889 31 Mechanics Maconie - with Edey in session Why one of rock’s most pro- explain why each city has its Record of the Day is a trading 10:00 1Xtra lific songwriters, Ty Segall, own voice. name of Music Today Ltd, a Ace - with doesn’t need Spotify or Apple (Guardian2 - Paul MacInnes) company registered in England Ashanti under registration number 4546152; Music. (Esquire) registered office: 4 Green Lanes, London N16 9NB.

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Warner Music UK‏ tweeted: Highlight stats from Ed Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scott Cutler, Chief Executive In , the Just 10 days after going on Sheeran’s ÷ album: has published or of StubHub has said: “The for sale, @edsheeran’s Divide • makes global streaming co-published the No.1 single business as a whole needs Album of the Year went to has shifted over 4m copies history by breaking the in the UK each week for an to be a lot more transparent Let The Dead Bury The Dead worldwide & we’re still waiting Spotify record for the highest entire year. (RotD) around where the tickets by Rusangano Family. on data coming in! Amazing! first week streams with are distributed... Very little is Song of the Year almost 375m streams. Online touts who bulk actually being sold at the ‘on- was Take my Hand by Following Ed Sheeran’s • third biggest opening buy tickets and sell them sale’ to the public”. (FT) He Picture This. dominance, an insider is week in UK Official Album for inflated prices will said that there was a 50:50 claiming that there may be Chart history with sales of face unlimited fines under split on the platform of people announces new a limit put in place on the 672,000 units (physical 62%, government plans. selling on their own tickets European headquarters number of songs from an downloads 25% and 12% (BBC, Guardian) An and “professional” traders. at the Lighthouse building album that can enter the streaming equivalents) amendment to the Digital in London’s Kings Cross. Singles Chart at any one • tops the iTunes albums Economy Bill means it will be New trademarks give Taylor (RotD) The office includes time. (Sun Bizarre - chart in 97 countries illegal to use “bots” to bypass Swift the license to launch a a performance space to scroll down) • Singles occupy a record- limits on the maximum wide variety of products and support live events for key breaking nine places in the amount of tickets that can services under a new brand. franchises dscvr and Lift, Ed Sheeran’s record- UK Top 10 Chart. be bought. (Billboard) Despite an initial an editing suite, a café breaking success has (RotD, OCC) report, she is not said to be bar and rooftop terrace for prompted calls for a “drastic • It sold more than the rest FanFair Alliance has launching her own streaming entertaining. rethink” of the UK singles of the Top 500 albums put welcomed a range of service. chart. (Guardian) Among together. Government measures to PRS for Music’s Member commentators, MMF • online plays accounted for crackdown on the activities UK Music has launched Anti-Piracy System (MAPS) president Jon Webster said 79,000 copies, shattering the of online ticket touts and curb Measuring Music, its latest has located five million “You should be looking at record set by Stormzy just abuses in the secondary industry-wide survey to gain infringing URLs and removed two different things: what’s seven days ago. ticketing market. (RotD) in-depth information about over 80% of reported links in happening in streaming, and the state of the music sector. year one. (M) what’s happening in sales. A week after the release of Ticketmaster is rolling out (RotD) You can’t mix them. It ends his new album, Ed Sheeran a “Verified Fan” programme PRS for Music has launched up in two different metrics has 16 of the top 20 slots in that’s supposed to cut down Joni Sledge, member of the a new online tool to help and that’s the problem”. the Official Singles Chart, on automated ticket scalping group , has died music creators at every including nine in the top ten, by profiling ticket buyers and aged 60. A cause of death stage of their careers better In Australia, Ed Sheeran thanks to the inclusion of determining if they’re humans has not been determined. manage their royalties earned albums take three of the streaming figures. (Times) or machines. (Recode) (Guardian) from live performances top five slots, with Adele in around the world. (RotD) the other two. (Billboard, Sony/ATV says Paul P erformance rights in pre- The 2017 TheMusic) He has five McCartney lawsuit over 1972 sound recordings engaged with a wider audience singles in the top ten. Beatles songs is “unripe”. issue taken up by than ever before by expanding (Billboard) Supreme Court. (Billboard) digital partnerships. (RotD) 14 media watch gigs

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Digital Radio, , Friday } French music and books retailer } Unlockd has launched Unlockd } SoundCloud responded to Publishing and PR £ Leo Stannard, and have unveiled Stream, a service that gives yesterday’s story that it may }  is leaving his mid Omeara SE1 a strategic alliance, which could content consider bids for just the amount morning show on Global’s Radio see Fnac becoming a Deezer providers the ability to offer their it had raised to date, saying X after 18 months. (RadioToday) Monday shareholder within three years. customers discounted or free “we are actively speaking with £ Weirds, () Fnac’s Jukebox access to premium content in a variety of potential investors” } Wisebuddah has appointed Old Blue Last EC2 streaming service will be shut exchange for viewing relevant and that “we expect to see Tim Hammond as Managing before the end of the first half of ads, content and offers when 2.5x year-over-year revenue Director. (RotD) Tuesday the year, and Deezer will take they unlock their . growth in 2017, driven in part by £ London O’Connor, over its subscribers. (RotD) MTV TRAX, developed SoundCloud Go”. (Billboard) }  advertisers helped The Montague Arms SE15 by MTV licensee MusicQubed, commercial radio record its £ Formation, } Spotify and Google-owned is the first platform to sign } SoundCloud is now at a point highest-ever ad revenues in XOYO EC2 navigation app Waze have up. where it may sell for less than 2016, up 5.4% year on year to £ Isaac Gracie, partnered so that users of the the $700m investors thought it reach £645.8m. The Kings Head E2 Waze app can listen to Spotify } 15 months after Pandora was worth a few years ago. One (RadioToday, Campaign) £ X&Y + Callum Stewart, playlists from within the app, acquired key assets from source thinks it will consider Hoxton Bar & Kitchen N1 and Spotify users can continue , and three months after bids, as long as they’re above £ Max , to get their Waze navigation it announced its plans, the the total investment it has Birthdays N16 instructions while in the music company is ready to launch its raised to date — about $250m. app. (TechCrunch) There’s full-fledged on-demand music (Recode) Wednesday no mention of partnering with service, Pandora Premium, in £ Joe Fox, Google’s own Play Music the US. It offers a combination } Vertigo Music blends live video Shacklewell Arms E8 platform. of radio-like listening as well as with Spotify and . £ Our Girl, the option to search and play (MusicAlly) The Waiting Room N16 } Teased late last year, the new any track and create your own £ Laurel, integration allows playlists. (Verge, TechCrunch) } Former Beatport CEO Matthew Hoxton Bar & Kitchen N1 Shazam users to access concert Chief executive Tim Westergren Adell’s new company MetaPop £ Anna Pancaldi, dates as part of the app’s said “we intend to be profitable has converted more than 20,000 The Victoria E8 recently launched Discover this year” in an interview. illegal remixes into legit revenue feature. (Hypebot) (CNBC) streams for 8,000 clients. Thursday (Billboard) £ Ray Blk + Alma + Cosima, } How Spotify’s Director of } DJs and producers who create Café NW1 Social Impact is connecting sets, remixes and other forms of £ Declan McKenna, music lovers with causes. creative works will now be invited The Garage N4 (AdWeek) to join the SoundCloud Premier £ Car Seat Headrest, program, and earn revenue Electric Ballroom NW1 for the tracks they share on £ Bruce O’Yates, SoundCloud. (SoundCloud) The Montague Arms SE15 15 the word on…

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£ Imagem Music has £ AIM has appointed appointed Sara Lord as Gee ‘Genia’ Davy as Legal Global Head of Creative & Business Affairs Manager. Services. (RotD) (RotD) She was previously Legal & Business Affair £ United Talent Agency Manager at Cooking Vinyl. (UTA) has appointed Mike “Mike G” Guirguis, Bex Majors and Billy Wood as agents. (RotD)

£ Spirit Music Group has launched Spirit Production Music following its acquisition of the production music division of Alan Ett Creative Group. (Billboard)

£ 7digital has agreed heads of terms to acquire European rival 24-7 Entertainment from its current owner MediaMarktSaturn. (MusicAlly, Midia) Preliminary full-year results for 2016, already trailed in a January trading update, showed the company’s revenues rising 15% to £11.9m after currency gains. There are plans to raise up to £3m from new and existing shareholders.

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Radio 1 tracks of the day 6 music playlist additions iTunes top songs Deezer Pop Top 10 - Mon-Fri 0400-0630 British sea power Keep On Trying (sechs freunde) A list 1 Ed Sheeran Galway Girl 1 Ed Sheeran Shape Of You Muna I Know A Place Depeche mode Tracks From ‘Spirit’ A list 2 & Coldplay 2 Ed Sheeran Galway Girl - Mon-Fri 0630-1000 Fleet foxes Third of May / ōdaigahara A list 3 Ed Sheeran Castle On The Hill Franky Rizardo Same Man Ride C harm Assault A a list 3 Ed Sheeran Shape of You 4 Ed Sheeran New Man Mon-Fri 1000-1300 Car seat headrest U nforgiving Girl (She’s Not An) B list 4 Martin Jensen Solo 5 You Don’t Know Me Pork Soda Missing Wires B list 5 6 Ed Sheeran Happier Scott Mills - Mon-Fri 1300-1600 Anna meredith Dowager C list 6 Zedd & Alessia Cara Stay 7 Ed Sheeran Perfect Black Saint Could You Love Me Cabbage Gibraltar Ape C list 7 Anne-Marie Ciao Adios 8 Rag ‘n’ Bone Man Human - Mon-Thu 1600-1900 Memories Are Now C list 8 Ed Sheeran Castle on the Hill 9 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Will Joseph Cook Beach (I Wanna Make You Mine) 9 Rag’n’Bone Man Human Something Just Like This MistaJam - Mon-Thu 1900-2100 10 Martin Garrix & 10 Ed Sheeran Dive Did You See 6 Music Recommends Huw Stephens - Mon-Wed 2200-0100 Cotton Wolf Avalon N/A N/A iTunes Music Store – usA SPOTIFY MOST SHARED VIRAL Tune Of The Weekend - Sat-Sun 1 Ed Sheeran Shape Of You 1 Stargate, P!nk, Waterfall Stargate featuring P!nk & Sia Waterfall 6 music Albums of The Day 2 That’s What I Like 2 Chanel Monday Depeche Mode Spirit 3 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Something Just 3 Clement Marfo Breath of Fresh Air RADIO 1’s SPECIALIST CHART Tuesday Real Estate In Mind Like This 4 4 Sam Hunt Body Like A Back Road 5 Emma Watson, Luke Evans Belle 13 March 2017 Wednesday The Delgados The Great Eastern (classic) Thursday Chilly Gonzales & Jarvis Cocker  5 ZAYN & Taylor Swift I Don’t Wanna Live Forever 6 Alt-J 3WW 1 Sub Focus featuring Stylo G Lingua Room 29 6 Clean Bandit Rockabye 7 SYPS Four Walls 2 J Hus Did You See Friday  7 I Feel It Coming 8 Dan Stevens Evermore 3 featuring Kah-Lo, Mr Eazi & Money Damage And Joy 8 Cold 9 Manuel Turizo Una Lady Como Tu 4 Stormzy C old 9 Imagine Dragons Believer 10 Mai Kino The Waves 5 Little Dragon S weet 10 , Drake & No Frauds 6 Just Us C loudbusting RRadioadio 22 recordRecord ooff tthehe weekWeek 7 Icarus King Kong Hype Machine Top 5 Artists Scared of the dark iTunes Music Store – AUSTRALIA 8 featuring Shakka Know My Ting Steps  http://hypem.com/ 9 offaiah Run 1 Shape Of You Radio 2 record of the week Ed Sheeran 1 Soulwax Missing Wires 10 Grim Sickers featuring Kane Radio 2 album of the Week 2 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay 2 Young Galaxy Stay For Real Take That Wonderland Something Just Like This 3 Do Make Say Think Bound And Boundless Radio 1 playlist additions 3 Ed Sheeran Castle on the Hill 4 Dream Wife S omebody 4 Stargate Waterfall 5 Downtown Boys S omos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas) Ed Sheeran Galway Girl / Shape Of You a List MistaJam’s Hottest Record 5 Green Light Clean Bandit featuring Symphony B List 6 Zedd & Alessia Cara Stay Thurs 9th Mar Circa Waves Goodbye The Big Moon Sucker C List 7 Kygo & It Ain’t Me Guardian – New Band Of The week Fri 10th Mar n/a Catfish And The Bottlemen Oxygen C List 8 Jax Jones You Don’t Know Me Mon 13th Mar Frank Ocean Chanel source: music.guardian.co.uk/newbands Ghetts featuring Shakka Know My Ting c List 9 Bruno Mars That’s What I Like Tues14th Mar n/a 13 Mar 2017 The Physics House Band Louis Berry She Wants Me C List 10 Julia Michaels Issues Wed 15th Mar n/a The Weeknd Party Monster C List Zedd featuring Alessia Cara Stay C List Popjustice big song Chart The Shimmer Band  Radio 2 playlist additions Jacknife And The Death Call Introducing source: www.popjustice.com 1 Young Fathers Only God Knows Gavin James I Don’t Know Why A List 13th Mar 2017 Lorde Green Light 2 Superfood Double Dutch Lorde Green Light A a List 3 Clock Opera Closer Steps S cared Of The Dark A List Capital FM Playlist 4 Run The Jewels Call Tickertron Super Ed Sheeran Galway Girl B List 5 Maggie Rogers On & Off Lady Antebellum You Look Good B List Playlist for week commencing 16 March Mike + The Mechanics  Clean Bandit feat.Zara Larsson R ockabye Don’t Know What Came Over Me B List Ed Sheeran Galway Girl London Grammar Big Picture C List feat.Stormzy All Time Low feat. Places

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Amazon pre-release albums amazing radio

1 Vera Lynn 100 Amazing Record Co. Presents: 2 Depeche Mode Spirit (Deluxe) 3 Undertow (Vinyl) A List 4 Take That Wonderland CD Howling Phases 5 Depeche Mode Spirit CD There’s A Honey 6 JamiroquaiAutomaton 7 Various Artists Moana 8 Various Artists Now That’s What I Call Music 96 B List 9 Steps Tears On The Dancefloor Clean Cut Kid Leaving You Behind 10 James Blunt IDER Face On PINS A ll Hail Shazam New Release Chart USA Snapped Ankles I Want My Minutes Back Two Islands H eaven 1 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Something Just Like This 2 Kygo & Selena Gomez It Aint Me C List 3 Zedd & Alessia Cara Stay Abi Ocia Konfyt 4 Maroon 5 Feat Future Cold Ash Jerona Take Them 5 Calvin Harris feat Frank Ocean & Migos Slide Dream Wife S omebody 6 DJ Khaled feat Beyonce & Jay Z Shining 7 feat Kiiara Heavy Fake Laugh Silence 8 Nicki Minaj & Drake & Lil Wayne No Frauds King Nun Hung Around 9 Future Feat RihannaSelfish Palace Bitter 10 Lorde Green Light QTY Dress/ Undress

Shazam New Release Chart UK Specialist Spot Plays 1 Calvin Harris feat Frank Ocean & Migos Slide Spectre Neck 2 Anne-Marie Ciao Adios The Tates E lectric Girl (Audition Winner) 3 Martin Jensen Solo Dance Vulgarians Hands Around The Waste 4 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Something Just Like This 5 Kygo & Selena Gomez It Aint Me Key 6 Zedd & Alessia Cara Stay New Additions 7 Ed Sheeran Galway Girl 8 Maroon 5 feat Future Cold 9 Ed Sheeran Perfect 10 Julia Michaels Issues (Confidential)

TV Shows

US TV Shows  Friday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Seth Meyers n/a n/a Hey Violet aquilo n/a Jimmy Fallon run The Jewels Julia Michaels Gary Clark Jr. n/a Kate Tempest n/a The Band Perry Maggie Rogers n/a O’Brien n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Stephen Colbert n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

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