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16.11.12 £5.15 Project1_Layout 1 09/11/2012 17:23 Page 1 CoverV2_cover template13/11/201217:32Page1 A I LABELS TAKEOVERSHAVEELEVEN BUT WORTHBEEN IT? THEY HAVE DECADESTWO COSTIN – £3.8BN MAJORS buying iconic labels. iconic buying of perils business potential the highlights today study company or closed altogether. closed or company record another with merged either then and artists biggest their for plundered ultimately or immediately were others of number a owners,while new their under prospered successfully have labels some mixed: been have results operations.their However, the expand instantly to rivals famous up snapping dollars of billions spent have owners company record major current and past by major rivals. The study The rivals. major by bought were companies record celebrated which in onwards 1990s the from Atlantic the of sides both from deals 11 obyo o obuy to not or buy To THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC OF BUSINESS THE success and its future its and success label’sindie iconic recent 4AD’sthe on Halliday Simon INTERVIEW BIG 13 BY PAUL WILLIAMS PAUL BY Across the last two decades two last the Across In our analysis we examine we analysis our In EMI assets, a a assets, EMI of wealth a up eye parties 90-plus reported a s Music WeekMusic New acting BBC radio chief named to replaceDavieto named radiochief BBC acting New labels purchased have since been since have purchased labels (£3.8bn) but more than half the half than more but (£3.8bn) $6bn around majors the cost EMI.of takeover Universal’s(£1.2bn) $1.9bn major, rival a as out such buying completely group major one than rather labels individual for deals on concentrates TheBBC has appointed Graham Ellis as the new new the as Ellis Graham acting director of its Audio and and Audio its of director acting Music division. Music ( basis. Davie has taken up taken has basis.Davie the post of acting director acting of post the resignation of George Entwistle George of resignation the following general over the weekend. the over pictured left pictured The 11 takeovers collectively takeovers 11 The Elliswill replace DavieTim ) on an interim an on ) www.musicweek.com 75% stake in Zomba in 2002, in Zomba in stake 75% a buying Bertelsmann covered company.record another closedor amalgamated with transferred to RCA.to transferred Jivehad been shut and its artists label Zomba decade a than less company. the of In 25% acquired previously already having the production of most of the of most of production the controllerBob Shennan. 6Music and 2 Radio BBC include to thought are basis national radio networks and for and networks radio national BBC’s the all for responsible is which department, A&M Beeb’sthe for production of permanent a on Davie replace has it got a case? a got it has Robbie Williams– Radiowon’t1 play ANALYSIS 20 Around half the total outlay total the half Around Ellisisthe former controller Thoseinthe running to plans to run an investigation an run to plans that Newsnight had scrapped had Newsnight that programme. Newsnight BBC engulfed Two’shave that scandals recent major two following DG, as days 54 just after Saturday on down television. and radio across classicaland popular music Records (although several have several (although Records London and Chrysalis,Geffen A&M, as such names label famed of operations and artists companies:Interscope, is which Universal two include These over.taken being after prospered have labels other although revived), been subsequently First,it emerged last month stood Entwistle George Similarfates awaited the successful programmers,Roberts, successful Andy on the changing shape of broadcast of shape changing the on Oneofcommercial radio’s most retracted the claim. the retracted later but Walesin child – a as him abused sexually repeatedly had government Margaret from Thatcher’s leading a Torythat politician programme the on suggested Messham Stephen interviewee abuse. sexual of history Savile’salleged Jimmy into Analysis: pages 16-18 pages Analysis: sell.must Universal properties housing Group Label Parlophone the of part conditions.takeover EC meet to them divest must Universal because again to about are or EMIbuy-out the of because recently hands changed either have piece our in analysed Williams. Robbie signing EMIformer with Sunday last charts albums artist and singles UK Official the led Island repertoire. UK for source A&R successful most the consistently Records,Gaga,Island and Lady and Eminem including roster a with labels successful most market’s US the of one and Chris Blackwell. Chris and a and Fuller Simon of combination Rights BMG Warner, and Sony majors rival be to understood are assets the about enquired have who parties 90 I Read Music Week’sMusic Read Business Then,onNovember 2, Severalof the famous labels Among reportedly more than more reportedly Among Chrysalis,now include These 16.11.12 24 MEDIA £5.15 46

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EDITORIAL “WE ARE THE ENGINE ROOM OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY”

School’s out - Labels see bright and that’s ultimately where A&R begins future for A&R LABELS by trying to acquire more rights,” “YOUNG PEOPLE DO BETTER in English and maths subjects if I BY TOM PAKINKIS he admitted. “But it’s still not a they study the arts. They are more easily employable, more likely really significant number yet. to vote, to volunteer and to get a degree. You might add that they he significance of record “As the next five or 10 years will be more likely to get into the charts too.” companies was bolstered develop, it’ll probably become a It was all-too-easy to fear an outdated, leftist Missus Fatcher T this week, as a new IFPI significant number, but the sacred diatribe from Billy Bragg’s John Peel lecture at the Radio report revealed an increase in cow in running a record company Academy in Salford this week. And while the crusading revenues reinvested into A&R is investment.” singer/songwriter did show flashes of political ire in his half-hour from 2008 to 2011. Hole went on to point out sermon, the core message from the oft-polarising Mr. Which Side Record companies invested that emerging markets abroad Are You On? was altogether more universal. $4.5bn (approx £2.8bn) in A&R presented reasons for optimism, Bragg, like ISM and the Musicians’ Union before him, offered a and marketing during 2011, with new investment stark warning over Michael Gove’s plans to scrap GCSEs in despite the global economic some of Faith’s audience found opportunities and new markets favour of an English Baccalaureate. Yet his argument wasn’t downturn, representing 26% of the singer a bit too frivolous and coming as part of the package. emotional, partisan or even economic; it was pragmatic, practical all industry revenues. “burlesque” to take seriously, “It’s quite an exciting time at and all-encompassing. RCA MD Colin Barlow something it was useful for her to the moment in the global “Under the English Baccalaureate, with its reliance on a single (pictured) and Universal COO understand in order to develop. recorded music business because end-of-course exam, the child with the creative imagination will Max Hole commented on the “[Producer] Nellee Hooper the explosion of mobile devices always lose out to the child with the ability to recall knowledge report shortly before its release at was then able to take Paloma’s means that, for the first time, we learned by rote,” he pointed out. “And it’s not just the creatively an IFPI briefing, with Hole eccentric and eclectic musical taste can communicate with literally talented kids who will suffer.” reaffirming the importance of and pull it together to make a millions of consumers in parts of A&R in an age of 360 deals and record that will go on to sell over the world where we were never “Billy Bragg made a vital point: the truly magical pointing to growth abroad. a million copies for us,” he said. able to go before,” he said. power of musical endeavour has little to do with “Our investment in artists During the IFPI briefing, it “We’re suddenly able to see, across all genres and all languages was asked if such artist albeit small, revenues from excellence and everything to do with inclusion” is crucial,” he said. “We are truly investment would have been Vietnam or Cambodia or Peru or the engine room of the entire possible without labels’ recent even Africa. He makes a vital point, occasionally forgotten by those who music industry because of the assertiveness in rights acquisition “The focus of the recorded have broken into this industry’s golden circle: the truly magical new music that we produce. – with specific mention given to music business for the last 40 power of musical endeavour has little to do with excellence and Without it, agents wouldn’t have 360 deals. Max Hole said that, years has really been on 10 everything to do with inclusion. Accomplishment is rarely a thrill anyone to book, promoters even without those new main markets but I think, in the to witness alone - only when steeped in a recognisable flash of wouldn’t have anyone to strategies, A&R backing would next 30 years, we’re going to see primal spirit, joy or fury can it usually come alive. promote, merchandisers wouldn’t still have been substantial. “A lot that focus alter and we’ll move Interesting to see Bragg’s comments delivered as the record have any merchandise to sell. We is said about the 360 concept, but into the emerging markets. industry finally received the killer stat it’s been questing for in are 100% committed to it.” the amount of revenue on 360 That’s very exciting for us relation to Governmental debate: according to the IFPI’s Investing Colin Barlow drew on his deals is really tiny,” he said. working in the industry. In Music Report, the global trade body’s members invested 16% own A&R experience of “The purpose of a record “So, against the backdrop of of their global revenues into A&R activity in 2011. identifying a gap in the market company is to invest in talent, if the last few years of a rather If ‘A&R’ can be directly translated as ‘R&D’ in other trades (time for boyband The Wanted, as well you don’t do that the record gloomy picture, I think I’m for a rebrand, anyone?), then that means record companies as helping Take That make a company dies, and that’s why we’re starting to be rather optimistic in proportionally pump more money into discovering and developing successful return and guiding so committed to maintaining that our reach is going to be British product than any other industry recorded by the EU. Paloma Faith through her investment and A&R. broader and we’re starting to see What a shame, then, that the Government may soon snip a key “difficult second album”. “As the business has gotten an explosion of digital partners talent supply into this most generous of exporters at its source - The RCA boss described smaller, we’ve had to get smarter and businesses who can monetise music in comprehensive schools. As a result, the onus of market research that suggested and give ourselves a better upside the music we produce.” embryonic development will surely fall back onto the record industry eco-system; whether - as with the example of Jake Bugg THE BIG TAKEOVER EMI DIVISIONS ARE ‘GOOD FOR A&R’, SAYS HOLE - at radio, or by the labels themselves. This will be costly, and doesn’t strike me as the music UNIVERSAL’S MAX strong labels within them. Hole tastes. They all compete internally industry’s natural forte. Dizzee Rascal’s world-beating talent has HOLE and RCA’s added that it was Universal’s with each other. Colin Barlow had no intention to differentiate between “That was something that had undoubtedly been given due prominence with the trade to grease doubt that the EMI’s “great label names”. rather disappeared at EMI, where its wheels, but it may never have been set into motion without his break-up of EMI will “We will reinvest in EMI and the great label names of Virgin, loyal state school music teacher, Tim Smith, encouraging young, prove itself to be a good thing as boost it,” he said. “We operate a EMI, Harvest and Parlophone had troubled Mr. Mills’ aptitude for Cubase. far as investment in artists is multi-label structure. If you look at all been pushed into one creative For the music industry to recover to its fullest, it has to speak to concerned. Barlow said that to our English or French company we entity. We’re going to reverse that: everybody. Swathes of artists pour out of The Brit School and think of in terms of three majors have four or five competing labels Blue Note will be Blue Note again, private education every year, but if these are the only talent pools was slightly misleading as they with separate managing directors, Capitol will be Capitol and Virgin left, we can kiss goodbye to some of tomorrow’s brightest stars. each contained a number of separate P&Ls and separate will be Virgin again.” Tim Ingham, Editor Do you have views on this column? Feel free to comment by emailing [email protected] 02-03 NEWSV4_News and Playlists 13/11/2012 18:12 Page 3

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ORANGE DEAL BECOMES ‘FAST AND POWERFUL’ ROUTE TO MARKET AFTER EE REBRAND Deezer hails ‘superb’ EE 4G launch

“Like the introduction of any DIGITAL “Having a partner like EE I BY TOM PAKINKIS digital service, 4G will tend to be gets us to scale very initially priced relatively s the BPI works to bring quickly. We can reach out high compared to what else is in music and 4G telecoms to a mass market. The the marketplace,” he explained. A closer together in number of people “Early adopters will go for the preparation for widespread, premium-priced product because high-speed mobile networks, signing up to Deezer via they will want to be at the Deezer is already beginning mobile is huge.” cutting edge of innovations to see the benefits of its MARK FOSTER, DEEZER of technology. partnership with Everything “I expect to see prices to come Everywhere on British soil. down over time because that Deezer has had a long- “It’s definitely the way would be the normal dynamic in standing, successful partnership forward,” he added. “The this kind of market - especially with Orange, which has been number of people signing up with competition coming in next brought under the umbrella of to Deezer through mobile is year. Then EE will spread [4G] the mobile parent company huge. Mobile is the number one from their early adopters into a along with T-Mobile as part of point of entry. mass market product.” an EE rebrand – the first “Mobile access to music is But once the 4G roll-out supplier of 4G in the UK. what consumers want now, reaches full speed, will Deezer – Talking to Music Week, the whether it’s on an iPad or a and music generally – be used as streaming service’s UK MD smartphone, so it really is the a mobile content flagship as the Mark Foster described the future in terms of getting music BPI hopes? “I think so because marketing support Deezer has services out to the mass market. it’s a very easy switch,” said had from the 4G network so far “It is a very fast and powerful Foster. “It makes the music has been “superb” even at this route to market and the experience faster and slicker - early stage, and he expects it to marketing support that we’ve not that it wasn’t before, but it grow over time. had from EE and that we’ll get does make a difference. “[EE’s] priority right now is Foster said that as consumers have our own standalone in the future is superb.” “As the roll-out moves on it to establish the brand, which became more comfortable with products as well – but what it At launch, EE currently will allow rich content to be is completely understandable,” digital and mobile services, does is it makes a great music offers 4G packages starting added like video clips, for he said. partnerships with telco product very accessible,” he at £36 a month for 500MB of instance. When you’re streaming “But we’re very much part of companies would become crucial explained. “The advantage for us data online. Foster was richer content like that it makes their partner product portfolio so in the success of new music in having a relationship with EE confident, however, that pricing a huge difference but it already as they focus on specific products services - Deezer has partnered is that it gets us to scale very plans will naturally be brought makes a difference with music within that portfolio, we very with 20 mobile telcos worldwide. quickly. It enables us to reach out down over time to a level that content. Because the amount of much hope and plan to benefit “I don’t think it’s the only to a mass market very quickly will attract consumers beyond data isn’t too huge it’s an from that in future.” route to market – obviously we and offers a really great service. early adopters. immediate pay-off.” Thompson and Pope step up in new PIAS Group structure

PIAS has confirmed a new “Peter has played a vital role of others. Play It Again Sam has organisational structure that it in the success story of such a rich history with so many says will further strengthen its independent music and is the amazing and influential artists. two key business areas. perfect person to lead our record I’m extremely excited and Within the PIAS Music company to new heights. determined to create a new and Group, based in the UK and “Adrian has been instrumental exciting chapter for the Play It operating on a global level, will be in expanding our range of Again Sam label and the record two distinct divisions: PIAS Artist services and establishing PIAS as company division overall.” and Label Services - which will the premier global digital Said Adrian Pope: “I’m include the group’s multi-territory distribution company. incredibly proud of the service that sales and distribution operation as “The new Artist and Label we’ve maintained, developed and well as other services provided on Pope (pictured right) becomes Both Pope and Thompson Services division under Adrian’s invested in at PIAS in recent years a global and territory-by-territory MD of Artist and Label Services will report into PIAS Music leadership will ensure that we - whether it’s our physical and basis - and PIAS Recordings, across the Group. Group MD Edwin Schröter provide the best in class sales and digital distribution; our creative the record company division The PIAS UK sales and Said Schröter: “Both Peter distribution-based services whilst marketing; PIAS Media, the including in-house labels Play It distribution department headed and Adrian have been also developing new business newly rolled-out analytics portal or Again Sam and Different. by Richard Sefton will report tremendously important in models and revenue streams.” our specialist YouTube service. I’m Peter Thompson (pictured, into Pope. Seth Jackson and his building PIAS into the great Said Peter Thompson: “PIAS determined to grow and support left) takes the helm of the PIAS Media team will also independent music group and has always been committed to the wealth of fantastically creative Group’s record company as MD become part of the new Artist & all-encompassing home for A&R development, whether labels and artists we’re privileged of PIAS Recordings. Adrian Label Services division. artists and labels it is today. through our own labels or those to work with.” 04V4_News and Playlists 13/11/2012 18:15 Page 4

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US INDIE HAS TASTE FOR UK LICENCE DEALS AFTER LINK UP WITH LABELS NEWS IN BRIEF

I CHARTS: The Official Charts Company has revealed 3.7bn singles have been sold in the UK since 1952 – Wind-Up sets sights on UK talent 60 years ago this week. I ROSETTA: Warner Music Group has INTERNATIONAL reportedly joined the bidders for the I BY RHIAN JONES Sony/ATV music publishing catalogue, with the rights to some ne of North America’s 30,000 songs including tracks from biggest independent Culture Club and Tears For Fears. O labels, Wind-Up I UK MUSIC: The trade body will now Records, is ramping up plans to look after the secretariat for the All bring UK rock talent to the Party Parliamentary Group on Music. territory after enjoying 2012 It was appointed at the AGM in July success. Following licence deals 2012 and has since been working with UK labels, the New York- with the group on a series of events, based indie has this year released An immaculate conception: Wind-Up has released Cooking Vinyl’s Virginmarys’ album in the US the first of which took place on records from The Darkness and Tuesday in Portcullis House Young Guns (PIAS) in the States ago and since me taking over as over there to see what celebrating 60 years of the charts with and will release The Virginmarys manager that’s opening up a “We’re more than opportunities we can uncover. the Official Charts Company, ERA and (Cooking Vinyl) LP next year. broader, and more open-minded happy to be the We know the rock space in the BPI. A new website for the group will General manager at Wind- approach to where the talent destination label US incredibly well, that’s where include news and events: Up Alan Galbraith told Music comes from. We’re more than our great success has been.” in the US for www.allpartymusicgroup.org.uk Week: “We found that these great happy to be the destination label “We’re just trying to let the I STUBHUB: AEG and secondary bands on great indie labels in the in the US for the best of British the best of British rock” industry know that we are here, ticketing site Stubhub are set to join UK have legitimate momentum rock bands. ALAN GALBRAITH, WIND-UP ready and the lights are on above forces in an official partnership deal. and are looking for solutions “We believe that UK rock the door to do business. We want eBay-owned Stubhub services will be in the US and Canada. That’s feels like it’s in a very healthy (including one diamond – sales to take whatever expertise we offered next year to customers using where we step in. We really place right now: we’re seeing it over 10 million) and seven gold have in the US marketplace and the AEG AXS ticketing service, there believe in [British rock music] being embraced more by albums in the US with rock acts help our partners and help the will be the option for them to buy or and we want to get behind it.” mainstream and national radio. such as Evanescence, Creed and best bands we can find to really sell tickets via the site. After 15 years breaking US Obviously it’s always been strong Seether. succeed.” I EMI: Simon Fuller is reportedly on acts, the label is opening its doors on the live front but it seems Galbraith says: “We have a Cooking Vinyl MD Martin the verge of teaming up with investor to signed UK artists. Galbraith even that is on an upswing. The pretty significant history and Goldschmidt told Music Week: “I Lord Rothschild to bid for Parlophone explained: “For many years we timing feels really good for us as catalogue but we also need to love Wind-Up and I’ve loved and other EMI Music divestments. kind of had to be the discoverer a rock label in the US to really focus on the future and it’s that working with them on The I PARLOPHONE: Parlophone Label as well as the marketer, it was just work on opening that door.” outlook that’s brought us a little Virginmarys. They’re everything Group, the ex-EMI-owned collection the culture of the time. Since our Wind-Up has sold seven bit more in step with the UK, a great US independent record of companies which will eventually be ownership changed a few years multi-platinum albums and with our like-minded labels company should be.” divested by Universal Music, has hired two new staff. Former EMI Classics COO Amanda Cupples has been Spotify primed to launch artist careers after Cazzette deal appointed operations director for Parlophone Label Group, reporting to Spotify is keen to launch more last minute of publishing which PLG CEO David Kassler. Elsewhere, artists’ solo careers exclusively, is amazing for us because we Carly von Speyr (neé Brewer) joins the after signing a pioneering deal come up with so much new stuff PLG team as senior communications with dance duo Cazzette. all the time.” manager from EMI Group. The Swedish dance duo have The content will be promoted I MOS: Ministry of Sound and Sony grown their audience through with a cross-platform marketing Network Entertainment have remixes of tracks by Avicii, campaign across Spotify’s owned announced a global licensing deal to Swedish House Mafia, Adele and operated properties – as well bring Hed Kandi compilations and and David Guetta. as on the ground at the duo’s live singles to streaming services. The Now the pair – Sebastian performances. dance brand is available through Sony’s Furrer and Alexander Cazzette heads: the Swedish dance duo ‘eject’ album will launch on Spotify Speaking on the project Hope Music Unlimited subscription service. Björklund – have launched their said: “We’re really excited that I SPOTIFY: Spotify has reportedly debut album ‘eject’ exclusively relations Will Hope said: “More beginning if not sooner. Spotify we’ve got this first exclusive, it’s made $200m in total revenue over on Spotify. and more artists are going to as a marketing platform is the first time a band have worked the first six months of 2012, and could The LP will be delivered for start embracing streaming - both becoming really powerful, with us to launch their recorded turn over as much as $500m by free in three parts on the service, to market themselves and to particularly for our electronic career so we’re really pleased that January. The company is projecting which boasts 19 million promote themselves, but also to artists – it’s a great way to build a we’ve got this great opportunity profit after cost-of-sales to be around worldwide users: one this week, drive revenues. fanbase and keep people to help break a band that’s $60m and is expected to post an one in December and one next “We’re at an interesting stage interested in the music you are obviously got a bright future annual loss of roughly $40m. year. The deal is a result of a where platforms like Spotify are producing, which in turn helps ahead of it.” direct agreement between becoming both social media them to sell out their shows.” The Spotify Cazzette release For all of the latest Music Spotify and Cazzette’s platforms as well as sales Band member Björklund will coincide with additional Industry news, bookmark management company At platforms. As a result of that I said: “The great thing with this is content including interviews, .com Night Management. think you’ll see more and that we can release our music in artwork and streams of their live Speaking to Music Week, more people embracing different parts and stay active. shows – which will culminate in Spotify’s director of label streaming from the very We can add tracks up until the an exclusive Cazzette app. Project3_Layout 1 13/11/2012 14:54 Page 1

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THIRD QUARTER DATA FROM IMPALA AND NIELSEN REVEALS EUROPE’S TOP ACTS ON RADIO German dance act tops EU indie charts

CHARTS impressive climb to 23 from 80. I BY TIM INGHAM Jean Littolff, MD, Nielsen Music Europe said: “These third-quarter 2012 MPALA and Nielsen have airplay charts showcase independent Shaker maker: US singer released new charts that music played on radio across Europe Nicco is flying I demonstrate what the most and they underline its energy, high with German played independent records dynamism and success. Nielsen is act R.I.O were on radio across Europe in delighted to be working with IMPALA the third quarter of 2012. on these unique charts and look The clear leader of the pack is forward to seeing the successes that German act R.I.O featuring US fourth quarter chart highlights.” singer Nicco with their hit Party TOP 20 AIRPLAY TOP 10 NEW ENTRIES AIRPLAY TOP 10 CLIMBERS AIRPLAY Shaker – which tops both the POS ARTIST/ TITLE / LABEL POS ARTIST/ TITLE / LABEL POS PREV ARTIST/ TITLE / LABEL Top 20 Airplay list and the Top 1 R.I.O. FEAT. NICCO Party Shaker Spinnin' Records NL R.I.O. FEAT. NICCO Party Shaker Spinnin' Records NL 40 98 SANDRO SILVA & QUINTINO Epic Musical Freedom 10 New Entries chart. 1 Elsewhere, Two Door 2 DIE TOTEN HOSEN Tage Wie Diese Jochens Kleine Plattenfirma 12 TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB Sleep Alone Kitsuné 23 80 MAJOR LAZER / AMBER COFFMAN Get Free Downtown Cinema Club’s Sleep Alone, via 3 DIE AERZTE M&F Hot Action Records 13 DJ MAM'S/J MATADOR/L GUISAO Zumba He... Wagram 15 61 KRISTINA MARIA FEAT. CORNEILLE Co-Pilot Wagram the Kisuné label, become Q3’s 4 DJ ANTOINE / BEAT SHAKERS Ma Cherie Global Productions 14 BASTO I Rave You Spinnin' Records NL 35 70 WTF! Da Bop Spinnin' Records second highest-played new entry 5 ADELE Set Fire To The Rain XL Recordings 16 CRO Du Chimperator 75 91 MADCON Beggin' Cosmos Music Group across Europe, and the 12th 6 YOUSSOUPHA/INDILA/SKALPOVITCH Dreamin’ Bomaye Musik 18 THE XX Angels Young Turks 79 95 THE TEMPER TRAP Sweet Disposition Infectious Records most played overall. 7 DRY FEAT. MAITRE GIMS Ma Melodie Wagram 19 ORELSAN Ils Sont Cools Wagram 9 24 JOSE DE RICO / HENRY MENDEZ Rayos De Sol Roster In terms of UK acts, only 8 ADELE Rolling In The Deep XL Recordings 20 PORTER ROBINSON Language Ministry of Sound 7 18 DRY FEAT. MAITRE GIMS Ma Melodie Wagram Adele’s Set Fire To The Rain 9 JOSE DE RICO / HENRY MENDEZ Rayos De Sol Roster Music 21 HARDWELL / MITCH CROWN Call Me A Spaceman Cloud 9 Dance 31 40 REMADY/MANU-L/J-SON Single Ladies Global Prods and Rolling In The Deep take 10 MATT HOUSTON FEAT. P-SQUARE Positif Play On Records 25 C2C Down The Road On and On Records 81 90 ANDY GRAMMER Keep Your Head Up S-Curve Records spots in the Top 10 played songs overall, whilst The xx’s Angels 11 ADELE Someone Like You XL Recordings Two Door Cinema Club (No.18), Two Door Cinema 12 TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB Sleep Alone Kitsuné Club’s Sleep Alone (12) and 13 DJ MAM'S/J MATADOR/L GUISAO Zumba He... Wagram Adele’s Someone Like You (11) 14 BASTO I Rave You Spinnin' Records NL claim positions in the Top 20. 15 KRISTINA MARIA FEAT. CORNEILLE Co-Pilot Wagram Acts such as Cro, Hardwell 16 CRO Du Chimperator and C2C also enjoy a strong 17 TRIGGERFINGER I Follow Rivers Excelsior performance. The Top 10 18 THE XX Angels Young Turks Hardwell Climbers highlights Sandro Silva 19 ORELSAN Ils Sont Cools Wagram and Quintino’s leap to 40 in the charts, along with Major Lazer’s 20 PORTER ROBINSON Language Ministry of Sound Bucks strikes global deal with indie Asian publisher

The first ever independent Asian of the Asian music industry. Bucks’ proven administration music publishing company will “Our relationship with the skills and AMP’s hunger for launch this month, having signed Bucks Music Group - with exploitation opportunities, a long-term worldwide sub- wholly-owned offices with direct composers will have a service publishing and administration society memberships in 12 major second to none.” deal with Bucks Music. territories - is part of our strategy To meet what it sees as Founded by Terry Mardi and to enfranchise and empower increasing global media demand Laurence Aston, AMP will make Asian artists who struggle to earn for South Asian and East Asian its first composer and catalogue their due from the exploitation of music, AMP will also be signings in December. The their works around the world. encouraging new writer company has a dedicated mission AMP is proud to provide a truly collaborations, bringing hit- to represent writers, composers global publishing solution for makers from abroad to write and and producers of Asian music on makers and copyright holders of compose alongside Asian writers. a global basis. Asian music.” AMP says it will work to Terry Mardi, MD of AMP, Simon Platz, MD of Bucks change the core of the Asian said: “We are focused on creating Music Group said: “With music industry by activating new a fair and sustainable eco-system The AMP camp: The Asian Music Publishing team sign contracts in London – from left, changes in Indian copyright law, deals that will specifically help Laurence Ashton (business affairs director, co-dounder of AMP), Terry Mardi (MD and co- for writers and composers of founder of AMP), Simon Platz (MD, Bucks) and Sarah Liversedge (director of A&R, Bucks) the partnership between Terry music creators generate income Asian music around the world. Mardi and his team and the long-term, in what Terry Our number one goal is to creators and copyright owners copyrights. We see AMP as a Bucks Music Group, give South Mardi calls, “The AMP Pension generate license and royalty including record labels who ground-breaking music publisher, Asian composers the perfect Plan for music makers and income streams for our writers, administer or control music helping to redefine the landscape home for their rights. With copyright owners.” DATA DIGEST - Spread1V2_News and Playlists 13/11/2012 11:51 Page 8

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musicweek.com/playlist BREAKOUT GABRIELLE APLIN SALES STATISTICS The Power Of Love (Parlophone) CHART WEEK 45 Compiled from Official Charts Company sales data by Music Week (Single, out now) VS LAST WEEK SINGLES ARTIST ALBUMS COMPILATIONS TOTAL ALBUMS Contact: Louisa Worskett, MBC PR SALES 3,353,638 1,516,720 369,680 1,886,400 [email protected] NADINE SHAH The singer/song- PREVIOUS WEEK 3,519,133 1,456,333 353,675 1,810,008 writer’s tales of love THE OVERTONES have earned the % CHANGE –4.7% +4.1% +4.5% +4.2% Higher (Warner) ears of 6 Music and YEAR TO DATE SINGLES ARTIST ALBUMS COMPILATIONS TOTAL ALBUMS (Single, December 10) XFM. Shah will Contact: Katherine Williams release EP Aching SALES 150,577,716 57,156,219 14,223,250 71,379,469 [email protected] Bones (produced by PREVIOUS YEAR 139,805,468 67,600,005 13,500,049 81,100,054 Ben Hillier) via Label Fandango on % CHANGE +7.7% –15.4% +5.4% –12.0% SOAK November 19. She Fingers Crossed (Unsigned) played at this week’s (From EP, available now) Breakout event at CHILDREN IN NEED Contact: Bridie Monds-Watson Proud in Camden. APPOINTMENT Friday, November 16 – BBC1, 7.30pm – 10pm [email protected] Get on the guest list Terry Wogan, Tess Daly and Fearne Cotton return to present another for Breakout at bumper evening of fund-raising in support of disadvantaged children across the UK. One Direction, Aled Jones and Girls Aloud perform. musicweek.com/ TO VIEW breakout POP CHARTS BRITANNIA: 60 YEARS OF THE TOP 10 C2C Friday, November 16 – BBC4, 9.25pm – 10.55pm Down The Road (Mercury) In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Official Singles Chart, the (Single, December 17) programme documents changes from the 1952 NME chart via Pick and Contact: Scarlett Flynn, Mercury TAGGED Top of the Pops through to the Radio One chart show of today. [email protected] BIGGEST SELLING INDIE ANTHEMS OF THE NOUGHTIES! TOP 20 Saturday, November 17 – 4Music, 8pm – 10pm Join Dave Wartnaby as he counts down the official 20 biggest selling indie anthems of the noughties. Expect Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, MAJOR LAZER Coldplay, Oasis and more. Jah No Partial (Mad Decent) (Single, December 3) Contact: Beth Drake, Toast [email protected] NUMBER OF ILLEGAL FILES FOUND BY MUSO.com The latest most PIRATES’ BAY OF TOP 10 ALBUMS ON November 11 popular Shazam THE STRYPES new release chart: 248 Robbie Williams Take The Crown Got Love If You Want It 1 GABRIELLE APLIN 1 Andre Rieu Magic Of The Movies (Unsigned) The Power Of Love 48 JLS Evolution (Demo) 2 RUDIMENTAL 232 Calvin Harris 18 Months 23 Military Wives Stronger Together Contact: Niall Walsh Not Giving In [email protected] 398 Emeli Sande Our Version Of Events 3 OLLY MURS 319 Kylie Minogue The Abbey Road Sessions Troublemaker 0 Paloma Faith Fall To Grace 4 GIRLS ALOUD TAIO CRUZ 255 Mumford & Sons Babel Fast Car (Island) Something New 7 Andrea Bocelli Opera (Single, December 24) 5 ONE DIRECTION Contact: Shane O'Neill, Island Source: Muso.com Little Things 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 [email protected] GIG OF THE WEEK CRITICAL MASS JULIA STONE Justine (Picture Show) (Single, November 28) Contact: Jon Lawrence, Alt-Stoked [email protected]

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Others 7.6% Sharon Van Etten delivers Million songs have been the “album of played 22 billion times the year” with February’s Tramp in a list of the top 50 albums of 2012: a through Facebook’s timeline record which “unlocked parts of her VS apps since its launch DIGITAL PHYSICAL personality never thought possible.” 100 WkS 41-45 Inside, Delphic keyboardist Rick 80 28.2% The UK market Boardman reckons he could write 32.3% 32% 33.2% 31.7% share for all an album like Calvin Harris in 60 albums in the 10 minutes: “It’s not difficult” and 6 past !ve weeks the best freebee Adam Ant ever 40 Years older than Robbie had was an Otis Redding suit in CD 20 metal grey – requested as his fee to Williams, yet David Guetta 67.2% 67.3% 66.3% DIGITAL crown Miss World. 67.6% 71.1% still keeps his place on the 0 New bands on the horizon include Sheffield youngsters Radio 1 playlist (see Drenge: “Their scratchy racket is analysis, page 20) guttural, snotty and beefy enough to blow Alex and co’s (Arctic TOP 5 STORIES ON MUSIC WEEK POLL Monkeys) heads off.” Elsewhere, This week we asked... Stevie Neale’s “future garage MUSICWEEK.COM Can 4G significantly assist the industries battle sounds like the Artful Dodger hold- 5 ing Katy B in a headlock”. Musicweek.com’s most-read stories for period ending Nov. 12 against piracy? Vote at www.musicweek.com Summers (starting from Crystal AEG scores Hyde Park contract, announces new London festival In the reviews pages, Castles (III) gets three stars out of 2013) will see AEG host a Tuesday, November 6 01 five from Alex Denney: “A quantum Music venue Union Chapel faces threat of closure new London festival in Hyde leap it ain’t” from 2010’s (II) but 02 Tuesday, November 6 holds “just enough up its sleeve” to Park. The promoter won the Halo 4 OST is highest-charting video game soundtrack ever keep the band on track. And contract after Live Nation 03 Monday, November 5 Cheatah’s second EP is a “head- Universal to launch Capitol Records in UK spinning reminder of the raw power failed to renew 04 Tuesday, November 6 of guitar strings and vocal chords”, Candle In The Wind biggest-selling single in UK history says Ben Homewood. 05 Monday, November 5 YES: 26% NO: 74% 103 Years of age and two-time LIFE IS TWEET WE FOLLOW THE INDUSTRY’S FINEST Pulitzer Prize-winning @davewibberley Music Week - "one of @crablin One of the things I’d like for @disappointment Is it Alison Moyet or American composer Elliot the 21st century's most influential Christmas is a 12000mAh portable Lisa Stansfield who tells stories about Carter has passed away bands... Interpol." - Quick, get the hip- charge pack with two USB ports. the massive shits she does? I can’t ster-delusion medics to Essex Rd Form a queue, ladies! (Colin Roberts, remember and it seems important sharpish. (Dave Wibberley, University of East Big Life Management) Tuesday, November 6 (Jon Blyth, Future Publishing) London) Monday, November 5 Thursday, November 8 @elizabethalker I found a guitar 34 @DavidEmery You know that thing teacher on here, then I went on holi- @AlisonMoyet1 @disappointment Years since Black Sabbath where you quite like the music a band day and now they've disappeared. It was Stansfield. I am certain. recorded their last album is playing, but can’t stand the singer? Can you remember who you were? (Alison Moyet) Yeah, that. (David Emery, Beggars (Elizabeth Alker, BBC6 Music) Tuesday, Thursday, November 8 with Ozzy Osbourne, the Group Records) Monday, November 5 November 6 band have returned to the @LaraKBaker Just saw that albums @NeilDiamond Working the phones @Popprince Liking Gospel, Different, on iTunes Japan sell for £15.68. Wow. studio with the Prince of for Obama... If I call you, don't hang up. All that I Want and Losers from Albums were that price here once Darkness in tow It's really me and I need you. Robbie Williams Take the Crown. His upon a time. #OFACulver (Neil Diamond) best album for a while.. but no (Lara Baker, AIM) Friday, November 9 Monday, November 5 Escapology. (Kevin Hughes, Capital FM) Wednesday, November 7 @eddiepiller Oh yeah. And can we all @GeorgErgatoudis Wait until you hear stop patronising foreign corporations 100m Track 9 of Rihanna’s new album. 'Stay' @Annikakaka Psy is amazing. “I WHO DON’T PAY TAX. dunno why we Streams clocked up by boy- featuring @mikkyekko. Immense! stayed up for 30 nights to find that let them fuck us all the time. r we band One Direction on (George Ergatoudis, BBC Radio 1 & horse riding dance.. I tried every crea- stoopid? 1Xtra) Tuesday, November 6 ture.. elephant, monkey, kangaroo, (Eddie Piller) Monday, November 13 Spotify so far. The music snake...” (Annika Walsh, We7) Thursday, platform has launched a 1D November 8 branded app to celebrate Follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute alerts @MusicWeekNews DATA DIGEST - Spread2 v4_News and Playlists 13/11/2012 11:09 Page 10

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PSY WILL SURVIVE November 11, Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany Psy brings the dance craze of the year to the MTV EMA stage with his army of backing dancers

PICTURE OF THE WEEK THE TASTEMAKERS Today’s opinion formers predict tomorrow’s headline acts SYNC STORY HAYLEY AVRON NME The tale behind a standout sync deal in the industry this week… Linnea Olsson • Ah! Götterfunk Productions This debut album from a sometime Frida Hyvonen collaborator has all of the ingenious skill of her contemporary, coupled with the baroque sensibilities of the likes of My Brightest Diamond. Comprised almost entirely of cello and vocals, Ah! is a triumphant spark of a record, the result of pop and classical worlds colliding. ADAM REEVE ELUSIVE LITTLE COMMENTS Naytronix • Dirty Glow Plug Research Records Naytronix’s debut Dirty Glow is the source for some of the most original and acces- sible electronic material this year. Avant-garde, post punk and hip-hop genres are explored to produce an album with a vibrant personality. Every track is a wonderful listening experience, and Naytronix is certainly an artist to look out for in the future. ADAM TAIT SHOUT4MUSIC.COM Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate • Faya Localization Records A fantastic meeting of different cultures and styles, Faya sees NYC rapper/beatbox- er/master-of-the-loop-pedal Joe Driscoll moving in a bold new direction. With new collaborator Sekou Kouyate on board, the album blends sounds and themes G Artist Aeph from opposite sides of the globe effortlessly. G Track The Pursuit G PAUL LESTER GUARDIAN/SUNDAY TIMES Composer Simone Vallecorsa G Campaign Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga ‘Convertable PC’ The Weeknd • Trilogy Island G This three-CD collection marks the first official release from Abel Tesfaye, the Publisher Minds On Fire enigmatic wunderkind of late-night R&B. It comprises his three mixtapes - House G Client IBM/Lenovo of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence - plus three new tortured confessions G Usage TV & Cinema Advert that confirm that the 22-year-old from Toronto is one of the most exciting artists G Key execs Simon Harris/James Pitt (Minds On Fire); Dex Lush (Portmanteau in contemporary pop. Music/Mad Planet); Ryan Fitch, (Saatchi & Saatchi NY)

Kimberley Walsh of Girls Aloud Young has had a sell-out nation- Aeph's production on the Hadouken single Bad SIGNS O’ THE TIMES fame has signed a record deal al tour, a No.1 platinum album Signal impressed Dex at Portmanteau Music and with classical label Decca (Echoes), published his autobi- so Minds On Fire was approached with the brief for Records. Her debut solo ography and a starred in West Aeph to work on a speculative production. album, Centre Stage, will be End show Cabaret. His tally of His production demo impressed Saatchi & released on February 4 2013. record sales now stands at over Saatchi (NY) with its mixture of high-tempo electro Walsh started recording the nine million units. and orchestral score which suited the excitement album this summer in Songwriting/production duo and drama of the urban chase storyline. Stockholm, working with pop Flynn Francis and Tim Metcalfe, Aeph was then given the film rough cut to work with and his final pro- producers including Per behind eight songs from Robbie duction beat stiff competition to land the job. The film was directed by Magnusson and David Kreuger. Williams' new album Take The Martin Campbell (GoldenEye, Casino Royale) and is part of Lenovo's Will Young has signed a new Crown, have signed with single biggest marketing launch to date. recording contract with Island Universal Music Publishing. Explains Simon Harris (pictured): "We were really pleased to land this Records after 11 years with They have agreed an exclusive job for our new signing Aeph. As an exclusively electronic music publisher Sony. His forthcoming albums publishing agreement for the we're excited that a talented UK based electronic producer was able to will be released worldwide world outside of Australia and provide the music for such a huge worldwide advertising campaign and through the label. This year New Zealand. this during our first year of trading." DATA DIGEST - Spread2 v4_News and Playlists 13/11/2012 11:09 Page 11

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ON THE RADAR LITTLE GREEN CARS THEY COUNT MUMFORD & SONS Little Green Cars, and right away we were all on the same page,” amongst their US label peers and we knew he was the guy we said the band members. their debut LP has been produced wanted to work with. “Absolute Zero is an honest by the hitmaker behind Babel. “Everyone at Glassnote is so record. We wanted to create This five-piece from Dublin are passionate about music and they something that people can relate already tipped for global success really care about their artists, to and we feel we've done that by and they’re just getting started - and Island feels similar.” documenting the feelings of having recently returned from their They said LGC’s music consists our transition from adolescence first time performing the US. of “the war songs of every freak, to adulthood. We can't wait for Speaking to Music Week, loser and misfit” and that roping in people to hear it.” the bill at Eurosonic Noorderslag. ESSENTIAL INFO Little Green Cars’ Stevie Appleby Marcus Dravs to produce their And whilst the UK awaits the But they don’t want it to stop there: RELEASES and Adam O'Regan told the story debut album, Absolute Zero, was aforementioned album, LGC’s “After touring America, it's been Nov 26 Debut single: The John Wayne of how the group got their record an easy choice. debut single, The John Wayne, really exciting to see new 2013 TBC Debut album: Absolute Zero deals with Glassnote and Island: “Marcus has made some our will be released at the end followers from all over the States. LABEL Island “We met with a lot of labels, but it favourite albums - he was first on of November. Now our ambition is to just get out Guillermo Ramos, product manager was only when we met Daniel our wish list. We sent him a few On the live front, the band are and play. It's just really exciting to Jon Turner, general manager Glass that we felt a real connection songs and he flew over to Dublin. due to grace our shores in the New see our music travel and that we MANAGEMENT to somebody. He understood “Right away it was obvious that Year and have just been added to get to play more and more places.” Daniel Ryan

HE SAID / SHE SAID TAKE A BOW TEAM LAWSON Label: Global Regional press: Hate to tell you Talent / Polydor Jenny Entwistle, Chuff Media @MusicWeekNews“ Managers: Rachel Wood and Aaron Online press: it was me - all the Buckingham, Lisa Birch, Dawbell Global Talent girls called me a National radio: A&R: Pino Pumilia, James Bass, t**t when i put the Polydor Polydor phone down… Marketing: Kelly Regional radio: THE LOWDOWN Ridgway, Polydor Gavin Hughes, John Giddings nobly admits that it was he who turned down the Polydor ” Album: Chapman Square National press: chance to promote the Take That reunion concerts in 2005 – much to Highest chart position: No.4 Claire Walley, TV: Sarah Haddow, the disgruntlement of Gary Barlow... and Giddings’ female co-workers. Dawbell Polydor

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www.musicweek.com 16.11.12 Music Week 13 THE BIG INTERVIEW SIMONHALLIDAY 4AD’S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW One of Britain’s most iconic and disruptive labels of all time has enjoyed a resurgent few years under the guiding hand of its ex-Warp boss - making it high time to reappraise a very modern 4AD

Bon Iver The National

ABOVE LABELS which, while certainly not apart from its The National is all us. Any suggestions that come from outside of treasure 4AD boss I BY TOM PAKINKIS parent company, is absolutely more than a mere Simon Halliday is 4AD we can take, but it’s not like we have to tow constituent part of Beggars. mulling over how any line. long traditional eing part of the Beggars camp must surely be A quick rundown of some of 4AD’s releases advances will work something of a double-edged sword. under MD Halliday is testament to a label that is for indie labels If there was one thing that ran through 4AD as a B The backing of independent music’s driving in a unique creative direction. Acts like differentiator, what would it be? biggest group gives obvious reason to smile, but it Deerhunter, St. Vincent, The National, Tune-Yards, I’m sure the other labels would say the same thing must occasionally feel like a difficult place to shine Zomby and SpaceGhostPurrp have all allowed for but it’s quality music, originality and acts that stand when you’re bunking with XL and a certain world- a neat turnaround of business, while Bon Iver the test of time. You could say that it has more to beating warbler. has been an overt, mainstream triumph with a do with artwork but that’s not really true anymore. However, over the last month, the gaze of the couple of “small, big records”. It’s just a quality thing that musically suits our vibe music industry has settled on a different - but no Meanwhile, hotly-tipped names like Grimes and and parameters. It’s about what’s good - I realise less historic or respected - corner of Martin Mills’ Daughter mean there’s little reason to doubt that that’s a vague concept. We fall into a category where associated labels: 4AD. The company is finally 4AD will remain a refreshing, interesting indie force we’re not very popular, we don’t have massive getting rapturous recognition from its peers after a as the music industry moves into the year ahead. albums but we have decent underground albums. run of exciting signings; culminating in an AIM Award for Best Label last month. Tell us about the relationship between 4AD and How did the recent AIM Award ratify what you’re Having been forged in the punk, DIY ethos of Beggars in 2012… doing, especially at this time when the indies seem 1979, Ivo Watts-Russell and Vaughan Oliver’s It’s weird because 4AD was set up within Beggars to be growing in significance? 4AD was held up alongside the likes of Mute, Sub from the very start, but it is separate. Over the last Alison Wenham said that at the awards, “Today, you Pop and Rough Trade in the ‘80s as a revolutionary few years, 4AD has developed a lot more of that are the British music industry,” with EMI not being outfit with a clear feel, philosophy and direction. independence. No-one’s paranoid about being British as such anymore. Recognition is nice, but it’s While most would agree the label lost some linked with Beggars, we rely on them. Part of our not what you do it for. If you’ve had five or six good of its conviction during the ‘90s, since Simon legal team and part of our marketing is Beggars, as albums in a year, you feel quite proud. It’s gratifying Halliday arrived from Warp and took the wheel in is our radio team, so we’re in bed with them - but that we’re starting to get a bit of recognition because 2008, 4AD has become a revitalised creative force the decision making on music, artwork and strategy we’ve had four or five really solid years of good 13-15 BigInterview 4AD_v6_News and Playlists 13/11/2012 10:12 Page 14

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ABOVE quality music. We haven’t smashed it on anything On the zeitgeist Ah, 360 deals… We’ve written a fair bit about them Grimes is one of “The streaming piece of the pie is but some labels aren’t geared up to do that. 2012’s coolest recently. Are they becoming a bit more accepted? acts - and 4AD growing for us. Those repeat plays add Yeah the 360 thing is a bit of a smokescreen really, hopes she may Although you’ve got Bon Iver… see an end-of-year up and if that’s the way we get paid as though it was the worst thing that ever was. Yeah, but that just felt like a small big record: one of boost in the media eventually, things might be okay.” People forget that it doesn’t always have to add those things that sells 200,000, but it’s not like we SIMON HALLIDAY, 4AD up to a ‘360’ deal - it can sometimes just be a 180, had huge radio playlist success or [Bon Iver] did 270 or certain components of it. I think that idea of massive touring or a sync that drove it. It really was the 360 - ‘the majors want your life!’ - was a bit of just a good album, a little Later… performance, a bit seeing people fail makes you avoid those mistakes, scare-mongering to be honest. of radio and it went from there. or at least be aware of them. If you look at it negatively, you could panic, but The first album came out and we got really good A lot of my favourite albums were big albums, the music business has always adapted. It adapted end-of-year press and hit a point where it seemed to it’s not like I’m a little indie kid that hates to changes in format, to changes in taste, to video, just grow. We did really well at the end of the year – commercial stuff. I listen to big stuff like Prince, to competition from PlayStation games and things really well. It was the difference between selling Talking Heads, Adele – pop stuff – but sales aren’t like that. There are still people who listen to 40,000 and 100,000 over that Christmas period. at the forefront of our mind. That leads to decisions music all the time, it’s just a matter of getting paid And once something is starting to sell by word of based on money and we always want to make for the investment. mouth it really does sell without one of those decisions based on music. We haven’t done any It might be that eventually there are no advances lightning rod promos. decisions based on “this will sell”, because that’s in the contracts. I’m a slight luddite in that I love dangerous territory. how it’s been for the last 30 years, but you’ve got to Do you have any 4AD acts that you’re quietly If you think you need an indie act like The be realistic. Advances are definitely going down by hoping will see a similar end-of-year surge in the Vaccines, something that’s going to do 200,000, and quite a lot. But it would feel unnatural for me to get coming weeks? that’s unnatural for you, you’ll get found out. a record for free and then work it to sell. It would Grimes. It seems to be a bit of a zeitgeist for the Whoever puts that indie pop out has to love it like I be a huge paradigm shift but maybe that’s the way. year. She came from out of nowhere and she’s got a love Ariel Pink, Deerhunter or The National. If you’re in control of the copyright and the bit more exposure in the UK. music then you’ll get paid. Nobody can use your art It’s an interesting time to be in the music industry without paying you. Maybe the state of flux that Obviously it varies between acts, but what’s the with the rise of digital, the decline of physical and we’re in at the moment could draw artists and threshold of success at 4AD? external influences like the economy. Do you labels closer together; realising that you’re on the In terms of sales? It depends how much we paid for find yourself, as a label, operating differently to the same team protecting your music and ‘exploiting’ it. With SpaceGhostPurrp we didn’t sell many way you did, say, four years ago? your copyright. records, but we didn’t pay much for it and it went Every year seems to be contracting slightly; the People seem to be out of the mindset of paying down very well creatively – so that’s a success. onus of the industry shifts to sync income or live for music. Although Taylor Swift did a million in There are two different ways of defining success: income or publishing and not sales of actual albums America recently, Mumford did 600,000, Adele’s there’s the business side of it, which makes money, or singles. It hasn’t really changed anything for us at just done 20 million. But it’s always going to get and there’s also how good it was. Within labels the moment: we still pay advances for acts against squeezed between 5,000 and 100,000 [for 4AD] - these days, you have to wear both hats, you have to future sales. The change is that record companies that’s our bread and butter for indie labels. be a music person as well as knowing the bottom are aware that sales are decreasing. There is still Rdio, Spotify and Deezer is another paradigm line. I imagine a lot of great labels have gone bust money in the business, there are still people who are shift. I don’t listen to music that way, it’s just not on bad business decisions, and that’s one thing that into music and labels are just diversifying slowly. sexy. But it’s really functional, so maybe I just have Beggars is really great for – Martin [Mills] is a great Most labels have publishing arms now, I imagine to get my head around it. We seem to be getting businessman. That expertise of 30-odd years of some [indie] labels are wanting cuts of live too. paid [from streaming services] at the moment. 13-15 BigInterview 4AD_v6_News and Playlists 13/11/2012 10:12 Page 15

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So would you say streaming is working for 4AD? We’re getting royalty statements and the digital streaming piece of the pie is growing. So yes.

Is it still small by comparison? No. There’s a Rough Trade act, I can’t remember which one, that recouped their whole deal off Scandinavian streams only.

And they weren’t a Scandinavian band? No. Those repeat plays add up and if that is the way we get paid eventually it might be okay. Everybody’s got a computer but it still hasn’t taken over the TV as the focus of the house. But I think that will happen because more and more kids are going to YouTube and listening to music.

How do the 4AD artists feel about streaming? Most of our artists have never questioned it. A lot of them, if they’re in their twenties or early thirties, have come up with a deconstructed world. They’re happy to get at least one cent for their music because they’re from an internet age. The only person we’ve had to convince was David Byrne who asked, “Why would I do this? This is just people who won’t buy my album.” It doesn’t seem to be affecting sales directly at the moment, it seems to be working. But sales are down anyway: you can’t really tell if it’s Spotify doing that or if it’s competition from Assassin’s Creed 3. ABOVE James Blake to ourselves and then wondered, “Why ‘A good system’ next global megastar can come from anywhere… How involved are you with sync and live revenue? are Universal all over this? This isn’t going to sell 4AD’s ability to It can. You can’t plan for it, you just have to take profit from Sync revenue is a big part of how we do business half a million. Don’t they know that?” moderate advantage of it when it comes. It’s great that the successes helps and make money. We don’t take any live revenue Because the majors have got people who like fuel its ability to Beggars system can do that. If we can put out a though. We try help with tour support, still, music, even though they know it might not go sign leftfield acts Zomby record next to an Adele record and keep like Purity Ring which is looking old-fashioned really. platinum, they’re still come down for those things. (above) both artists happy, that shows [Beggars] can be both The upside used to be that when you had a Martin Mills very much sees a much bigger specialist underground and absolutely overground. success you’d make a lot of money, which would picture and is more concerned about control We can make money off a Zomby record, which is keep everyone paid, but now the profit margins are of the media and blanket rights. Ten years ago something we have over the majors who I don’t not as big. I know a lot of labels are saying no to MTV would pay royalties for videos and they’d pay think can make money on 30,000 sales. tour support but, again, I’m old school and I like 90% or something to the majors – I’m not sure relationships with the bands so if they need £20,000 that’s the exact figure but it was incredibly just to get them on the road, fine. disproportionate. It was ridiculous. 2013: THE YEAR OF DAUGHTERS? We have been doing tour support but as a loan So Martin argues: “This is control, if you control that we’ll either recoup in the normal way through X% of the market, you’re going to laud it over us royalties or the act can start paying us back from legally.” He knows much more about how the BPI money made live. It’s an interest-free loan and very works and how business on that level runs. artist-friendly, which I think is fair. If you imagine a bank, they’d want something in return eventually. Some suggest those mid-range artists could leave We haven’t gone there. the Universal ranks now that its roster has multiplied in size. Are you waiting to see who gets Do you think you’ll have to go there eventually? dropped or exits? I’ve heard of some indie labels wanting 5% of live Nope. Artist acquisition is not what you’d call a 2012 has been another solid year But what exactly counts as a income for tour support. I don’t know if it’s a problem for us. There’s a lot of music out there and for 4AD, and Simon Halliday is significant release at 4AD? slippery slope or a case of, well, you don’t get most of our job is saying no. confident that his label will carry “I don’t know, maybe 100,000 something for nothing. We only want to release eight to ten albums a its momentum into the New Year. - hopefully more with a good wind As the opportunity to recoup costs from album year, or maybe less, so that we can really focus on “There’s been a real dearth of and end-of-year stuff,” says sales declines, you might find yourself in a corner… those records for 12 months. Making it tight British bands in the last 10 years,” Halliday. “It’s weird. With an it seems logical. I imagine that more progressive like that is good, and it means that quality control he tells Music Week. “There’s album you love, you get a certain managers and artists, who know what time it is, will has to be tough. poppy stuff, but there’s no Grizzly contentment and you don’t care say, “This is valid, it’s not them taking the piss.” Bear, no Animal Collective, no what it sells. We just want to be fair, because we’re happiest What’s the long-term ambition of 4AD? Kanye. The UK used to be great “You might cry for a minute when everyone’s doing well. I feel like we’re on the To be really good, and maybe to have a couple of for eclectic, deeper, proggy music but it’s okay because you know same team. bone fide big records, that sell like the records I and now it’s kind of weak. that’s a good album and history used to buy, things that are the real zeitgeist of “We’ve got this band called will prove you right. Whether it’s How does the Universal/EMI Music deal affect their time. Daughter who I think are going to Scott Walker or Can or Kraftwerk, 4AD, if at all? The labels I love are Motown, Philly, Stax, have a big album next year – not the class comes through. People Personally speaking, I don’t think it affects me. I Elektra back in the day, XL now, Island in the ‘70s only critically but in terms of said ‘whatever’ to it at the time always think the bigger they get the better because and ‘80s – just labels that put out stuff they can be sales. I think that’ll be a but then said ‘that was amazing they won’t be bothered with the bands I’m bothered really proud of. significant release.” ten years later.” about. But you’d be surprised: I thought we’d have There must now be a realisation at Beggars that the Analysis_News and Playlists 12/11/2012 15:55 Page 16

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No regrets live long and Universal will hope to repeat the success it has prosper? recently enjoyed with Island/ Robbie Williams with its newly AS IS OFTEN THE CASE when it comes to signing a new act, acquired EMI labels record companies are experts at hyping up a label purchase. But the evidence down the years is they are sometimes less gifted at putting that new acquisition to best effect and achieving value for money for their bucks. Universal’s purchase of EMI seems as good a time as any to reflect on the ups and downs of key label takeovers by existing record company owners over the last couple of decades, even if revisiting this history does not always make pleasant reading. Outside perhaps the world of the diehard independent label owner who will never sell his baby, however much money is dangled in front of him, the only certainty we know about record company ownership is that it rarely stands still. Among the major corporate groups, who owns and controls them has changed several times since the Nineties (only Sony Corporation has been a consistent presence since buying CBS Records in 1990) and there continues to be speculation that the current setup might not remain that way for too long. At this top level, of course, is Terra Firma’s hefty £4.2bn LABELS EMI’s fate under its new owner is still to be acquisition of EMI in 2007 just before the markets crashed, I BY PAUL WILLIAMS determined and at least its takeover has come with but our piece opposite instead concentrates on deals struck by some bold promises from Universal chairman and the majors to add to their portfolios. niversal’s decision to invest nearly $2bn in CEO Lucian Grainge, including vowing to double What the examples we have EMI is a reminder that when a record A&R investment. Yet before him and this deal the ‘Simply plundering focused on seem to suggest is that it U company wants something it is often music industry road is littered with other ambitious a label for its big is only by retaining the culture and prepared to dig deep and spend big. deals by existing record company owners, some of continuing to invest that record However, whether such mega deals offer value for which turned out to be wise investments and are artists is all very companies can expect to make their money for the purchaser and the asset they buy is still reaping rewards for their owners, while others well, but such new label purchase viable in the then put to best use is open to debate. The Vivendi- ultimately proved to be as financially profitable as short-term thinking long term. Simply plundering a label owned company may be the latest to spend in the setting fire to stacks of dollar bills. can ultimately for its big artists at the time of millions, but it is merely following on from a long list No deal in record company history best buying is all very well, but such short- of buyers who in the last two-plus decades have illustrates how labels can spend lavishly and get mean what has term thinking can ultimately mean completely transformed the record industry landscape. little for their bucks than Bertelsmann’s $2.74bn been bought will what has been bought will decrease decrease in worth’ in worth. As we have highlighted in our PARTING COMPANY HOW LABELS FARED IN BRAVE NEW WORLD analysis, in too many cases the top acts of a newly-acquired label are simply shifted to other labels and the label that was A&M RECORDS Proclaimers and World Party bought – often at a very costly price – is then closed down or SOLD: for around $500m in 1989 to NOW: Disappeared as front-line label name in UK in given a significantly-reduced presence. That hardly suggests PolyGram 2002 having been previously merged with EMI UK; to AT TIME OF SALE: Independently owned be sold by Universal as part of EMI divestments making the most of the asset. by founders Herb Alpert and Jerry programme It is no accident that something like Island Records has Moss with roster including Bryan Adams, thrived long after Chris Blackwell sold it. It could easily have Chris De Burgh, Janet Jackson, Squeeze, Sting and GEFFEN RECORDS been the case the company was simply pillaged for its top acts Suzanne Vega SOLD: in 1990 to MCA, giving founder such as U2 and its identity lost under the various ownerships NOW: Merged in US as part of Interscope-Geffen-A&M David Geffen an estimated $800m in since, including now Universal, but it has retained an following Seagram 1998’s purchase of PolyGram with stock individual identity and continued to invest in new talent. most of staff laid off. Relaunched in US in 2007 in AT TIME OF SALE: Independently owned In the UK, while comparisons with the glory Blackwell days partnership with Octone Records; in UK closed as under Geffen with roster including when the company was not only selling lots of records but separate entity in 1998 with artists distributed to Aerosmith, Cher (pictured), Guns N’ Roses, helping to shape the direction of popular music would be other labels but relaunched in 2006 Don Henley and Sonic Youth NOW: unfair, in commercial terms it is arguably now that Island is at Merged in US as part of CHRYSALIS RECORDS Interscope-Geffen-A&M its most successful. Leaving aside, then, the undoubtedly SOLD: 50% stake for £79m in following Seagram’s 1998 important arguments over too much concentration of power, 1990 to EMI, with remainder purchase of PolyGram. that outcome should give some hope that the EMI assets sold following year Geffen imprint relaunched Universal will retain will be treated properly and have every AT TIME OF SALE: Independently owned under co- in 2011 in US, having chance of prospering. Paul Williams, Head of Business Analysis founder Chris Wright with roster including Go West, previously been revived Billy Idol, Huey Lewis and The News, Sinead O’Connor, in UK Do you have views on this column? Feel free to comment by emailing [email protected] Analysis_News and Playlists 12/11/2012 15:55 Page 17

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LOVE... OR CAST ADRIFT? e determined, Music Week examines how other once-famous labels have fared under new ownership

purchase from owner Clive Calder of the 75% it base was shut down and most of the staff axed with did not already own of Jive Records and the rest of the company in the US becoming part of the Zomba Music Group. Although the price the Interscope-Geffen-A&M, Geffen itself being German media company paid partially has to be put similarly absorbed just several years after founder into time context because it occurred in 2002 when David Geffen had sold it to MCA. In the UK, global record sales had still to peak, it was A&M ceased being a standalone record company in nonetheless a colossal price to pay and meant the 1998 and its artists, then including Sting, Dodgy valuation of Zomba was nearly twice what and Del Amitri, were redistributed to other Universal paid Citibank for EMI a decade later. PolyGram labels. Further, just six years after the deal, Bertelsmann A&M has since been revived as a separate then sold its 50% stake in Sony BMG to Sony operation on both sides of the Atlantic, starting Corporation for $900m, getting the equivalent again in the UK in 2006, while in the US was of around a quarter back of what Zomba was reborn in 2007 in partnership with Octone Records valued at. and has enjoyed global success this past year with At the time of its Zomba purchase, industry Maroon 5. Similarly, the Geffen imprint was sources suggested Bertelsmann was overpaying by at relaunched in the States last year. least £1bn but it had little choice – an agreement it While A&M and Geffen have arguably had had previously signed with Calder compelled it to rollercoaster rides since being sold, the other part of buy the remaining 75% share based on a multiple of Interscope-Geffen-A&M has excelled under Zomba’s average profits for 1999, 2000 and 2001 Seagram and then Universal ownership. As the when the company was at the height of its powers world’s leading record label with a roster including with the likes of Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys Black Eyed Peas, Eminem and Lady Gaga, and ‘N Sync. Interscope must provoke particularly painful That made it virtually impossible for the deal to feelings for Warner Music which, when part of ABOVE ever work financially for Bertelsmann, even though The fate of Jive and its artists is one that has Justified? Time Warner, sold its 50% stake to Interscope it did enjoy strong sales initially with albums by the happened countless other times following takeovers Bertelsmann’s founders Ted Field and Jimmy Iovine for just over $2.74bn purchase likes of Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. Then over the years and there are various examples of Jive/Zomba $100m in 1995. This followed it running into in a pattern that has become very common in involving new EMI owner Universal and its included the political and shareholder controversy over acquisition of record industry high-profile takeovers over the years predecessors. Justin Timberlake – Interscope’s gangsta rap output. Just the year after but he hasn’t Jive’s key acts were ultimately redistributed to other Around a decade before it was itself bought by recorded another the deal with Warner, Field and Iovine sold the labels and the company shut down. This happened Seagram and became Universal, PolyGram was on a album since 2006 same 50% stake to Seagram for more than $200m. with Jive in 2011 under Sony’s exclusive ownership buying spree, snapping up significant independents Warner itself spent what was reported at the not long after the departure of Jive CEO and such as A&M and Island. time to be up to $200m in 2000 to buy London president Barry Weiss to Universal, effectively In A&M’s case the company continued to be Records from its then chairman and CEO Roger meaning the whole Zomba deal cost billions of run initially by founders Jerry Moss and Herb Ames. London had some very successful artists dollars just to acquire a few artists. And it gets Alpert following PolyGram’s $500m takeover deal down the years and at the time was home to in All worse. Justin Timberlake has not released an album in 1989. However, quickly after Seagram acquired it Saints one of the UK’s leading acts, but the since 2006. in 1998 as part of its PolyGram buyout, A&M’s LA company name, roster and catalogue were quickly

ISLAND RECORDS INTERSCOPE RECORDS LONDON name (it previously handled London releases SOLD: for £272m in 1989 SOLD: Time Warner in 1995 RECORDS prior to Warner) and relaunched the to PolyGram sold its 50% stake for just SOLD: for up to following year under Nick Raphael and Joe AT TIME OF SALE: over $100m back to $200m in 2000 Charrington Independently owned founders Ted Field and to Warner under co-founder Chris Jimmy Iovine AT TIME OF SALE: Independently owned by MUTE RECORDS Blackwell with roster AT TIME OF SALE: 50/50 Warner chairman and CEO Roger Ames with SOLD: for £23m in 2002 including Aswad, The Christians, Mica Paris, ownership between Time Warner and roster including All Saints, New Order to EMI The Pogues, Tone Loc, U2 and Tom Waits founders with roster including Dr Dre, Nine (pictured) and Sugababes AT TIME OF SALE: Independently owned under Inch Nails, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg founder Daniel Miller with roster including NOW: A 50% stake sold in 1996 to Seagram Nick Cave, Depeche Mode (pictured), for just over $200m; now part of Interscope- Goldfrapp and Moby Geffen-A&M in US JIVE RECORDS SOLD: 75% stake sold for $2.74bn in 2002 to Bertelsmann, which already owned rest of the company AT TIME OF SALE: Independently owned under co-founder Clive Calder with roster including NOW: EMI in 2010 agreed to support Miller to Backstreet Boys, ‘N Sync, Britney Spears launch new indie label under Mute name with NOW: Stand-alone operation in UK as part of (pictured) EMI retaining key acts such as Depeche Universal; part of Island Def Jam Music NOW: Jive shut down in 2011 NOW: Warner rival Universal in 2010 Mode. Original Mute to be sold by Universal as Group in US with artists moved to RCA reclaimed ownership of the London Records part of EMI divestments programme

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ABOVE absorbed into Warner, which does not now even Going concerns: ago when EMI agreed for Mute founder Daniel have rights to the London Records moniker. That All Saints (London), ‘We must wait and see whether Virgin Miller to launch a new independent label using the Sinead O’Connor reverted in 2010 to London’s old licensing partner (Chrysalis) and will follow the likes of Island and be a Mute name while it retained the superstar acts Massive Attack Universal, which revived the label last year under (Virgin) were all record company that has blossomed including Depeche Mode. Now Miller has a poached Sony UK executives Nick Raphael and frontline artists for chance, if he so desires, to own all of Mute again. their respective after takeover or be the latest sad Jo Charrington. labels before example of a label giant run down to EMI’s most expensive acquisition is one London now sits alongside Universal frontline takeover Universal will retain and it proved to be the most labels such as Island, which has proven to be one of the point of retirement after a buyout’ effective with the £560m it paid in 2002 for Virgin the smartest and most effective purchases in the last Records giving it a company that has been central two or so decades of an independent label by a major other assets, including artist management and to its success since. The roster at the time of the major. Bought by PolyGram for £272m in the same merchandising businesses. purchase included The Rolling Stones, Genesis, year it acquired A&M, it has blossomed from being Universal further finds itself inadvertently Massive Attack and Soul II Soul, while across the at the time of the purchase in less than healthy having to find new homes for a series of other following two decades added the likes of Spice shape (despite having U2) to consistently the UK one-time independents, which were snapped up by Girls, Chemical Brothers and most notably recently industry’s leading repertoire source. Its already first- EMI from the early Nineties onwards, because of Emeli Sandé. class UK roster comprising the likes of Florence + EC conditions. However, even Virgin’s standing within EMI The Machine and Mumford & Sons now also These include Chrysalis Records, which was ended up being rapidly reduced with the previously includes Robbie Williams whose first Island album bought in two stages by EMI in 1990 and 1991 and separately-operating UK company run by Paul Take The Crown debuted at No.1 last Sunday. which, from having been run as a standalone record Conroy brought under then EMI’s UK chairman Independents bought more recently by company for several years – firstly with acts and CEO Tony Wadsworth in 2002 and in the US Universal, though, have not such an enjoyable including Sinead O’Connor and The Proclaimers the Virgin name disappearing as a frontline experience in terms of retaining a presence and and later Robbie Williams during his early solo operation in 2007 as it merged with Capitol to identity. Just shortly after it completed its £7m career – got more and more absorbed to the point create the Capitol Music Group. It was action like takeover of V2 in 2007, Universal was already where it totally lost its frontline label status. this that was surely behind Richard Branson this preparing for the closure of the indie’s offices, This included the Chrysalis name disappearing summer criticising the way his old company has including in the UK, where the highlights of its from EMI: Chrysalis in 2002 several years after been run over the last 10 years. roster were divvied out to other labels, among them Chris Wright and Terry Ellis’s old company had Virgin now has a new home at Universal, but Elbow and Stereophonics. The purchase also been merged with EMI UK and, by 2009 and we must wait and see whether it will follow the delivered Universal the successful indie label Robbie Williams’ last EMI studio album Reality likes of Island and be a record company that has collective Co-operative Music, although this was Killed The Video Star, not even its main flagbearer blossomed after takeover or be the latest sad sold in October to PIAS as one of the divestment was carrying the Chrysalis imprint, instead being example of a label giant run down to the point of conditions imposed by the EC as part of allowing assigned to Virgin. retirement after a buyout. Grainge’s promise of the EMI takeover deal through. Mute – another EMI asset Universal must sell – extra A&R funds and the fact he will not have to- The same action is required for Sanctuary, has similarly had a mixed time under EMI be-divested Parlophone to use them for has to bought by Universal the same year as V2 for ownership. Bought in 2002 for £23m, it provided suggest the future prospects for Virgin are good, £44.5m, and one which similarly saw its frontline the then UK major with some substantial artists while we must hope the ultimate new owners of roster (including Morrissey and Robert Plant) such as Depeche Mode and Moby, but the Parlophone, Chrysalis, Mute et al will also handle quickly reassigned to other labels, while giving the relationship took an unusual twist a couple of years their new purchases wisely.

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SANCTUARY RECORDS V2 RECORDS of other Universal labels; Co-operative sold SOLD: for £44.5m in SOLD: for £7m in to PIAS as part of EMI takeover divestments 2007 to Universal 2007 to Universal programme AT TIME OF LABEL: AT TIME OF SALE: 95% Independently owned owned by Morgan VIRGIN RECORDS with recorded music Stanley and 5% by SOLD: for £560m in roster including Idlewild, Morrissey (inset) Richard Branson with 2002 to EMI and Robert Plant and other interests such roster including Elbow, AT TIME OF SALE: as artist management and Stereophonics and Independently merchandising businesses Paul Weller owned under founder Richard Branson with NOW: Key acts swiftly (right), and Co- roster including Peter Gabriel, Genesis/ dispersed to other Universal operative Phil Collins, Lenny Kravitz, Massive Attack, labels after buyout. Music The Rolling Stones, Simple Minds operations in 2002; in US Capitol and Virgin Sanctuary to be sold as NOW: Key (pictured right) and UB40 merged in 2007 to create Capitol Music part of EMI takeover artists NOW: Having remained structurally separate Group. Virgin sold as part of Universal’s divestments programme became part in UK since takeover, merged into EMI $1.9bn (£1.2bn) EMI takeover in 2012 Visible NoiseV3_News and Playlists 13/11/2012 10:03 Page 19

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UP AND COMING NOISEMAKERS IN WAITING Julie Weir’s group has a slew of released through Hassle on top talent ready to launch in the November 26. MAKE SOME coming months… Lady Starlight ‘Multi-faceted style VISIBLE NOISE (Label) icon, rock DJ and performance The Dead Formats The Essex-born artist’. Currently on the road with mod punk band have just released Lady Gaga on the worldwide Born debut album At Sixes And Sevens. This Way Ball tour. They will be supporting Buzzcocks for UK tour dates in December. Evile The UK thrash act are signed to Earache Records and recently Ghouls A six-piece gypsy/punk completed their umpteenth UK outfit from London. Currently tour in support of third album Five NOISE gearing up to record their debut Serpent’s Teeth. album after playing all over the UK and Europe. Mothlite Signed to Kscope, multi- instrumentalist and connoisseur of WISEBLOOD (MANAGEMENT) ‘dream/nightmare pop’, Daniel Blitz Kids A UK four-piece who are O’Sullivan is about to embark currently recording their second on a European and UK tour in album of anthemic pop/rock in LA November and December in with producer John Feldmann. support of his second album Their mini album Never Die will be Dark Age.

spent on stuff that feels infinitely manufactured. I’ve always worked with bands that are real.” Being open to new ways of making money is essential for any small label to stay afloat, she adds: “I think the concept of the album is now almost redundant and needs to be rethought. It’s going to have to become cleverer. “A 16-year-old girl or boy who listens to Bring Me The Horizon isn’t going to really care about a special-edition double 180gsm vinyl, but they ABOVE Julie Weir: The might really care about a T-shirt, a USB Visible Noise wristband or a special edition that allows them to founder signed Bring Me The collect something over the web.” Horizon (left) for Looking to the future, 360 deals could even be their first three albums – and is a possibility for Visible Noise as the label evolves awaiting the into an even more multi-faceted operation. impact of their Finding ‘real’ bands has been Julie Weir’s mantra ever since major label debut “To a certain extent everybody’s going to have with interest to move towards [360 deals],” says Weir. “If you’re rock music label Visible Noise was founded 14 years ago. helping a band go out on the road then you should get some of the money back when they are But armed with a roster likely to make Simon Cowell earning a substantial amount. queasy, it takes more than a little creativity to prosper... “When we started signing recording and publishing it was quite taboo but most …LABELS Sony’s RCA, following three albums on Visible. independent labels do that now. We’re running a I BY RHIAN JONES “Rock breeds loyalty,” says Weir. “Fans buy very broad platform, I don’t think anybody who albums rather than just single tracks; they go out runs a small label can actually call themselves a n 1998, Julie Weir signed a little known Welsh to shows and buy merchandise. It’s a lifestyle.” ‘label’ anymore – you’ve got to be a dedicated band called Lostprophets. She single-handedly The bands themselves help keep fans onside by music company.” I managed the band’s press, promo, videos, giving them attention, Weir explains: “Our acts In terms of the historically marginalised UK artwork, commissioning and contracts. who’ve gone from playing The Barfly up to rock and metal industry, the future is looking Lostprophets went on to sell millions of Wembley Arena will still come out and talk to bright, says Weir: “When you get a band like records. Visible Noise was on the map. people and remember people in the crowd. Bring Me The Horizon that are so extreme who Since then, success with Bring Me The “I find that a completely different attitude than are signing to Sony on a really substantial deal it Horizon, Bullet For My Valentine (a licence deal with some bands. I’m not saying that having a lot makes you take stock of the whole situation. from 20-20 Entertainment) and Your Demise has of money as a label is a bad thing, but you do “I honestly believe Bring Me The Horizon were propelled the label forwards. Visible now also sometimes feel like there’s a lot of money being – when we signed them – well ahead of their houses management (through Wiseblood Music time, and are going to be for all of their career Management), publishing (through Schnozza VISIBLE CHANGE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX with their talent and foresight. Bands like The Music) and licensing divisions. While record sales bring in be able to keep that all buoyant,” Fearless Vampire Killers, Lower Than Atlantis, Typically for a prudent independent, the past significant income to Visible says Weir. “We’ve been doing While She Sleeps and Sonic Boom Six are almost 14 years haven’t been easy - especially with a Noise, the real money is derived syncs for eight or nine years. A building their own genres now, coming from very roster that the mainstream media is generally from merchandising, sync deals, small band called The Plight different backgrounds and influences, with their “scared of ”. Now, metalcore outfit Horizon – and (subtle) brand partnerships. ended up on a Lucozade advert – own sound, aesthetic and strong ideas. spotted by Weir when they were four “oiks” from “There’s got to be a lot of that was really bonkers, a band “I am so proud that Visible Noise helps provide creativity on the actual record so unlikely to be joined up with Sheffield – look set to kick-start a mainstream an antidote to vacuous celebrity culture – an antidote label and music industry side to such a corporate entity.” appreciation of heavy rock after signing with that thrives in these small but rabid scenes.” 20 Robbie Analysis_v3_News and Playlists 12/11/2012 13:58 Page 18

20 Music Week 16.11.12 www.musicweek.com ANALYSIS RADIO 1 I DON'T WANT TO STOP, DJ Radio 1’s decision makers have axed Robbie from the playlist – but is he really too long in the tooth?

RIGHT MEDIA Sweet as Candy Robbie Williams’ I BY PAUL WILLIAMS No.1 single has not been playlisted oldplay, Muse and Jay-Z have become the on Radio 1 relative old men of Radio 1’s output after C the network failed to back Robbie Williams’ current single. In the latest sign it is trying to meet a BBC Trust edict to lower its average audience age, the station has decided not to playlist the 38-year-old’s Island track Candy, although it has won some spot plays. The decision last week provoked a Twitter row between breakfast show host Nick Grimshaw and his opposite number at Bauer’s London-based Magic 105.4, Neil Fox, after Grimshaw branded Williams “not relevant to 13 and 14-year-olds”. However, Radio 1’s playlist block on Candy has also highlighted the growing difficulty for acts of a certain age and career span to win support at the station, which instead is devoting more of its airtime to newer artists. With Williams, whose first hit with Take That was in 1991 and whose solo Four of Radio 1’s Top 10 tracks the same week Williams is the latest artist this year who could career launched five years later, missing, it meant were by acts whose first hit happened this year with previously count on Radio 1support being just two of the acts on Radio 1’s Top 100 most- Disclosure joined by Columbia/Roc Nation’s overlooked. Both Island’s Keane and Polydor’s played chart a week ago had opened their UK chart Rita Ora, Mercury’s Jake Bugg and Island’s Jessie Scissor Sisters were disregarded by the station with accounts before the Millennium. Ware. They all sat alongside comparative veterans returning singles this year and instead had to rely on The two acts in question were Jay-Z and Muse Maroon 5 whose first UK hit was 10 years ago and fellow BBC network Radio 2 for airplay backing. with the hip hop star having scored his first UK hit whose A&M/Octone-issued One More Night was Similarly Williams, whose lead-off single Bodies in 1996, while Muse broke through in 1999. Jay-Z, placed eighth. from his previous studio album Reality Killed The in tandem with Kanye West, had the station’s 55th Although this is only a week’s snapshot of what Video Star was A listed by Radio 1 in 2009, now most-played track a week ago with the Roc-A- Radio 1 played, the Top 100 chart suggests the age finds himself largely ignored by the younger station Fella/Mercury-issued N*** In Paris, according to of an act is less of an issue in terms of determining but on Radio 2’s A list with Candy. Nielsen SoundScan, while Helium 3/Warner Bros’s whether they win support or not. The lack of Radio 1 support is hardly halting Muse ranked 46th with Madness. David Guetta, for example, celebrated his 45th commercial success for Candy and its parent album Parlophone’s Coldplay and RCA’s Pink, whose birthday on November 7, making him more than six Take The Crown, which debuted at No 1 on the first UK chart hits were both in 2000, also featured years older than Williams (born February 13 1974), UK’s Official artist albums chart last week with the on Radio 1’s Top 100 chart, but they were rare but he had two tracks in the Top 100, while Jay-Z is track winning plenty of radio support elsewhere. It examples of acts who had broken through four or 43 in December. peaked at 3 last month on Nielsen SoundScan’s more years ago. In fact, 72 of the 100 tracks featured Having faced criticisms from commercial rivals, weekly radio airplay countdown, the same week it were by artists whose first chart successes were in Radio 1 has been told by the BBC Trust it must was Radio 2 most-played track, although on the 2009 or later, while 32 of the cuts came from acts lower the average age of its listenership to more fit influential 95.8 Capital FM it only lifted as high as who had either scored a first hit this year or are still its target audience of 15 to 29-year-olds. The 26th place on the Global Radio station’s own waiting to register. average listener age is understood to be around 32 weekly airplay rankings. The 2012 class included UK dance duo at present and actually went up slightly in the latest Candy, which achieved a second week at No.1 Disclosure whose Island/PMR-issued Latch Rajar figures covering Q3 this year. on the sales chart last Sunday, has also benefited featuring Sam Smith was the station’s third top The arrival of Nick Grimshaw at breakfast as a from high-profile TV slots with the erstwhile Take track a week ago behind Virgin singles Don’t You replacement for Chris Moyles after eight years is That star having performed it on ITV1’s The X Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia featuring one part of the strategy to bring down the age, Factor the day before its commercial release and John Martin and Wonder by Naughty Boy while the station continues to review the on-air then on Graham Norton’s BBC 1 chat show the featuring Emeli Sande. support it gives to established artists. following Friday.

Radio 1’s 2012 32% V RADIO 1’S OLDEST ACTS BY LENGTH OF CHART CAREER top 100 tracks 2011 14% artist breakdown 2010 10% I JAY-Z (1996) I ALICIA KEYS (2001) I KANYE WEST (2003) 2009 16% I MUSE (1999) I BIFFY CLYRO (2002) I THE KILLERS (2004) 2006 to 2008 15% 2005 or before 13% I COLDPLAY (2000) I MAROON 5 (2002) I WILEY (2004)

I PINK (2000) I GIRLS ALOUD (2002) THE ABOVE BREAKS DOWN RADIO 1’S 100 MOST-PLAYED TRACKS FOR CHART WEEK 44 THE ABOVE SHOWS THE ACTS ON RADIO 1’S TOP 100 MOST-PLAYED CHART FOR CHART WEEK 2012 INTO WHEN THE ACTS BEHIND THEM SCORED THEIR FIRST UK SALES HIT 44 2012 WHOSE UK CHART CAREERS STARTED THE EARLIEST

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2013 will mark 10 years of Eurosonic Noorderslag’s European Border Breakers Awards. With names such as Anna Calvi, Swedish House Mafia and Adele decorating its past, it looks to bolster its future as an important unifying force in European music A DECADE OF BORDER BREAKERS Emerald in 2011, The Script, The Ting Tings, ABOVE says the awards’ creative director Peter Schmidt. EVENTS EBBAs over the years: Belgium’s I BY TOM PAKINKIS Afrojack or even Adele – who didn’t do badly - “Sometimes an act is relatively small, like Elektro Selah Sue at the EBBAs have, over the course of their rich 2012’s ceremony. Guzzi, but they are the most successful new act to he 10th anniversary of the European heritage, provided an early stage for some of The EBBAs will break out of their territory. take place on Border Breaker Awards will mark a decade European music’s greatest acts. Wednesday, “What I like is that it’s not one type of artist T of building bridges across the continent for The EBBAs’ ability to shine a spotlight on artists January 9 in 2013 and one league of artist,” he adds. “It’s very varied young artists seeing success at home and starting that haven’t necessarily yet embarked on a world- and diverse and that’s exactly how the music scene to fly abroad. beating journey has been vital - but they also in Europe is.” Celebrating acts based on the success of their recognised artists who deserve kudos for significant The EBBAs, then, have continually contributed first international release, the EBBAs have hailed achievement in their own corner of the world. to the profile of Europe’s musical output as a a cavalcade of groundbreaking names since their “Because the EBBAs measure success on the whole, but picking up a gong on the night is a Midem debut in 2004. base of a first international release, in some cases, significant individual boon as well. Whether it’s Swedish House Mafia or Anna you’re talking about an act who, when they get an “The EBBAs are fantastic in as much as they Calvi in 2012, Mumford & Sons or Caro EBBA Award, is already extremely successful,” provide a great international platform for

2013 AWARDS: the atmosphere of The Knife and the Teardrops by Womack & Womack) you can WHY THE EBBAS CHOSE THE WINNERS adventure of Björk in their music. This year’s count on it being stuck in your head for rest French Films And Men’s smash reviews of LP Instinct were raving. Pitchfork of the day.’ ‘After being hit Little Talks wrote of songs that were “equally arresting, signed to comes from the flitting between the sound of Fleetwood Juan Zelada Finnish label album My Head Is Mac, Prince, Cindy Lauper and trashy ‘His sound is GAEA Booking An Animal. Critics Europop.” NME was more to the point: incredibly British, & Records in in Europe and the “Heck, they deserve some sort of especially for a autumn 2010, US are full of Nobel Pop Prize.”‘ musician from French Films released their first EP Golden praise with Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, Madrid. Juan Sea followed by their debut album Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros all Nabiha Zelada has been Imaginary Future in 2011. Ten songs talk being drawn as comparisons to the band.’ ‘Huge hits, living in London for about being alive, the struggle between impossible to some time – the fading dreams of childhood and the Niki & The Dove pinpoint to one fascinated by the city and its inhabitants. growing cynicism, forced upon by the ‘Niki & The Dove style – that’s the He has become part of British culture surrounding reality. French Films brings an is one of the few music of Danish without losing sight of his Spanish roots ode to the young and young-hearted bands who singer Nabiha. and gigs in London did not go unnoticed. minds. Their reputation as a live band has manage to She’s highly His music, along with the fun he has paved the way for a successful tour in capture the sound successful in her performing and singing, managed to get Europe and even Japan.’ of the dance floor own country and once her songs cross the the attention of the music industry and on record – and border they will infect everyone they touch. If media with debut single Breakfast In Of Monsters And Men that’s not the only thing they do well. Critics you happen to hear the song Never Played Spitalfields being named BBC Radio 2’s ‘A new surprise out of Iceland, Of Monsters claim these Swedes know how to recreate The Bass (with an amusing reference to Record Of The Week.’ Project3_Layout 1 13/11/2012 15:03 Page 1

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emerging artists,” said Ian Pither, label manager of with getting new acts onto stages, across the Believe Recordings, which saw James Vincent continent – the EBBAs have given a significant McMorrow honoured in 2012. “In the current EU boost to artists big and small, by beaming climate, we all know how hard it is for them onto international screens. independent artists to gain visibility outside of “Artists and labels really like it because there are their home territory, even with a strong touring not that many chances to be on a pan-European schedule and successful album sales behind them. show these days,” says Legrand. “It is a great way Awards like the EBBAs can really help provide a to get exposed to new audiences. much needed spotlight for artists breaking “Overall, if you look at the past 10 years, the list through internationally.” of acts that have won an EBBA is quite Co-founder of the EBBAs, Emmanuel impressive and I am very optimistic about the Legrand, concurs. “Take Adele,” he suggests. future because new generations of European acts “When she was awarded the EBBA for her first keep popping up in all genres, and it is a real album in 2009, she was at the starting point of testimony to the creative richness of Europe.” her international career and not the global Increasing that profile across European superstar that she is now. countries is one of Schmidt’s main objectives. The “It’s the same with Belgium’s Stromae, France’s EBBAs began life as a purely industry event, with ZaZ or Sweden’s Lykke Li,” he adds. “An EBBA the main evolution taking place when the awards is the signal that an artist has started an ceremony moved to Groningen in the international career successfully and that people Netherlands under the aegis of the Eurosonic should take notice, if they haven't already. And Noordelag festival. With Jools Holland presenting because the event is held during Eurosonic, there the ceremony shown across stations in the are many concert promoters and festival European Broadcasting Union, which has organisers in the audience who have the option to members across 78 countries, the awards have book these acts.” grown into an increasingly public role. As much as the EBBAs recognise potential for “We are now focusing very much on the media further success across the continent, they primarily and making it a TV and digital event,” says reward an artist and his or her team for graft and Schmidt. “We’re going to stream it live on achievements already gained. YouTube again this year as well, just like we did “We all worked very hard to get to that point,” last year.” Pilther told Music Week, pointing to the solid And the hard work seems to be paying off, both foundations that had already been put in place by in terms of the event’s exposure and how highly McMorrow before he was decorated with an EBBA the awards are regarded by those in the industry ABOVE Award. “James had already started to build a strong Peter Schmidt. “There are national awards in every Holland in Holland: with acts deserving of a push. “They definitely live presence in Europe and sales were growing territory, like the Mercury Music Awards in the Our Jools has hold their own amongst our home grown awards,” become a familiar steadily. For him Eurosonic, and in turn winning UK, the Echoes in Germany or The Harp in face as resident says Believe Recording’s Pilther in the UK. EBBAs presenter the EBBAs, were definitely part of that puzzle. Holland – but there are no European awards, except (above). He “That’s both in terms of value for artists and in “Eurosonic is, in some ways, where it all began for the MTV Music Awards, which are basically presents bringing an interesting, diverse range of music to Romania’s for him internationally,” he adds. “To have the US artists getting an award in Europe. So it makes Alexandra Stan the attention of the general public.” recognition of the EBBA was fantastic and sense to build this brand.” with a 2012 award “It’s interesting to look at previous years,” adds (below) definitely helped build his profile to the point it’s Legrand suggests that, for young artists, the Schmidt. “These awards definitely help artists to at now.” idea of reaching out to territories beyond their get a push in other territories. We notice, when For those behind the awards, the need for a gong own is the norm. He calls Europe “their natural acts are awarded, it gives a promotional boost to that recognises such achievements in this particular playground” but agrees that finding widespread the artist right across the continent. region was incredibly important back in 2004 and success across the continent is far from an easy “I think over the years there has been an still absolutely relevant today. “We feel that we have task. While Europe’s live scene provides a increase in quality of music in all different genres to build this brand of European music awards platform for some movement – with an eclectic that come out of Europe. This is a good way to because they simply don’t exist at the moment,” says festival scene and EU-backed-programmes tasked award that success.”

2013 AWARDS: WHY THE EBBAS CHOSE THE WINNERS band Amor Electro achieved on their successful album Cai o Carmo e a Trindade. Ewert And The Two Dragons matter of time. It With incredible charisma and a beautiful ‘Ask anyone was no surprise that face, singer Marisa Liz offers Portuguese in Western Holland and the lyrics and a great voice that defines the Europe or the rest of Europe uniqueness of Amor Electro. Vocals are US to name would love the augmented by Liz’s four bandmates who five Estonian Scottish doctor with play not only guitar, bass, drums and synths, bands and her blonde barnet an international band operating from The but Portuguese guitar, accordion and there will and irresistible Netherlands. They made a triumphant traditional Portuguese percussion.’ likely be a prolonged period of silence. songs. Sold out shows, hits tracks and appearance last year in their own town of Unjustified, it seems, because there’s lots of even a performance at the opening and Groningen, performing twice, both at C2C good music in Estonia to be found as Ewert closing ceremony of the Olympics Eurosonic and Noorderslag.’ ‘French DJ collective and the Two Dragons prove. Their music has followed. Her mix of soul, current British C2C is a four time been described as romantic and organic dance and well crafted songs proved to be Amor Electro winner of the World with story-telling lyrics. It has been two years a winning combination.’ ‘Making pop DJ Championships now since their last album and their next is music without for teams. Now they eagerly anticipated.’ Dope D.O.D losing sight of are on a new ‘Dope D.O.D. is a band that manages to put your own mission - bringing Emeli Sande the feeling of 2012 into music. There is cultural the world their own ‘When Emeli Sandé played in a big tent at tension and danger in both their sound and background is mix of jazz, blues, the Boterdiep in Groningen for Eurosonic their appearance as not just a Dutch band something that soul, electro and of course hip hop. It has last year, her booming success was just a that tries to make it in other countries but Portuguese culminated in the acclaimed album Tetra.’ 18-19 Kiss_v3_News and Playlists 12/11/2012 13:54 Page 24

24 Music Week 16.11.12 www.musicweek.com FEATURE KISS NOW HEAR KISS The commercial station is redefining what radio means to its listeners and planning for the future of interaction with its audience, following an impressive performance in the latest Rajar results

In fact, he does not even believe the medium should be called radio any more. “Radio is an old-fashioned badge to wear,” suggests Roberts whose Kiss empire also includes national Kiss UK broadcasting digitally. “I think I said that at the Radio Festival a couple of years ago and nearly got shot, but it’s true. If you’re a young person especially why would you listen to traditional radio? So I saw Kiss at a crossroads a couple of years ago and we really needed to be thinking about it as an entertainment channel.” He followed that epiphany with a whole new approach to how Kiss would work as he realised it had to engage with listeners not just with its audio programming but visually via their increasingly- sophisticated mobile phones. “There was that tipping point in terms of the visual stuff where you heard that Britney Spears had shaved her head in that moment she had,” he recalls. “You kind of wanted to see that and that was the real tipping point of this whole [Kiss strapline] Hear It See It Share It moment and from there on I said, ‘That’s the strategy.’ If we get an artist in, we need to be showing the audience it and be able to share that content with them and be able to fast- track that.” To deliver this vision Roberts brought in an engineering team to build “a box of tricks” that allowed him and his colleagues to create graphic overlays and streams, while HD cameras were put in the studio so what was going on could be seen as well as heard. “Rather than spending a lot of money on it, for 15 hundred quid we found out we had a pretty good system and that really started the road to going, ‘I’ve got 15 minutes with Rihanna.’ Rather than waste her on a breakfast show interviewed traditionally you just go, ‘Right I can do the audio piece here, I can make this video and I can use it to market the station across social media’ and it was a good alternative to get in the audience’s faces with Kiss if you weren’t going to get a TV campaign,” he says. “You’d see Capital’s ad pop up and you’d say, ‘That’s a nice ad’, but I think we were doing a better job in terms of getting our videos out in front of ABOVE MEDIA Victorious million people tuning in to leave it just 47,000 people with the right artist and the right type of I BY PAUL WILLIAMS Andy Roberts listeners behind Global Radio’s Capital FM, while content.” wins Station Programmer Of The in terms of share it sat only below fellow Bauer Unlike with say, Radio 1, whose deeper pockets ndy Roberts is kicking himself he ever Year at the 2012 station Magic 105.4 among commercial stations. allows it to have a specialist “visualisation” team to Sony Radio decided to call his Twitter profile Academy Awards, That is all very pleasing to Roberts and create non-audio content, Roberts says there is “no where Kiss A RadioAndy. As one of UK commercial Breakfast with represents incredible growth during what is his ivory tower” and instead he and everyone else mucks radio’s leading lights it seems an appropriate enough Rickie, Melvin & second tenure at Kiss. In his first period at Kiss he in to create content to support what is happening Charlie took gold for moniker, but the ambitious Kiss group programme Breakfast Show Of says he started with fewer than half a million on air. director reckons the medium he works in is now so The Year (10m- listeners and when he rejoined in 2006 after a “We trained up all the guys so at home on your plus). [Left to right] much more than just radio. Paloma Faith, Rickie, period of three years overseeing Bauer predecessor mobile you could cut videos together,” he says. “All His stance should not suggest he and his team Andy Roberts, Emap’s Big City stations the audience stood at the team now can edit video, but they also produce Melvin and are struggling when it comes to conventional radio producer Adam K under 1.29 million. All very good then, but the shows so there’s certainly no visualisation unit. I was broadcasting. In fact, they are thriving. Latest Rajar executive’s vision for Kiss stretches way beyond filming something earlier. Speed is of the essence figures reveal the London-based Kiss 100 attracted being a regular radio station broadcasting on FM and we’re pretty good at quality control.” its highest audience figures to date in Q3 with 1.95 and digital to offering so much more. While some of the visual content pieces are one- 18-19 Kiss_v3_News and Playlists 12/11/2012 13:54 Page 25

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LEFT All smiles “Gone are the days when presenters Andy Roberts says your drive home, but I think more and more for the he can see a time younger end it’s about building entertainment had ‘a face for radio’. When you think when an audience member associates brands that are probably less reliant on traditional about recruiting talent these days, you with Kiss without ever switching on FM and broadcasting.” have to consider how you can put them a radio Ultimately for Roberts he sees a time when on a stage in front of clients, on a red someone can be part of the Kiss world, even though carpet, on the radio and on the they never switch on the radio. “If somebody can have a relationship with Kiss television. You have to be good visually without listening to the core… I don’t see radio as and we have to be confident we can put the core to what Kiss is,” he says. “If you look at you in front of all of those things” something like Xbox Live and you as an avatar are ANDY ROBERTS DISCUSSES THE REALITIES OF RECRUITING in that environment and things like Flipboard where it is about an environment Kiss brings you.” PRESENTERS IN THE MULTI-MEDIA DIGITAL ERA That throws up questions about how “radio” audiences get measured in the future. At present it offs to suit what is happening at any particular time, “That’s important for where we came from, but is all about counting listeners to linear broadcasting, Kiss Breakfast Takeaway, a bite-sized video film of also it kind of allows you to work with people a bit while the likes of video streams put out by stations Kiss 100’s breakfast show hosted by Rickie, Melvin better,” he says. “I’ve got good respect for the are not considered, even though the audience and Charlie, is produced every weekday and is presenters out and about, but I’ve just never really watching them could be very valuable to advertisers. available to watch from 3.30 each afternoon after stolen from other places.” While that is another debate, in the way Rajar is the radio programme has gone out. It is no accident it is Kiss within the commercial measured at present Roberts suggests Kiss’s London The visual element to what Kiss does has radio sector that is so active at taking radio in audience still has some room for growth. certainly had an impact on the type of presenters it another direct beyond audio broadcasting, although “You can squeeze a bit more out of it,” he says. employs. No longer is it simply about having a great it is not unique – Global Radio brands Capital and “When I first took over Kiss Capital had all the radio presence. Heart, for example, rolled out TV channels in kids listening to it and then we got up to over a “Gone are the days of having a face for radio,” he October to complement the radio brands, while million and we got market leadership in six months says. “When you think about recruiting talent you’ve other Bauer Radio services have sister TV stations. and, coming back, there’s only so much of that got to think about how you can put them on a stage But for Kiss chasing a 15-24 audience, a market it audience pie to be had. in front of clients, on a red carpet, on the radio and leads in London (as it does 15-34 and 15-44), “We’re nipping at the heels in terms of reach TV. When we are recruiting people we think are Roberts reckons without extending the offering with Capital – 40,000 – which is probably one and they going to be good visually, can I put them in beyond audio “it would be screwed”. a half [Rajar] diaries.” front of all these things they’ve got to do now?” “There are two games,” he reckons. “There is However, as he looks to beat even Kiss’s record Roberts notes Kiss rarely poaches presenters still this appetite for my local radio station, but I Q3 figures, Roberts will also continue to fully focus from other stations – Justin being the current only just worry the younger end aren’t interested in on his vision of creating a brand new radio exception – and instead prefers to discover and that. There is a demo that like that and its landscape - one that might not even be called nurture talent internally. functionality, it might be your drive to work and radio anymore. KISS CUDDLES UP TO DIFFERENT MUSICAL GENRES

MUSIC HAS BEEN KIND TO KISS in recent Formats were originally written for certain times with the Top 40 dominated by R&B, hip music genres, but now it’s about the demos hop and rhythmic pop. However, Andy you chase and the delivery of that. We Roberts senses the environment might be on always make sure we bank 15 to 24s.” the verge of change. One way Kiss gets around the problem of “We’re probably waiting for guitars to come some hugely-popular tracks that do no back,” concludes the Bauer brand’s group obviously sit with its rhythmic output is to do programme director who has made a point of special remixes of them. stretching Kiss’s music output to cover “I’ll edit myself a lot of the tracks,” he says. artists and songs that some rivals argue “We’ll do little tricks that hopefully make the goes beyond what genre-wise it should song sound a bit better on Kiss, give it that be playing. energy that we’ve really tried to work on. “ “Adele can be in Kiss’s world sometimes One such example is Parlophone act and Ed Sheeran and Angel, Alex Clare,” he Coldplay’s Paradise, which Roberts remixed argues. “This fusion of drum & bass and and which he notes was posted by “My workday now I get in about half seven the previous hit. dubstep, guitar-driven stuff is interesting. somebody on YouTube and has had more and by then I’m scheduling the music a little “The cycle of music is a lot, lot quicker We’re going through a Euro pop phase. The than 100,000 hits. bit, just reacting to the day. X Factor is quite now, but actually the audience is slightly last time we had that we had Corona and “We’ll always do things like that, try not to interesting in the way it can influence certain slower in that cycle and want to hang on to a Whigfield. I remember that as a kid and detract from the original, but they’ll be songs songs so if an artist performs something on few things,” he says. something came, the guitar stuff – Oasis and like that where you think, ‘Actually if we do it Saturday or Sunday night you’ll see it pop “A lot of good records are getting lost at Blur. We’re due guitars, but I think they’ll be a tastefully it will work,’” he notes. into the iTunes chart straight away, like the moment. We did Alex Clare and Angel we fusion of something we’ll all be able to play. Under Roberts, Kiss also makes a point of Labrinth or you might see a classic like kept on and we believed they were great “We’ve certainly widened Kiss’s music to spending “a lot of time” manually scheduling Ordinary People by John Legend, so you make records. Disclosure’s Latch was a great song be able to manoeuvre a bit, but the good the music played, rather than relying on a sure it’s in the breakfast show and on and we were probably the only ones who thing is the audience will tell you when it computer to do it. rotation if it’s a decent track.” span it as heavily as anybody else and they doesn’t feel right. It’s healthy, but it also “We don’t use Selector probably like other Roberts suggests the current cycle of are proper true hits in a way because they means a lot more people in the London stations do. We sit and place the songs,” says songs is proving to be increasingly tricky with have been around a long time. We know they [radio] market complain what you play. You Roberts who notes Kiss’s musical output is record companies wanting stations to play an are not burnt out and there’s a real love for can dance to anything these days. You can tinkered with sometimes at the last minute act’s new single and some of the audience them. It is down to gut and play it and not be in a club and people will play anything. to react to events. wanting to hear it, but others still preferring worry about the research.” RETAIL DPS v5_News and Playlists 13/11/2012 16:58 Page 26

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CODA MUSIC 12 Bank Street Edinburgh, EH1 2LN t: 01316227246 w: codamusic.co.uk Give us a brief history of What kind of products do you the store… sell? Anything beyond actual It was set up and opened by music? Co-owner: Dougie Anderson myself and Rose Norton in We are a folk specialist and 1997. We had some other that's the majority of what we shops, but felt there was a sell. Most of our music is on need for a folk specialist CD but we do stock vinyl if store in Edinburgh in order we can get it. We also sell knowing full well what was to guide tourists away from americana, world and “We felt there was a need for a folk specialist store in happening. buying Tartan tat and blues music. Edinburgh to guide tourists away from buying Tartan getting real folk music that How confident are you about tat and getting real folk music that they’d actually they'd actually listen to when How is business today compared the future? they got home. Sometimes to when you first started and over listen to when they got home” Sometimes I'm optimistic, and I though, they do genuinely the years? DOUGIE ANDERSON, CODA MUSIC wouldn't have been doing this want crap. When we started in 1997 for 40 years if I didn't business was okay, but not What was Record Store Day like more exclusives and deals to enjoy it. How would you describe the brilliant. Over the past 15 years for you this year? enable us to compete. But it's ultimately out of our atmosphere in the store? we've built it up and we are It was brilliant! It's a shame that Remember, we are the hands. It's up to the record The store is relaxed and now recognised as the most of the product was not strange people who pay companies and, mostly, friendly, but busy. We have specialist for folk music related to our shop, but we felt corporation tax and VAT. If there Government. Should we get a regular locals, people who in Scotland. we had to do it as there are so are no more indie traders, reasonably level playing field, come to the store from all Our sales have pretty much few shops actually left. where will Government get its then I’m very optimistic. over the world and poor gone up every year, though taxes from? But, here in Scotland, the innocents who have now it's much tougher due Is there anything else that the This has all happened before Government gave Amazon a wandered in by mistake. to the strange reluctance of music industry could do to help with the supermarkets telling £10 million grant to open a It's not full of people with Government to tackle the indie retailers? the record companies what to fulfillment centre in beards and Fair Isle jumpers, tax dodgers. It’s hard to Where do I start? Stop do. Now it's Amazon and iTunes. Dunfermline. Yes, that's the but younger people into believe that our tiny shop kowtowing to the tax dodgers The VAT scam would not have Amazon that made billions last bands like Lau, Karine paid more corporation tax and giving them a 40% price occured if the record companies year and paid sod all tax. Polwart and the likes. last year than Amazon! advantage over indies. Give us refused to send stock abroad Go figure.

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FOPP iTUNES EMUSIC Top 10 retail chart Top 10 retail chart Top 10 streamed chart REISSUE REPACKAGE POS ARTIST ALBUM POS ARTIST ALBUM POS ARTIST ALBUM BBC Radio 1's GODSPEED YOU! Allelujah! Don’t MICHAEL BUBLÉ Limited Edition Christmas Gift Package 1 NEIL YOUNG Psychedelic Pill 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS 1 Live Lounge BLACK EMPEROR Bend! Ascend! Warner Bros. / November 26 ROBBIE Take The Crown JAKE BUGG Jake Bugg ANDY STOTT Luxury Problems This limited edition 2 2 WILLIAMS (Deluxe Edition) 2 package contains MENAHAN ALT-J An Awesome Wave THE LUMINEERS The Lumineers The Crossing 3 3 3 STREET BAND a Bublé-branded 2013 A3 calendar 4 TAME IMPALA Lonerism 4 NE-YO R.E.D. 4 LINDSTROM Smalhans and diary, plus a Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Our Version Of Events MADNESS EMELI SANDE ALT-J An Awesome Wave 5 Da 5 (Special Edition) 5 copy of the BRUCE Now That's What I Christmas 2012 6 Wrecking Ball 6 VARIOUS ARTISTS 6 PARQUET COURTS Light Up Gold SPRINGSTEEN Call Christmas deluxe special ROBBIE DJANGO DJANGO Django Django Take The Crown GOAT World Music edition CD. 7 7 WILLIAMS 7 The Christmas album originally spent three weeks at No.1 MUMFORD & Babel ALT-J An Awesome Wave TAME IMPALA Lonerism 8 SONS 8 8 and reached 7 million global sales with 1.3 million in the UK. Now That's What I BAT FOR LASHES Haunted Man VARIOUS ARTISTS GRIZZLY BEAR Shields The deluxe special edition of the CD is packaged in a hot 9 9 Call 90s Dance 9 silver foil presentation and adds Bublé’s own Christmas OF MONSTERS & My Head Is An Animal JAKE BUGG Jake Bugg TIG NOTARO Live 10 MEN 10 10 greeting as well as four new bonus tracks: The Christmas Song, Winter Wonderland, Frosty The Snowman (featuring The PRICE CHECK Puppini Sisters) and Silver Bells (featuring Naturally 7). ARTIST / ALBUM Bublé will play six nights at London’s O2 Arena in the July 2013 in his first shows here since 2010. CALVIN HARRIS £8.99 £10.00 £7.99 £8.93 n/a In addition to the success of the Christmas album, Bublé’s 18 Months 2009 studio album Crazy Love has passed 7.6 million sales as KYLIE MINOGUE his career total has exceeded the 40 million mark. It was also £8.99 £10.00 £7.99 £8.93 n/a the 2009 Christmas No.1 album and has spent almost two Abbey Road Sessions and a half years on the album chart.

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LED ZEPPELIN’S classic LP The Gift rounds off AMAZON PRE-RELEASE HMV PRE-RELEASE PLAY.COM PRE-RELEASE live album Celebration Day has the Amazon list at No.20. POS ARTIST/ ALBUM / LABEL POS ARTIST/ ALBUM / LABEL POS ARTIST/ ALBUM / LABEL climbed the pre-release charts Bruno Mars also makes a to claim a No.1 spot at Amazon. fresh appearance at No.15 at It has also shot up nine places HMV, three places behind the at Play – from 17th spot last highest new entries Coldplay week to No.8 this week – and Live: 2012 (12) and Nicki maintains its No.4 position at Minaj’s Pink Friday (13) - ahead HMV. of fellow new entries Modestep, Elsewhere, new Kelly Clarkson, The albums from British Jam, Andre Rieu and artists Example Will I Am. These fresh (Ministry Of Sound) and albums actually finish LED ZEPPELIN Celebration Day Atlantic 1 OLLY MURS Right Place Right Time Sony Olly Murs (Sony Music) off HMV’s Top 20 pre- 1 1 EXAMPLE Evolution Of Man: 2cd: Deluxe VARIOUS ARTISTS .. I Call Music! 83 EMI 2 RIHANNA Unapologetic 2 LITTLE MIX DNA Sony Music top the charts at HMV order chart in the last 2 SUSAN BOYLE .. from the Stage Syco 3 GREEN DAY Tre 3 VARIOUS Now 83 Emi Tv and Play, with the five places 3 OLLY MURS Right Place Right Time Epic 4 LED ZEPPELIN Celebration Day 4 BRUNO MARS Unorthodox Jukebox Warner former’s Evolution Of respectively. 4 5 LITTLE MIX DNA Syco 5 MURS, OLLY Right Place Right Time 5 GREEN DAY ¡Tré! Warner Man climbing three Big players that 6 JEFF WAYNE The New Generation Sony 6 VA Now 83: 2cd 6 RIHANNA Unapologetic Mercury places from last week’s appear across the pre- 7 GREEN DAY iTré! Warner 7 GIRLS ALOUD Ten: 2cd: Deluxe Edition 7 STOOSHE Stooshe Warner entry. order board include 8 RIHANNA Unapologetic Mercury 8 LITTLE MIX Dna: Bonus Cd 8 LED ZEPPELIN Celebration Day Swan Song Former TV talent Little Mix. Their debut 9 THE GYPSY QUEENS The Gypsy Q.. London 9 MCFLY Memory Lane: The Best Of Mcfly 9 MCFLY Memory Lane Island contestants Only Boys album DNA moves up 10 COLDPLAY Coldplay Live 2012 EMI 10 TULISA: !N"DUBZ# Female Boss 10 SUSAN BOYLE Standing Ovation Syco Aloud make the five places at Amazon 11 MCFLY Memory Lane Island 11 STOOSHE Stooshe 11 JEFF WAYNE The War Of The Worlds Cmg highest new entry on the whilst maintaining their No.2 12 THE WHO Live At Hull Commer. Marketing 12 COLDPLAY Live 2012: Includes Dvd 12 MICHAEL BUBLÉ Christmas Warner Amazon chart with new spot at HMV. 13 ONLY BOYS ALOUD Only Boys.. Relentless 13 NICKI MINAJ Pink Friday 13 ALICIA KEYS Girl On Fire Sony Relentless release Only Boys... Helping represent the good 14 K. JENKINS This Is Christmas Warner 14 ALICIA KEYS Girl On Fire 14 TULISA The Female Boss Island at No. 13. old British boyband in the 15 L. ANTEBELLUM On This Winter's Night EMI 15 BRUNO MARS Unorthodox Jukebox 15 AC/DC Live At River Plate Sony Music Further new entries at lists, McFly climb all three 16 BRUNO MARS Unorthodox Jukebox Atlantic 16 MODESTEP Evolution Theory 16 COLDPLAY Live 2012 Emi Amazon come courtesy of charts with their Best Of Island- 17 EXAMPLE The Evolution.. Ministry of Sound 17 CLARKSON, KELLY Greatest Hits 17 EXAMPLE The Evolution.. Ministry Of Sound Katherine Jenkins, Biffy Clyro, issued album charting just 18 GIRLS ALOUD Ten Polydor 18 THE JAM The Gift 18 KE$HA Warrior Sony Girls Aloud, Bruno Mars and The inside the Top 10 at both HMV 19 BIFFY CLYRO Opposites 14th Floor Records 19 ANDRE RIEU December Lights 19 KID ROCK Rebel Soul Atlantic Jam - whose reissue version of and Play.com. 20 THE JAM The Gift UMC 20 WILL I AM New Album Out Soon 20 THE JOY FORMIDABLE Wolf's Law Atlantic PEOPLE v4 11.23.15_News and Playlists 12/11/2012 14:09 Page 28

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I DAVE WOOLF LIMITED (DWL) Spill amongst technology companies. King is expected to create a Reid is a music and RAJINA many others, Chairman and founder Phil comms strategy for the venue, entertainment lawyer and a GURUNG has STEVE STONE Brookes said: “I'm thrilled to which was put up for sale by partner with Russells, one of the joined PR and has joined appoint Julia to the position of Anschutz Entertainment Group UK’s leading music law firms. management Decca CEO after the pivotal role she has (AEG) in September. Shah’s professional background is company DWL Records as played in ACM's success. Julia's in commercial, strategic and as a press radio passion for music and education I HMV organisational development, and officer, promotions executive and will be combined with her talent for The national retailer has change management. Swann is succeeding JAMES WINDLE - handling all regional and national marketing and innovation makes welcomed RICHARD BROWN to its chief executive of Cockpit Arts, an who after nine years has left the radio for acts including Rod her perfectly equipped to music team. Brown joins as a award-winning social enterprise company to go travelling. Stewart, Natalie Duncan, The spearhead the continued growth music buyer with immediate effect and the UK’s only creative Gurung’s role at DWL will Lumineers, Andrea Bocelli, BOY of ACM Worldwide.” reporting to new release chart business incubator for include print and online PR for and Alfie Boe. manager, TONY FRENCH. designer-makers. She was artists including Joss Stone, I THE O2 ARENA Brown comes to HMV's head previously the deputy director of Beverley Knight, KT Tunstall, I ACM The current office from the retailer's the Design Museum. Jamiroquai, Seth Lakeman and The Academy editor of Event Eastbourne store, where he held Sally Taylor, chair of PRS for rising soul star Shea. of and Media the assistant manager position. Music Foundation’s Board of Gurung previously worked at Contemporary Week He has been with the business six Trustees, said: “I’m delighted to PPR Publicity and Hart Media Music (ACM) magazine years, initially starting as a welcome three new Trustees between 2009 and 2012 on has promoted JEREMY KING temporary Sales Assistant in the whose interests and expertise will campaigns for Groove Armada, JULIA will take on HMV Stafford store. diversify the knowledge and Tiësto, Jools Holland and LEGGETT the role of director of contacts of the Foundation’s strong Randy Crawford. to the position of chief communications at The O2 Arena I PRS FOR MUSIC Board. Their entrepreneurial executive officer. from December. The PRS for Music Foundation outlook and passion for music will I HART MEDIA/DECCA Leggett will take up her position The role was created following has added three new members to enable us to keep developing After three years at Hart Media with immediate effect and resume a review of senior management its board of trustees: our approach as the UK’s serving as a promotions manager responsibility for all aspects of team posts across the business. JOHN REID, AMEET SHAH and leading funder of new music handling regional radio campaigns business development. King's role will replace a VANESSA SWANN. across all genres.” for Blondie, The Blackout, She joined ACM in 2004, communications manager Guillemots, The Subways, Funeral having previously held several post formerly held by Got any personnel news you’d like to share? Think your big break might inspire others? Send your info to [email protected] for a Friend, Roll Deep and Built To director level positions in large STEPHEN FARMER.

NEED TO KNOW MY BIG BREAK How UK luminaries arrived in the music industry… Week by week, build the best contact book in the business Obi Oburota Founder/Editor-In-Chief, Dropout UK “Dropout UK was born during my placement “Four years on, Dropout boasts a team year at Uni. I'd set up a cleaning company that of 40, aged between 14 to 40, and we summer, but it wasn’t my true passion. The recently set up a consultancy and video idea of a student music magazine kept production arm. popping up, as music was my most constant “I haven't even begun yet. Let's go!” and exciting passion. “The idea for ‘Dropout’ surfaced - a magazine targeting students, but ironically anti-academic in title. I managed to get a contact for a Pink gig, but was told allocation didn’t stretch to student press. A re-think #55 Natasha Baldwin was necessary. Group VP, Synchs and Creative Services, Imagem Music UK “Physical publications were suffering, so I Natasha Baldwin began her business worldwide. decided to go online. I paid a designer the 7k career producing TV In 2009, Baldwin was I’d raised from selling the cleaning contracts. commercials for brands such as promoted to her current role of Lindt, Paco Rabanne and Lee Imagem Group VP, responsible He designed the skeleton site, then his Jeans, and music videos for for synch and creative company went into liquidation... Still, I artists such as Elton John, exploitation growth of all bombarded Facebook inboxes for recruits until LeAnn Rimes and Toploader. theatrical, classical, jazz and In 2001, she joined the pop catalogues across the they disabled my account. Boosey & Hawkes production Imagem group for the world. “The first press time we had was with a library team as a music Her work has been covered band - Day 26. Atlantic press officer consultant. Rising rapidly in many international through the ranks, in 2008 she publications and she is Taponeswa Mavunga gave us 15 minutes. I TOP TIPS Things change really fast. Get some fun out became group head of music regularly invited to feature was so excited. It was terrible. I never used it, of having to adapt constantly. Follow your gut instincts consultancy, responsible for the on industry panels around but it fuelled the fire. every time. It doesn't feel as bad when you’re wrong. company's entire synchs the world. 01 ChartsFront_NewsandPlaylists13/11/201214:03Page35 CHARTS position on the singles list singles the on position pole its maintains Candy while chart albums the topping bysays it what exactly does Take as Williams Crown The Robbie for double It’s chart a 30 SINGLES & ALBUMS & SINGLES Rejoice indie kids! Frankie Cocozza is back... is CocozzaFrankie kids! indie Rejoice 36 Arashi’sband boy Japanese ( 34 pressure on putting Labrinth with chart radio atopthe stayssteady but listeners loses Adele 32 701,000 copies domestically.a havecopies Theyhad 701,000 fairly impressive 28 consecutive No.1consecutivesingles 28 impressive fairly COMPILATIONS & INDIES & COMPILATIONS SALES GLOBAL AIRPLAY& EU STREAMING AIRPLAY& UK left ) album sells album ) FOCUS album of the week in the form of Tulisaof form( the in week the of album is FemaleBoss Movethe over Springsteen... 40 charts midweek and weekend the latestmoveson the with Jones Alan 38 elsewhere honours the takes Rihanna No.1while Upfront 11th his secures Example 37 KEY RELEASES & PRODUCT & RELEASES KEY ANALYSIS CLUB left )

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THIS LAST WKS ON ARTIST / TITLE / LABEL CATALOGUE NUMBER (DISTRIBUTOR) THIS LAST WKS ON ARTIST / TITLE / LABEL CATALOGUE NUMBER (DISTRIBUTOR) WK WK CHRT (PRODUCER) PUBLISHER (WRITER) WK WK CHRT (PRODUCER) PUBLISHER (WRITER) 1 12 ROBBIE WILLIAMS Candy Island GBPS61200003 (ARV) 39 38 12 OWL CITY & CARLY RAE JEPSEN Good Time Interscope/Republic Island USUM71206288 (ARV) (Jacknife Lee) Sony ATV/Farrell/Smalltown Supermusic (Williams/Barlow/Olsen) (Young) Universal/Kobalt/Stylishly Flyfishing/Songs For Beans (Young/Thiessen/Lee) 2 24 LABRINTH FEAT. EMELI SANDE Beneath Your Beautiful Syco GBHMU1200008 (ARV) 40 45 3 PINK Try RCA USRC11200785 (ARV) (Labrinth/Da Digglar) Sony ATV/EMI/Stellar (McKenzie/Sande/Posner) (Kurstin) BMG Rights/Hello I Love You/Jam Writers/Legitimate Efforts (Busbee/West) 3 THE WANTED I Found You Global Talent/Island GBUM71205517 (ARV) 41 31 11 LITTLE MIX Wings Syco GBHMU1200137 (ARV) N (Mac) Warner Chappell/Rokstone/P&P/BMG Rights (Mac/Hector/Wroldsen) (TMS) Sony ATV/Universal/Kobalt/Golden Sunset/Razor & Tie/Mischkemusic (Barnes/Kelleher/Kohn/James/Edwards/Nelson/Pinnock/Thirlwall/Rojas/Nuri/Lewis/Butler) 4 56 ADELE Skyfall XL GBBKS1200164 (PIAS) 42 37 15 EMELI SANDE Read All About It Pt 3 Virgin GBAAA1200018 (E) (Epworth) EMI/Universal (Adkins/Epworth) (Sande/Slater/Aikins) Bucks/Sony ATV/EMI/Stellar (Manderson/James/Barnes/Kohn/Kelleher/Sande) 5 45 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA FEAT. JOHN MARTIN Don’t You Worry Child Virgin GBAAA1200643 (E) 43 BEYONCE Listen Columbia USSM10603618 (ARV) (Axwell/Angello/Ingrosso) Sony ATV/Universal/Kobalt/Lateral/Air Chrysalis Scandinavia (Zitron/Hedfors/Ingrosso/Angello/Martin) R (The Underdog) CC/Sony ATV/EMI/Warner Chappell (Preven/Cutler/Knowles/Krieger) 6 7 10 PSY Gangnam Style Island USUM71210283 (ARV) 44 28 14 OF MONSTERS AND MEN Little Talks Universal Republic/Island USUM71119106 (ARV) (PSY) Sony ATV/Universal (Park Jae-Sang/Yoo Gun-hyung) (Of Monsters and Men/Arnarsson) Sony ATV (?orhallsson/Hilmarsdottir) 7 32 WILEY FEAT. SKEPTA, JME AND MS D Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya) Warner Brothers/One More Tune GBAHT1200558 (ARV) 45 30 5 ASAF AVIDAN & THE MOJOS One Day/Reckoning Song Columbia Deutschland DEQ321200138 (ARV) (Rymez/Sillkey/Bamgboye) Sony ATV/EMI/This Is Music (Cowie/Adenuga/Olatunji/Hwingwiri/Adenuga/Bamgboye) (Winokur/Avidan/Wankelmut) Global Chrysalis/BMG Rights (Avidan) 8 86 RIHANNA Diamonds Def Jam USUM71211793 (ARV) 46 35 18 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE Spectrum Island GBUM71107576 (ARV) (B.Blanco/StarGate) EMI/Kobalt/Matza Ball/Where Da Kasz At (Furler/Eriksen/Hermansen/Levine) (Epworth) EMI/Universal (Welch/Epworth) 9 MISHA B Do You Think Of Me Relentless/RCA GBHMU1200315 (ARV) 47 36 9 MUMFORD & SONS I Will Wait Gentlemen Of The Road/Island GBUM71204769 (ARV) N (TMS) Sony ATV/Bucks/Outcaste (Bryan/Kohn/Barnes/Kelleher/Thiik) (Dravs) Universal (Mumford & Sons) 10 47 2 RITA ORA Shine Ya Light Columbia/Roc Nation USQX91201249 (ARV) 48 42 38 JAY-Z & KANYE WEST N****S In Paris Roc-a-fella/Mercury USUM71111621 (ARV) (FT Smith) Sony ATV/TCBinaflashSongs/Primary Wave/Wixen (FT Smith/LP/Loco) (Hit-Boy/West/Dean/Kilhoffer) Warner Chappell/EMI/Universal (West/Carter/Dean/Hollis/Donaldson) 11 64 CALVIN HARRIS FEAT. FLORENCE WELCH Sweet Nothing Columbia GB1101200891 (ARV) 49 51 12 SAM AND THE WOMP Bom Bom One More Tune/Stiff/Warner GBAHT1200388 (ARV) (Harris) EMI/Universal (Harris/Welch/Hull) (Olsher/Horn/Ritchie) Perfect Songs (Ritchie/Horn/De Wilde De Lingy/Olsher) 12 SUB FOCUS FEAT. ALPINES Tidal Wave Mercury GBUM71206049 (ARV) 50 DJ FRESH Gold Dust MoS GBCEN1000477 (ARV) N (Douwma) EMI/Universal (Douwma/Pockson/Matthews/Ghost) R (Stein) Bucks/EMI (Daley/Stein) 13 96 MAROON 5 One More Night A&M/Octone/Polydor USUM71203514 (ARV) 51 34 5 JAKE BUGG Two Fingers Mercury GBUM71202028 (ARV) (Martin/Shellback) Universal/Kobalt/MXM/Maratone AB (Levine/Shellback/Kotecha/Martin) (Crossey) Kobalt/Soul Kitchens (Bugg/Archer) 14 11 5 DISCLOSURE FEAT. SAM SMITH Latch Island/PMR GB9TP1200154 (ARV) 52 57 24 RUDIMENTAL FEAT. JOHN NEWMAN Feel The Love Asylum GBAHS1200177 (ARV) (Disclosure/tbc) Universal/CC (H.Lawrence/G.Lawrence/Napier/Smith) (Dryden/Aggett/Izkadeh/Spencer) Sony ATV/Kobalt/B Unique/CC (Dryden/Aggett/Izkadeh/Newman) 15 12 4 THE LUMINEERS Ho Hey Decca USDMG1260805 (ARV) 53 73 13 RITA ORA How We Do (Party) Columbia/Roc Nation USQX91101879 (ARV) (Hadlock) Kobalt (Schultz/Fraites) (The Runners/The Monarch) Sony ATV/Universal/Kobalt/Warner Chappell/Kassner/EMI April/Jobete/tbc (Various) 16 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Your Body RCA USRV81200286 (ARV) 54 44 21 MAROON 5 FEAT. WIZ KHALIFA Payphone A&M/Octone/Polydor USUM71203347 (ARV) N (Martin/Shellback) Universal/EMI/Kobalt/MXM/Mr. Kanani (Martin/Shellback/Kotecha/Amber) (Shellback/Blanco/Robopop) Warner Chappell/Universal/BMG Rights/PGH/Kobalt/Prescription/Matza Ball/Where Da Kasz At/MaruChaCha (Various) 17 25 2 CALVIN HARRIS FEAT. TINIE TEMPAH Drinking From The Bottle Columbia GBARL1201391 (ARV) 55 41 15 USHER Scream RCA USRC11200367 (ARV) (Harris/Reynolds/Knight) EMI/Reverb/CC (Harris/Reynolds/Knight/Tinie Tempah) (Martin/Shellback) Kobalt/MXM/EMI/UR-IV (Usher/Martin/Shellback/Kotecha) 18 16 4 JUSTIN BIEBER FEAT. NICKI MINAJ Beauty And A Beat Def Jam USUM71205367 (ARV) 56 NO DOUBT Don’t Speak Interscope USIR19500279 (ARV) (Martin/Zedd) Universal/EMI/Kobalt (Martin/Zaslavski/Kotecha/Maraj/Bieber) N (Wilder) Kobalt/Knock Yourself Out (G.Stefani/E.Stefani) 19 10 12 TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Mercury USCJY1231018 (ARV) 1G 57 61 48 ONE DIRECTION What Makes You Beautiful Syco GB1101100318 (ARV) (Martin/Shellback/Huff/tbc) Sony ATV/Kobalt/MXM (Swift/Shellback/Martin) (Falk/Yacoub) EMI/Kobalt/Rami/BMG Rights/Chrysalis/Mr. Kanani (Yacoub/Falk/Kotecha) 20 67 29 JASON MRAZ I Won’t Give Up Atlantic USEE11100768 (ARV) 58 52 5 CHRIS BROWN Don’t Judge Me RCA USRC11200565 (ARV) (Chiccarelli) Great Hooks/NoBS/Fintage/Goo Eyed (Mraz/Natter) (The Messingers) Sony ATV/Universal/Deminsions/Messy (Brown/Atweh/Messinger) 21 15 10 THE SCRIPT FEAT. WILL.I.AM Hall Of Fame Epic/Phonogenic GB1101200733 (ARV) 59 33 4 REBECCA FERGUSON Backtrack RCA GB1101200734 (ARV) (O’Donoghue/Sheehan/Barry) Imagem/i.am.composing/BMG Silver/CC (O’Donoghue/Sheehan/Adams/Barry) (Baxter/Lattimer) Warner Chappell/EMI (Ferguson/Lattimer) 22 19 10 FLO-RIDA I Cry Atlantic USAT21202584 (ARV) 60 50 32 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call Me Maybe Interscope CAB391100615 (ARV) (The Futuristics/SoFly/Nuis/Baumer/Hoogstraten) Sony ATV/EMI/WarnerChappell/Panic Attack/Artist/tbc (Dillard/Schwartz/Khajadourian/Judrin/Melki/Russell/Cutler/Hull/Caren) (Ramsay) CC (Ramsay/Jepsen/Crowe) 23 14 3 JLS Hottest Girl In The World RCA GB1101200888 (ARV) 61 TAYLOR SWIFT Love Story Mercury USCJY0803450 (ARV) 1G (Crawford/Jointz/Reynolds) BMG Rights/Chrysalis/Galassi Foreign Floss (Tennant/Crawford/Abernathy/Gill/Merrygold/Williams/Humes) R (Swift) Sony ATV (Swift) 24 39 7 NICKI MINAJ Vava Voom Cash Money/Island USCM51200109 (ARV) 62 59 44 GOTYE FEAT. KIMBRA Somebody That I Used To Know Island AUZS21100040 (ARV) (Dr Luke/Kool Kojak/Cirkut/tbc) Universal/Kobalt/Prescription/MXM/Oneirology/DreamMachine (Maraj/Gottwald/Grigg/Walter/Martin) (Gotye) Kobalt/Hill & Range/Carlin (De Backer/Bonfa) 25 20 7 PALOMA FAITH Never Tear Us Apart RCA GBARL1201820 (ARV) 63 48 47 DAVID GUETTA FEAT. SIA Titanium Parlophone GB28K1100036 (E) 1# (Hooper) Warner Chappell/Artemis (Hutchence/Farriss) (Guetta/Tuinfort/Afrojack) EMI/Bucks/Afrojack/Talpa/Piano/Long Lost Brother/What A Publishing (Furler/Guetta/Tuinfort/Van De Wall) 26 24 6 ELLIE GOULDING Anything Could Happen Polydor GBUV71201370 (ARV) 64 54 10 PINK Blow Me (One Last Kiss) RCA USRC11200669 (ARV) (Eliot/Goulding) Sony ATV/Kobalt/Global Talent (Eliot/Goulding) (Kurstin) EMI (Pink/Kurstin) 27 22 9 CONOR MAYNARD FEAT. NE-YO Turn Around Parlophone GBAYE1201089 (E) 65 32 2 BEN HOWARD Burgh Island Island 0602537224678 (ARV) (StarGate/Blanco) Universal/EMI/Kobalt/Prescription/Matza Ball/Where Da Kasz At (Levin/Smith/Hermansen/Eriksen) (Bond) Warner Chappell (Howard) 28 26 12 OTTO KNOWS Million Voices Mercury GBJ4B1200055 (ARV) 66 PALOMA FAITH Just Be RCA GBARL1200465 (ARV) (Otto Knows) Universal (Jettman) R (Hooper/Gosling) Universal/Salli Isaak/Kobalt/Firehouse Cat (Faith/Wells/Hales) 29 29 10 NE-YO Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) Motown/Mercury USUM71207198 (ARV) 1G 67 MONSTA Holdin’ On OWSLA USA2P1263248 (ING) (StarGate/Reeva & Black) Sony ATV/EMI/Universal/CC (Smith/Eriksen/Hermansen/Hadfield/Di Scala/Furler) R (tbc) EMI/Burlington/CC (Sandilands/Morris/Guaraldi/Christopher) 30 21 3 NAUGHTY BOY FEAT. EMELI SANDE Wonder Virgin GBAAA1200679 (E) 68 43 9 KANYE WEST FEAT. JAY-Z & BIG SEAN Clique Good Music USUM71209867 (ARV) (Naughty Boy/Craze/Hoax) Sony ATV/Naughty Words/EMI/Stellar (Sande/Khan/Craze/Chegwin) (Hit-Boy/West/Kilhoffer/Goldstein/The Twilite Tone) Universal/EMI/Hit-Boy/Please Gimme My/Carter Boys/CC (Hollis/Anderson/West/Carter/Fauntleroy) 31 17 4 LAWSON Standing In The Dark Global Talent/Polydor GBUV71201430 (ARV) 69 COLDPLAY Fix You Parlophone GBAYE0500605 (E) (Shanks/Wheatley) Global Talent/CC (Brown/Fletcher/Fitzgerald/Morgan) R (Coldplay/Nelson) Universal (Berryman/Buckland/Champion/Martin) 32 18 9 DAVID GUETTA FEAT. SIA She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) Parlophone GB28K1200043 (E) 70 KATY PERRY Firework Virgin USCA21001262 (E) 1# (Guetta/tbc) Sony ATV/EMI/What A Publishing/Piano/Talpa (Guetta/Tuinfort/Furler/Braide) R (StarGate/Vee) Warner Chappell/EMI/Ultra Tunes/Truelove/Peermusic/DatDamnDean (Hudson/Eriksen/Hermansen/Wilhelm/Dean) 33 13 31 FUN. FEAT. JANELLE MONAE We Are Young Atlantic/Fueled By Ramen USAT21101399 (ARV) 71 NICKI MINAJ Pound The Alarm Cash Money/Island USCM51200111 (ARV) (Bhasker) Sony ATV/Warner Chappell/FBR/Way Above/Bearvon/Shira Lee Lawrence Rick/Rough Art (Ruess/Bhasker/Antonoff/Dost) R (RedOne/Falk/Rami) Universal/Sony ATV/RedOne/2101/97 Account/Chrysalis (Maraj/Khayat/Falk/Yacoub/Hajji/Jannusi/Vaughn) 34 WILLY MOON Yeah, Yeah Island GBUV71200240 (ARV) 72 64 39 NICKI MINAJ Starships Cash Money/Island USCM51200060 (ARV) N (Willy Moon) EMI (Willy Moon) (RedOne/Falk/Yacoub) Universal/Sony ATV/Kobalt/Warner Chappell (Minaj/RedOne/Falk/Yacoub/Hector) 35 SNEAKBO Zim Zimma Play Hard/SRD GB23J1200008 (srd) 73 70 14 WILEY FEAT. RHYMEZ & MS D Heatwave Warner Brothers/One More Tune GBAHT1200260 (ARV) N (tbc) CC (Forde/Grant/Odusina/Khatiri) (Rhymez) Sony ATV/Just Isn’t Music/CC (Cowie/Hwingwiri/Olatunji) 36 GABRIELLE APLIN The Power Of Love Parlophone GBAYE1202354 (E) 74 RITA ORA FEAT. TINIE TEMPAH R.I.P. Columbia/Roc Nation USQX91101862 (ARV) N (tbc) Perfect Songs (O’Toole/Nash/Johnson/Gill) R (Chase & Status/StarGate) EMI/Live Write/Universal/Warner Chappell/Bushqueen/Nettwerk One B Music US/CC (Various) 37 27 6 ONE DIRECTION Live While We’re Young Syco GBHMU1200210 (ARV) 75 CHRISTINA PERRI A Thousand Years Atlantic USAT21102141 (ARV) (Rami/Falk) Sony ATV/Kobalt/BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia/MXM/2101 (Yacoub/Falk/Kotecha) R (Hodges) EMI/Fintage (Hodges/Perri) 38 23 14 FUN. Some Nights Atlantic/Fueled By Ramen USAT21104050 (ARV) (Bhasker) SonyATV/Warner Chappell/FBR/Bearvon/Rough Art/Shira Lee Lawrence Rick/Way Above (Fun./Bhasker) Official Charts Company 2012.

A Thousand Years 75 (Ayayaya) 7 Gangnam Style 6 I Won?T Give Up 20 Never Tear Us Apart 25 Some Nights 38 Vava Voom 24 Key Anything Could Happen Candy 1 Gold Dust 50 Just Be 66 One Day/Reckoning Somebody That I Used We Are Never Ever # Platinum (600,000) 26 Clique 68 Good Time 39 Latch 14 Song 45 To Know 62 Getting Back Together 19 G Gold (400,000) Backtrack 59 Diamonds 8 Hall Of Fame 21 Let Me Love You (Until One More Night 13 Spectrum 46 We Are Young 33 G Silver (200,000) Beauty And A Beat 18 Do You Think Of Me 9 Heatwave 73 You Learn To Love Payphone 54 Standing In The Dark 31 What Makes You Beneath Your Beautiful Don’t Judge Me 58 Ho Hey 15 Yourself) 29 Pound The Alarm 71 Starships 72 Beautiful 57 2 Don’t Speak 56 Holdin’ On 67 Listen 43 R.I.P. 74 Sweet Nothing 11 Wings 41 Blow Me (One Last Kiss) Don’t You Worry Child 5 Hottest Girl In The Little Talks 44 Read All About It Pt 3 42 The Power Of Love 36 Wonder 30 64 Drinking From The World 23 Live While We’re Young Scream 55 Tidal Wave 12 Yeah, Yeah 34 Bom Bom 49 Bottle 17 How We Do (Party) 53 37 She Wolf (Falling To Titanium 63 Your Body 16 Burgh Island 65 Feel The Love 52 I Cry 22 Love Story 61 Pieces) 32 Try 40 Zim Zimma 35 Call Me Maybe 60 Firework 70 I Found You 3 Million Voices 28 Shine Ya Light 10 Turn Around 27 Can You Hear Me? Fix You 69 I Will Wait 47 N****S In Paris 48 Skyfall 4 Two Fingers 51 02 Singles-Albums_News and Playlists 13/11/2012 17:08 Page 31

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THIS LAST WKS ON ARTIST / TITLE LABEL/CATALOGUE NUMBER (DISTRIBUTOR) THIS LAST WKS ON ARTIST / TITLE LABEL/CATALOGUE NUMBER (DISTRIBUTOR) WK WK CHRT (PRODUCER) WK WK CHRT (PRODUCER) 1 ROBBIE WILLIAMS Take The Crown Island 3716804 (ARV) 39 232 THE SOLDIERS The Soldiers DMG TV DMGTV049 (SDU) N (Jacknife Lee) (Patrick) 2 ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Magic Of The Movies Decca 3715423 (ARV) 40 10 2 MADNESS Oui, Oui, Si, Si, Ja, Ja, Da, Da Cooking Vinyl COOKCD573X (Essential/GEM) N (Rieu) (Langer/Watson/Street/Avila/Andrew/Morris) 3 JLS Evolution RCA 88725469482 (ARV) 41 35 144 MUMFORD & SONS Sigh No More Gentlemen Of The Road/Island 2722538 (ARV) 4#1# N (Crawford/Dem Jointz/Reynolds/MNEK/The Runners/Anderson/Anderson II/Jerkins/Dawson/TMS/Buelna/Guinto/Reyes/Rogers/The MIDI Mafia) (Dravs) 4 12 CALVIN HARRIS 18 Months Columbia/Fly Eye 88697859231 (ARV) 42 34 32 REBECCA FERGUSON Heaven RCA 88691952562 (ARV) 1# (Harris/Romero/Reynolds/Knight/Francis) (Eg White/Smith/Taylor/Higgins/Xenomania/Lattimer/Christie/Booker/FT Smith) 5 MILITARY WIVES Stronger Together Decca 3710695 (ARV) 43 27 4 LEONA LEWIS Glassheart Syco 88697963782 (ARV) N (Cohen) (FT Smith/Naughty Boy/Loco/Tucker/Abraham/Oligee/Ammo/DeLuxe/Dodds/Jerkins/Tedder/Zancanella/DJ Frank E/Shkreli/Kutzle) 6 3 39 EMELI SANDE Our Version Of Events Virgin CDV3094 (E) 3# 44 38 55 COLDPLAY Mylo Xyloto Parlophone 0875531 (E) 4# (Spencer/Haynie/Naughty Boy/Mojam/Herman/Millard/Harrison/Craze/Hoax/Keys/Sande/Slater/Aikins) (Dravs/Green/Simpson) 7 22 KYLIE MINOGUE The Abbey Road Sessions Parlophone P0150222 (E) 45 42 54 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE Ceremonials Island 2782808 (ARV) 1# (Anderson/Elliot) (Epworth) 8 9 24 PALOMA FAITH Fall To Grace RCA 88691955512 (ARV) 46 41 52 BEN HOWARD Every Kingdom Island 2780336 (ARV) 1G (Hooper/Gosling/Al Shux/Arnold) (Bond) 9 77 MUMFORD & SONS Babel Gentlemen Of The Road/Island 0892038002626 (ARV) 47 43 16 PLAN B Ill Manors 679/Atlantic 5310522172 (ARV) 1G (Dravs) (Drew/Al Shux/Plan B/16 Bit/Appapoulay/Labrinth/Milton/McEwan/Fox/The Krauts) 10 ANDREA BOCELLI Opera Decca 4784376 (ARV) 48 MANIC STREET PREACHERS Generation Terrorists Columbia 4710602 (ARV) 1G N (N/A) N (Brown/Evans) 11 4 25 FUN. Some Nights Atlantic/Fueled By Ramen 7567882628 (ARV) 1G 49 40 9 DAVID GUETTA Nothing But The Beat 2.0 Parlophone PV9739982 (E) (Bhasker/Haynie/JakeOne) (Guetta/Tuinfort/Riesterer/tbc) 12 53 TAYLOR SWIFT Red Mercury/Big Machine 3717314 (ARV) 50 69 10 TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB Beacon Kitsune/Cooperative CDA046 (rom arv) (Chapman/Swift/Huff/Wilson/Martin/Shellback/Jacknife Lee/Bhasker) (Jacknife Lee) 13 CHRIS MOYLES The Difficult Second Album Mercury 3709240 (ARV) 51 39 3 DAPPY Bad Intentions AATW/Island 3711533 (ARV) N (Moyles/Beech) (TMS/FT Smith/Retro/Dawood/S-X/Fuller/Ingolsby) 14 AEROSMITH Music From Another Dimension Columbia 88725442811 (ARV) 52 51 50 OLLY MURS In Case You Didn’t Know Epic/Syco 88697940942 (ARV) 2# N (Douglas/Tyler/Perry/Frederiksen) (The Fearless/Argyle/Brammer/Robson/Future Cut/Frampton/Jordan-Patrikios/Smith/Fitzmaurice/Heelis/Prime/Metrophonic) 15 157 JONATHAN & CHARLOTTE Together Syco 88725443632 (ARV) 1G 53 142 NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE Psychedelic Pill Warner Brothers 9362494859 (ARV) (Stack/Furmidge) (Young/Hanlon/Humphreys) 16 44 11 RITA ORA Ora Columbia/Roc Nation 88725458362 (ARV) 54 58 4 BAT FOR LASHES The Haunted Man Parlophone P0173082 (E) (Switch/Diplo/Nash/The Runners/The Monarch/Chase & Status/Stargate/Kurstin/FT Smith/Loco/De Martino/Taylor/will.i.am/M.Linney/B.Linney/DJ Fresh) (Khan/Kosten/Carey) 17 NE-YO R.E.D Def Jam 3713426 (ARV) 55 62 130 MICHAEL BUBLE Crazy Love Reprise 9362496277 (ARV) 8#3# N (Taylor/StarGate/Reeva & Black/Phatboiz/H-Money/Laird/Wilson/R.Smith/Kiriakou/Goldstein) (Foster/Rock/Gatica/Chang) 18 13 22 ALT-J An Awesome Wave Infectious INFECT134CD (PIAS) 1G 56 THE BLACK KEYS El Camino Nonesuch 7559796331 (ARV) 1# (Andrew) R (Danger Mouse/The Black Keys) 19 16 8 PINK The Truth About Love RCA 88725452422 (ARV) 57 53 6 THE OVERTONES Higher Warner Music Entertainment 2564655048 (ARV) (Kurstin/Bhasker/Walker/Hill/Haynie/Martin/Shellback/Mann/Schuler/Dj Khalil/Chin Injeti/Tracklacers/Wilson/tbc) (Horn/Future Cut/Afanasieff/Robson/Archer/Hinton) 20 19 8 THE KILLERS Battle Born Vertigo 3711875 (ARV) 58 50 51 RIHANNA Talk That Talk Def Jam 2787842 (ARV) 3# (The Killers/Lillywhite/Taylor/O’Brien/Price/Lanois) (Dr. Luke/Cirkut/Harrell/Harris/StarGate/Crawford/Da Internz/The-Dream/NO-ID/Swire/McGrillen/Hit-Boy/Alex Da Kid/Chase N Status/Dean) 21 25 4 THE LUMINEERS The Lumineers Decca 3712589 (ARV) 59 66 89 JESSIE J Who You Are Island/Lava 2758627 (ARV) 3# (Hadlock) (Dr. Luke/Brissett/Cornish/Martin K/OakThe Invisible Men/Parker & James/Thomas/Gad/Gordon) 22 11 4 JAKE BUGG Jake Bugg Mercury 3707053 (ARV) 60 45 3 KENDRICK LAMAR Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Interscope/Aftermath 3715653 (ARV) (Archer/Crossey/Prime/Hart/Hunt) (Blaze/Martin/Hutch/Like/T-Minus/Kromatik S/Sounwave/THC/Pharrell/Scoop DeVille/DJ Dahi/Tabu/Hit-Boy/Tha Bizness/tbc) 23 12 6 MUSE The 2nd Law Helium 3 2564656876 (ARV) 1G 61 46 9 THE XX Coexist Young Turks YT080CD (PIAS) 1G (Muse) (Smith) 24 24 51 ONE DIRECTION Up All Night Syco 88697843642 (ARV) 62 QUEEN Greatest Hits Island 2758364 (ARV) (Various) R (Various) 25 62 MICK HUCKNALL American Soul ATCO 2564655789 (ARV) 63 64 40 LADY ANTEBELLUM Need You Now Capitol 6336412 (E) 1G (tbc) (Worley/Shaw) 26 22 2 EVA CASSIDY The Best Of Eva Cassidy Blix Street G210206 (ADA Arv) 64 BRUNO MARS Doo-Wops & Hooligans Elektra 7567882721 (ARV) 4#1# R B (Biondo/Cassidy/Williams) (The Smeezingtons/Needlz/The Supa Dups) A 27 KRISTINA TRAIN Dark Black Mercury 3711587 (ARV) 65 54 7 GREEN DAY Uno! Reprise 9362494719 (ARV) 1G N (Craft/Kosten/Harcourt/Parker/Danton) (Cavallo/Green Day) 28 82 MATT CARDLE The Fire So What SFW001 (Essential/GEM) 66 60 46 ELO All Over The World - The Very Best Of Epic 5201292 (ARV) 1# (Cardle/tbc) (Lynne/Quaglieri) 29 26 20 MAROON 5 Overexposed A&M/Octone/Polydor 3704278 (ARV) 67 65 32 NICKI MINAJ Pink Friday... Roman Reloaded Cash Money/Island 2796668 (ARV) 1G (Martin/Shellback/Blanco/Robopop/Levine/MdL/Tedder/Zancanella/Passovoy/West/Valentine/Farrar/Rotem/Kang/Spiegel/Supreme Cuts/Maroon 5) (Various) 30 30 9 THE SCRIPT 3 Epic/Phonogenic 88725415472 (ARV) 68 61 10 THE VACCINES The Vaccines Come Of Age Columbia 88725444242 (ARV) (O’Donoghue/Sheehan/Frampton/Barry/Kipner) (Johns) 31 20 27 LABRINTH Electronic Earth Syco 88691932932 (ARV) 69 BON JOVI Greatest Hits Mercury 2752339 (ARV) 2#1# (Labrinth/Da Digglar/Ghenea/McKenzie/Williams) R (Fairbairn/Bon Jovi/Ebbin/Sambora/Shanks/Rock/Collins/Benson) 32 32 61 ED SHEERAN + Asylum 5249864652 (ARV) 4# 70 74 10 CONOR MAYNARD Contrast Parlophone P6353692 (E) (Gosling/Hugall/Sheeran/No I.D) (The Invisible Men/The Arcade/Stargate/Blanco/Parker & James/Pharrell/DetoNate/Clarke/Secon/Quiz & Larossi/Dirty Swift/Waynne/Eagle Eye) 33 37 5 ELLIE GOULDING Halcyon Polydor 3714241 (ARV) 71 DRAKE Take Care Cash Money/Island 0602527899091 (ARV) 1G (Eliot/Goulding/MONSTA/Spencer/Billboard/Fortis/Parker/Starsmith/Harris) R (Shebib/Boi 1da/Montagnese/The Weeknd/xx Smith/T-Minus/Just Blaze/Graham/Cashe/McKinney) 34 21 3 LAWSON Chapman Square Global Talent/Polydor 3716402 (ARV) 72 56 11 JESSIE WARE Devotion Island/PMR 3700659 (ARV) (Shanks/Fitzgerald/Wheatley/Blackwell/Dalton/Falk/Rami) (Okumu/Kid Harpoon/Bashmore/Archer) 35 28 3 DANIEL O’DONNELL Songs From The Movies ..And More DMG TV DMGTV048 (SDU) 73 59 21 AMY WINEHOUSE Lioness - Hidden Treasures Island 2790333 (ARV) 2# (Ryan) (Remi/Ronson/O’Duffy/Ramone/Bennett) 36 33 94 ADELE 21 XL XLCD520 (PIAS) 16# 74 18 2 PETER ANDRE Angels And Demons Snapper/DMR SMACD1000 (PROP) (FT Smith/Rubin/Epworth/Abbiss/Wilson/Adkins) (S Britton/Rich King/Wilson/Omar & Black/Let?s Throw Shapes/ Smasher/Nasri & Messinger/Gibbs/Gerrard/Raiyn/Andre/Wesley) 37 17 11 OF MONSTERS AND MEN My Head Is An Animal Universal Republic/Island 2798018 (ARV) 75 55 4 ART GARFUNKEL The Singer Columbia Legacy 88725458162 (ARV) (Of Monsters and Men/Arnarsson/King) (Simon/Garfunkel/Johnston/Mann/Grolnick/Taylor/Perry/Ramone/Beckett/Shelton/Landers/Emerick/Sharp/Halee/Wilson/Webb) 38 31 41 LANA DEL REY Born To Die Polydor/Stranger 2787091 (ARV) (Haynie/Parker/Berger/Robopop/Bhasker/Daly/Sneddon/Bauer-Mein/Nowels/Braide/Shux/Skarbek/Howe) Official Charts Company 2012.

Adele 36 Daniel O’Donnell 35 Howard, Ben 46 Manic Street Preachers Of Monsters And Men 37 Script, The 30 Key BPI Awards Aerosmith 14 Dappy 51 Hucknall, Mick 25 48 One Direction 24 Sheeran, Ed 32 # Platinum (300,000) Albums Alt-J 18 Drake 71 Jessie J 59 Maroon 5 29 Ora, Rita 16 Soldiers, The 39 G Gold (100,000) Alt-J: An Awesome Andre, Peter 74 ELO 66 JLS 3 Mars, Bruno 64 Overtones, The 57 Swift, Taylor 12 G Silver (60,000) Wave (gold); Bat For Lashes 54 Ferguson, Rebecca 42 Jonathan & Charlotte 15 Maynard, Conor 70 Paloma Faith 8 Train, Kristina 27 # 1m European sales Emeli Sandé: Black Keys, The 56 Florence + The Machine Killers, The 20 Military Wives 5 Pink 19 Two Door Cinema Club 50 Our Version Of Events Bocelli, Andrea 10 45 Labrinth 31 Minaj, Nicki 67 Plan B 47 Vaccines, The 68 (3 x plartinum) Bon Jovi 69 Fun. 11 Lady Antebellum 63 Minogue, Kylie 7 Queen 62 Ware, Jessie 72 Buble, Michael 55 Garfunkel, Art 75 Lamar, Kendrick 60 Moyles, Chris 13 Rey, Lana Del 38 Williams, Robbie 1 Bugg, Jake 22 Goulding, Ellie 33 Lawson 34 Mumford & Sons 9, 41 Rieu, Andre, & Johann Winehouse, Amy 73 Cardle, Matt 28 Green Day 65 Lewis, Leona 43 Murs, Olly 52 Strauss Orchestra 2 The xx 61 Cassidy, Eva 26 Guetta, David 49 Lumineers, The 21 Muse 23 Rihanna 58 Young, Neil & Crazy Coldplay 44 Harris, Calvin 4 Madness 40 Ne-Yo 17 Sande, Emeli 6 Horse 53 03 AIRPLAY - UK_News and Playlists 12/11/2012 10:42 Page 32

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UK RADIO AIRPLAY CHART TOP 50 UK TV AIRPLAY CHART TOP 40 POS LAST WKS SALES CHT ARTIST / ALBUM / LABEL TOTAL PLAYS PLAYS +/- TOTAL AUD (m) AUD % +/- POS LAST ARTIST / ALBUM / LABEL PLAYS 1 164 ADELE Skyfall XL 4060 0.15 80.47 ­0.75 2 632 LABRINTH FEAT. EMELI SANDE Beneath Your Beautiful Syco 3438 36.54 70.99 35.74 3 891 ROBBIE WILLIAMS Candy Island 4243 19.76 68.76 38.02 4 55 OLLY MURS FEAT. FLO RIDA Troublemaker Epic/Syco 2333 13.92 60.16 14.39 5 368 RIHANNA Diamonds Def Jam 3678 1.63 60.1 1.5 6 154 BRUNO MARS Locked Out Of Heaven Elektra 1918 17.38 49.76 48.67 7 7 11 19 TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Mercury 3377 ­4.58 46.62 ­8.5 8 9 13 21 THE SCRIPT FEAT. WILL.I.AM Hall Of Fame Epic/Phonogenic 3259 ­2.69 46.26 ­4.46 9 2513 MAROON 5 One More Night A&M/Octone/Polydor 2364 9.14 43.96 ­30.28 10 465 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA FEAT. JOHN MARTIN Don’t You Worry Child Virgin 1957 1.29 41.73 ­22.32 Beautiful day: Labrinth and 11 13 6 11 CALVIN HARRIS FEAT. FLORENCE WELCH Sweet Nothing Columbia 1779 5.77 40.12 11.79 Emeli Sandé 12 10 17 64 PINK Blow Me (One Last Kiss) RCA 2642 ­3.05 37.55 ­7.24 hold on at No.1 13 16 7 3 THE WANTED I Found You Global Talent/Island 2104 ­0.28 37.51 17.18 1 1 LABRINTH FEAT. EMELI SANDE Beneath Your Beautiful/ Syco 793 14 14 12 29 NE-YO Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) Motown/Mercury 2168 0.7 35.23 ­0.4 2 6 WILEY FEAT. SKEPTA, JME AND MS D Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya) / Warner Bros/One More Tune 755 15 20 3 ALICIA KEYS Girl On Fire J 2101 21.1 34.79 21.3 3 4 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA FEAT. JOHN MARTIN Don’t You Worry Child/ Virgin 669 16 18 25 54 MAROON 5 FEAT. WIZ KHALIFA Payphone A&M/Octone/Polydor 2174 0.74 31.19 0.29 4 3 PSY Gangnam Style / Island 646 17 11 8 31 LAWSON Standing In The Dark Global Talent/Polydor 2717 ­12.04 30.67 ­17.13 5 2 FLO-RIDA I Cry / Atlantic 615 18 29 3 7 WILEY FEAT. SKEPTA, JME AND MS D Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya) Warner Brothers/One More Tune 733 51.45 29.24 27.08 6 8 JUSTIN BIEBER FEAT. NICKI MINAJ Beauty And A Beat/ Def Jam 539 19 17 13 39 OWL CITY & CARLY RAE JEPSEN Good Time Interscope/Republic Island 2617 ­12.21 28.51 ­9.72 7 33 NICKI MINAJ Vava Voom / Cash Money/Island 534 20 26 4 10 RITA ORA Shine Ya Light Columbia/Roc Nation 796 20.24 28.13 12.34 8 15 GIRLS ALOUD Something New/ Polydor 530 21 32 25 52 RUDIMENTAL FEAT. JOHN NEWMAN Feel The Love Asylum 1045 16.63 27.06 21.62 9 9 TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together / Mercury 526 22 27 4 14 DISCLOSURE FEAT. SAM SMITH Latch Island/PMR 526 32.49 26.6 10.01 10 20 ROBBIE WILLIAMS Candy / Island 525 23 25 8 22 FLO-RIDA I Cry Atlantic 1229 7.34 25.87 2.21 11 5 JLS Hottest Girl In The World / RCA 487 24 NEW 1 GIRLS ALOUD Something New Polydor 1349 0 25.18 0 12 13 THE WANTED I Found You / Global Talent/Island 483 25 41 3 STOOSHE. Waterfalls Warner Brothers/One More Tune 1901 13.56 25.02 33.94 13 10 NE-YO Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) / Motown/Mercury 472 26 31 7 6 PSY Gangnam Style Island 955 3.69 24.53 7.4 14 11 CALVIN HARRIS FEAT. FLORENCE WELCH Sweet Nothing / Columbia 466 27 37 42 62 GOTYE FEAT. KIMBRA Somebody That I Used To Know Island 1620 5.13 24.33 20.86 15 7 CONOR MAYNARD FEAT. NE-YO Turn Around / Parlophone 458 28 21 4 THE ROLLING STONES Doom And Gloom Polydor 346 ­6.49 24.18 ­14.89 16 19 OLLY MURS FEAT. FLO RIDA Troublemaker / Epic/Syco 443 29 28 14 41 LITTLE MIX Wings Syco 1595 0.31 23.76 0.3 17 12 ALICIA KEYS Girl On Fire/ J 431 30 30 33 60 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call Me Maybe Interscope 1497 2.18 23.42 2 18 17 MAROON 5 One More Night/ A&M/Octone/Polydor 428 31 24 8 27 CONOR MAYNARD FEAT. NE-YO Turn Around Parlophone 1200 ­20.48 23.33 ­11.02 19 22 RIHANNA Diamonds/ Def Jam 421 32 23 9 26 ELLIE GOULDING Anything Could Happen Polydor 1763 ­13.02 21.64 ­21.54 20 21 BRUNO MARS Locked Out Of Heaven / Elektra 405 33 43 2 9 MISHA B Do You Think Of Me Relentless/RCA 499 17.41 21.48 15.11 21 NEW ONE DIRECTION Little Things / Syco 403 34 33 2 MOYA Making Me Fall Four To One/Absolute 57 ­1.72 21.32 ­3.92 22 26 MISHA B Do You Think Of Me/ Relentless/RCA 379 35 46 67 MAROON 5 FEAT. CHRISTINA AGUILERA Moves Like Jagger A&M/Octone/Polydor 1263 ­8.15 21.09 18.42 23 16 THE SCRIPT FEAT. WILL.I.AM Hall Of Fame / Epic/Phonogenic 373 36 NEW 1 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS Without You Epic 291 0 20.53 0 24 14 DAVID GUETTA FEAT. SIA She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) / Parlophone 338 37 40 33 100 TRAIN Drive By Columbia 1676 7.44 19.58 3.27 25 23 LAWSON Standing In The Dark / Global Talent/Polydor 325 38 39 2 18 JUSTIN BIEBER FEAT. NICKI MINAJ Beauty And A Beat Def Jam 679 10.41 18.99 ­2.11 26 24 LITTLE MIX Dna/ Syco 323 39 NEW 1 GARY BARLOW Forever Autumn Sony 234 0 18.53 0 27 NEW RITA ORA Shine Ya Light / Columbia/Roc Nation 294 40 NEW 1 COLDPLAY Hurts Like Heaven Parlophone 799 0 18.05 0 28 25 DISCLOSURE FEAT. SAM SMITH Latch / Island/PMR 271 41 NEW 1 THE KILLERS Miss Atomic Bomb Vertigo 333 0 17.99 0 29 27 PINK Try / RCA 265 42 34 45 JESSIE J Domino Island/Lava 1055 ­13.6 17.73 ­18.89 30 35 STOOSHE. Waterfalls / Warner Brothers/One More Tune 254 43 RE KARMIN Brokenhearted Epic 1377 0 17.69 0 31 18 ONE DIRECTION Live While We’re Young / Syco 235 44 RE LADY ANTEBELLUM Need You Now Capitol 1226 0 17.59 0 32 36 TULISA Sight Of You / AATW/Island 234 45 45 48 OLLY MURS Dance With Me Tonight Epic/Syco 1317 9.2 17.47 ­3.37 33 34 USHER Numb / RCA 223 46 38 24 86 STOOSHE. Black Heart Future Cut/QWork/Warner Brothers 1285 ­11.87 17.36 ­12.15 34 32 ADELE Skyfall / XL 214 47 NEW 1 LITTLE MIX Dna Syco 652 0 17.29 0 35 30 RITA ORA How We Do (Party) / Columbia/Roc Nation 214 48 NEW 1 ONE DIRECTION Little Things Syco 340 0 17.06 0 36 37 CHRIS BROWN Don’t Judge Me/ RCA 209 49 RE FUN. FEAT. JANELLE MONAE We Are Young Atlantic/Fueled By Ramen 1354 0 17 0 37 31 OWL CITY & CARLY RAE JEPSEN Good Time / Interscope/Republic Island 207 50 47 2 12 SUB FOCUS FEAT. ALPINES Tidal Wave Mercury 85 0 16.99 ­3.41 38 29 NICKI MINAJ Pound The Alarm / Cash Money/Island 201 Nielsen Music Control monitors the following stations 24 hours a day, seven days a week: 1XTRA, 100-102 Real Radio, 102.4 Wish FM, 103.4 The Beach, 105.4 Real Radio, 106.3 Bridge FM, 107.6 Juice FM, 107.7. Brunel FM, 2CR-FM, 6 Music, 95.8 Capital FM, 96 Trent FM, 96.2 The Revolution, 96.3 Aire FM, 96.3 Rock Radio, 96.4 FM The Wave, 96.9 Viking FM, 99.9 Radio Norwich, Absolute Radio, Absolute Xtreme, Atlantic FM, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC 39 28 ELLIE GOULDING Anything Could Happen / Polydor 200 Radio 3, BBC Radio Cornwall, BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Essex, BBC Radio Leicester, BBC Radio Newcastle, BBC Radio Norfolk, BBC Radio Nottingham, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Swindon, BBC Radio Ulster, Beacon FM, Choice FM London, Citybeat, 96.7FM, Clyde 1 FM, Clyde 2, Cool FM, Downtown Radio, Dream 100 FM, Dream 107.7, Essex FM, Forth 2, Forth One, Galaxy Birmingham, Galaxy Manchester, Galaxy North East, Galaxy Scotland, Galaxy 40 39 PINK Blow Me (One Last Kiss) / RCA 198 South Coast 103.2 FM, Galaxy Yorkshire, Gaydar Radio, Gold, Hallam FM, Heart 100.5, Heart 100.7, Heart 102.2, Heart 102.4, Heart 102.6, Heart 102.6, Heart 102.9, Heart 103, Heart 103.3, Heart 106, Heart 106.2, Heart 96.1, Heart 96.3, Heart 96.4, Heart 96.6, Heart 96.9, Heart 97, Heart 97.1, Heart 97.6, Imagine FM, Invicta FM, Isle Of Wight Radio, Juice 107.2, KCFM, Kerrang! 105.2, Key 103, Kiss100 FM, Kiss 101, Kiss 105/108, Leicester Sound, Lincs FM, Magic TV airplay chart top 40 © Nielsen Music. Compiled from data gathered from last Sunday to Saturday. The TV airplay chart is currently based 105.4 FM, Magic 1170, Manx, Marcher Sound, Mercia FM, Metro Radio, Minster FM, Mix 96, Nation Radio, New 96.4 BRMB, NME Radio, Northsound 1, Northsound 2, Oak FM, Ocean FM, Palm 105.5, Pirate FM, Premier Christian on plays on the following stations: 4Music, Bliss TV, Clubland TV, Channel AKA, Chart Show TV, DancenationTV, Flava, Kerrang! TV, Kiss TV, Radio, Q102.9 FM, Radio City 96.7, Ram FM, Real Radio Scotland, Real Radio Wales, Real Radio Yorkshire, Red Dragon FM, Rock FM, Signal One, Smooth 100.4 (Manchester), Smooth 105.7 (Birmingham), Smooth 106.6 FM, Smooth FM (London), South West Sound FM, Southern FM, Spire FM, Tay AM, Tay FM, TFM, The Coast 106, The Hits Radio, The Pulse, U105, Wave 105 FM, West FM, West Sound AM, Wire 107.2, XFM 104.9, XFM Manchester Lava TV, Magic TV, MTV Base, MTV Dance, MTV Hits, MTV1, MTV Rocks, NME TV, Q TV, Scuzz, Smash Hits TV, Starz, The Box, Vault, Viva, VH1

now bounces to No.3, adding contributed by Smash Hits Radio. UK AIRPLAY ANALYSIS 18.94 million listeners. Candy’s 124 plays on Radio 2 provided the I BY ALAN JONES climb was helped by six plays on largest part (41.49%) of the track’s Radio 1 – which had previously overall audience of 431.35m. THE FIRST SINGLE BY Adele to You don’t have to look far to find been accused of banning the Williams’ chum and former Take spend five weeks atop the radio the biggest threat to Skyfall racking track – which earned 4.45 million That colleague Gary Barlow, who airplay chart, her James Bond up its sixth straight week at the of its audience. There were some co-penned Candy, has the week’s movie theme Skyfall remains very summit, however. Soaring 6-2, grounds for the accusation, fastest rising hit, with his version of steady, adding six plays but losing former sales chart topper Beneath incidentally, as Candy had only Justin Hayward’s 1978 smash 614,000 listeners – that’s a 0.15% Your Beautiful wins the award for been played three times by Radio 1 Forever Autumn sprinting 86-39 increase in plays and a 0.76% dip biggest increase in plays for the in the eight previous weeks since it this week. in audience. It continues to be third week in a row for Labrinth A rise in Fall: was first aired, ironically, by its While Beneath Your Beautiful is feat. Emeli Sandé Gary Barlow climbs 86-39 indebted to Radios 1 and 2, . Polling 3,438 with Forever Autumn sister station Radio 2 on Chris still a place short of giving Labrinth with the BBC behemoths plays in the week, it netted an Evans’ breakfast show on Monday his first No.1 radio airplay hit, the contributing 21 plays and 16 plays increase of 920 (36.54%) over the million week-on-week from 52.30 10th September. Radio 1’s overall track settles in atop the TV airplay respectively – tallies beaten by previous week. It also almost won million to 70.99 million (35.74%). career tally of nine plays for Candy chart, with its promotional video 11 songs on the former and two the award for the biggest increase The only track to register a bigger is exceeded by 194 stations on the clip airing 793 times on stations on on the latter – and a 46.92% share in audience for the third time in a increase is Robbie Williams’ Nielsen Music Control panel, where the Nielsen Music Control panel of the track’s overall audience. row – its support surged by 18.69 Candy, which fell 4-8 last week but the top tally of 461 plays was last week. 04 Streaming_News and Playlists 13/11/2012 11:38 Page 33

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POS LAST ARTIST / ALBUM / LABEL STREAMED TRACKS 1 1 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA/MARTIN Don't You Worry Child Virgin 2 6 LABRINTH FT EMELI SANDE Beneath Your Beautiful Syco Music CLIMBER: LABRINTH 3 2 RIHANNA Diamonds Def Jam TOP FIVE 4 4 CALVIN HARRIS/FLORENCE WELCH Sweet Nothing Columbia 5 20 ROBBIE WILLIAMS Candy Island 6 3 PSY Gangnam Style Island 7 9 MAROON 5 One More Night A&M/Octone 8 7 THE SCRIPT FT WILL I AM Hall Of Fame Epic/Phonogenic 9 5 TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Mercury 10 8 DAVID GUETTA FT SIA She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) Parlophone 11 10 FLO RIDA I Cry Atlantic 12 11 MUMFORD & SONS I Will Wait Gentlemen Of The Road/Island 13 36 THE LUMINEERS Ho Hey Decca CLIMBER: THE LUMINEERS 14 12 ELLIE GOULDING Anything Could Happen Polydor 15 27 DISCLOSURE FT SAM SMITH Latch Island/Pmr 16 33 JUSTIN BIEBER FT NICKI MINAJ Beauty And A Beat Def Jam 17 15 NE-YO Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Motown 18 13 FUN Some Nights Atlantic/Fueled By Ramen 19 44 WILEY/SKEPTA/JME/MS D Can You Hear Me (Ayayaya) One More Tune 20 18 OF MONSTERS & MEN Little Talks Universal Republic 21 14 CONOR MAYNARD FT NE-YO Turn Around Parlophone 22 16 OWL CITY/CARLY RAE JEPSEN Good Time Interscope/Republic 23 17 FUN FT JANELLE MONAE We Are Young Atlantic/Fueled By Ramen 24 26 ALT-J Breezeblocks Infectious Music 25 19 ONE DIRECTION Live While We're Young Syco Music 26 21 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE Spectrum Island 27 25 JAKE BUGG Two Fingers Mercury 28 31 ALT-J Something Good Infectious Music 29 30 CALVIN HARRIS FT EXAMPLE We'll Be Coming Back Columbia 30 42 JLS Hottest Girl In The World Rca 31 23 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call Me Maybe Interscope 32 35 ALT-J Tessellate Infectious Music 33 22 MAROON 5 FT WIZ KHALIFA Payphone A&M/Octone 34 28 EMELI SANDE Read All About It Pt 3 Virgin 35 32 OTTO KNOWS Million Voices Mercury 36 65 RIHANNA FT CALVIN HARRIS We Found Love Def Jam CLIMBER: RIHANNA 37 37 GOTYE FT KIMBRA Somebody That I Used To Know Island 38 40 DAVID GUETTA FT SIA Titanium Parlophone 39 53 NICKI MINAJ Va Va Voom Cash Money/Island 40 39 KANYE WEST/JAY Z/BIG SEAN Clique Good Music 41 57 NAUGHTY BOY FT EMELI SANDE Wonder Virgin 42 29 LITTLE MIX Wings Syco Music 43 41 LAWSON Standing In The Dark Global Talent 44 34 RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN Feel The Love Asylum/Black Butter 45 NEW CALVIN HARRIS FT TINIE TEMPAH Drinking From The Bottle Columbia 46 24 SAM & THE WOMP Bom Bom One More Tune/Stiff 47 46 JAY-Z & KANYE WEST N****S In Paris Roc-A-Fella 48 45 ALEX CLARE Too Close Island 49 52 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA Greyhound Virgin 50 38 THE XX Angels Young Turks 51 61 CALVIN HARRIS Feel So Close Columbia 52 54 JAKE BUGG Lightning Bolt Mercury 53 NEW RITA ORA Shine Ya Light Columbia/Roc Nation 54 43 MUMFORD & SONS Babel Gentlemen Of The Road/Island 55 50 FLO RIDA Whistle Atlantic 56 67 LABRINTH FT TINIE TEMPAH Earthquake Syco Music 57 51 SKRILLEX FT SIRAH Bangarang Asylum 58 66 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA Save The World Virgin 59 NEW REBECCA FERGUSON Backtrack Rca NEW: REBECCA FERGUSON 60 59 PALOMA FAITH Never Tear Us Apart Rca 61 49 WILEY FT MS D Heatwave One More Tune/Warner Bros 62 68 ALT-J Fitzpleasure Infectious Music 63 48 PINK Blow Me (One Last Kiss) Rca 64 71 ALT-J Matilda Infectious Music 65 56 COLDPLAY & RIHANNA Princess Of China Parlophone 66 55 TRAIN Drive By Columbia 67 73 ALT-J Dissolve Me Infectious Music 68 60 JASON MRAZ I Won't Give Up Atlantic 69 NEW CALVIN HARRIS FT KELIS Bounce Columbia 70 69 COLDPLAY Paradise Parlophone 71 47 MUSE Madness Helium 3/Warner Bros 72 NEW BASTILLE Flaws Virgin NEW: BASTILLE 73 NEW THE WANTED I Found You Global Talent 74 NEW ASAF AVIDAN & THE MOJOS One Day/Reckoning Song Columbia Deutschland 75 NEW CALVIN HARRIS FT NE-YO Let's Go Columbia 05 EU - Airplay_v1_News and Playlists 13/11/2012 12:29 Page 36

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PAN-EUROPEAN DENMARK FRANCE GERMANY IRELAND POS ARTIST/ ALBUM / LABEL POS ARTIST/ ALBUM / LABEL POS ARTIST/ ALBUM / LABEL POS ARTIST/ ALBUM / LABEL POS ARTIST/ ALBUM / LABEL

1 RIHANNA Diamonds UNI 1 NABIHA Mind The Gap SME 1 RIHANNA Diamonds UNI 1 RIHANNA Diamonds UID 1 RIHANNA Diamonds UNI

CUDI, KID FEAT. MGMT & RATATAT ONE DIRECTION Live While We're Young 2 ADELE Skyfall IND 2 BOY Little Numbers CPH 2 2 ADELE Skyfall IDG 2 Pursuit Of Happiness UNI SME GUETTA, DAVID FEAT. SIA She Wolf 3 MAROON 5 One More Night UNI 3 RIHANNA Diamonds UNI 3 3 WILLIAMS, ROBBIE Candy UID 3 OF MONSTERS AND MEN Little Talks UNI (Falling To Pieces) CAP HARRIS, CALVIN FEAT. WELCH, 4 KEYS, ALICIA Girl On Fire SME 4 LOVELESS, SHAKA Ikke Mere Tid UNI 4 FLO RIDA I Cry WEA 4 LYKKE LI I Follow Rivers WMG 4 FLORENCE Sweet Nothing SME NE-YO Let Me Love You (Until You Learn 5 WILLIAMS, ROBBIE Candy UNI 5 MAROON 5 One More Night UNI 5 5 DIE TOTEN HOSEN Altes Fieber JKP 5 ADELE Skyfall PIA To Love Yourself ) UNI AVIDAN, ASAF One Day (Reckoning MARS, BRUNO Locked Out Of Heaven LABRINTH FEAT. SANDE, EMELI 6 6 ADELE Skyfall PLG 6 ADELE Skyfall NAI 6 6 Song) SME WMG Beneath Your Beautiful SME GUETTA, DAVID FEAT. SIA She Wolf AVIDAN, ASAF One Day (Reckoning 7 7 ALPHABEAT Love Sea CPH 7 KEYS, ALICIA Girl On Fire SME 7 7 WILLIAMS, ROBBIE Candy UNI (Falling To Pieces) EMI Song) SME MARS, BRUNO Locked Out Of Heaven OWL CITY & JEPSEN, CARLY RAE Good GUETTA, DAVID FEAT. SIA She Wolf THE SCRIPT FEAT. WILL.I.AM Hall Of 8 8 8 BROWN, CHRIS Don't Wake Me Up SME 8 8 WEA Time UNI (Falling To Pieces) EMI Fame SME SWIFT, TAYLOR We Are Never Ever OWL CITY & JEPSEN, CARLY RAE Good 9 JEPSEN, CARLY RAE Call Me Maybe UNI 9 9 9 LINKIN PARK Burn It Down WMG 9 MUMFORD AND SONS I Will Wait UNI Getting Back Together UNI Time UNI OWL CITY & JEPSEN, CARLY RAE Good SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA FEAT. JOHN 10 10 FUN. Some Nights WEA 10 KEEN'V Elle T'a Mate UNI 10 PINK Try SME 10 Time UNI MARTIN Don't You Worry Child UNI

Italy: Netherlands: Blof Norway: Malika Hanne Ayane Sorvaag

Germany: Die Toten Hosen Sweden: Petra Marklund ITALY NETHERLANDS NORWAY SPAIN SWEDEN POS ARTIST/ ALBUM / LABEL POS ARTIST/ ALBUM / LABEL POS ARTIST/ ALBUM / LABEL POS ARTIST/ ALBUM / LABEL POS ARTIST/ ALBUM / LABEL GOTYE FEAT. KIMBRA Somebody That I MARKLUND, PETRA Handerna Mot 1 NEGRAMARO Ti E’ Mai Successo? SUG 1 ADELE Skyfall V2R 1 ADELE Skyfall PLY 1 1 Used To Know UNI Himlen FAM SWIFT, TAYLOR We Are Never Ever 2 CREMONINI, CESARE Una Come Te UNI 2 FUN. Some Nights WEA 2 2 SANZ, ALEJANDRO Se Vende UNI 2 FUN. Some Nights WEA Getting Back Together UNI AVIDAN, ASAF One Day (Reckoning 3 3 WILLIAMS, ROBBIE Candy UNI 3 RIHANNA Diamonds UNI 3 FLO RIDA Whistle WMG 3 LOREEN Crying Out Your Name WEA Song) SME MAGAN, JUAN & BELINDA Te Voy A 4 WILLIAMS, ROBBIE Candy UNI 4 PASSENGER Let Her Go SME 4 HOYEM, SIVERT Where Is My Moon EMI 4 4 HENRIKSSON, LINNEA Lyckligare Nu SME Esperar SME RAMAZZOTTI, EROS Un Angelo Disteso OWL CITY & JEPSEN, CARLY RAE Good 5 5 5 FIRST AID KIT Blue PLY 5 JEPSEN, CARLY RAE Call Me Maybe UNI 5 STIFTELSEN Vart Jag An Gar UNI Al Sole UNI Time UNI

6 MUSE Madness WMI 6 RIHANNA Diamonds UNI 6 FUN. Some Nights WMN 6 TRAIN Drive By SME 6 LALEH Some Die Young WEA

AVIDAN, ASAF One Day (Reckoning THE SCRIPT FEAT. WILL.I.AM Hall Of 7 MAROON 5 One More Night UNI 7 7 7 ADELE Set Fire To The Rain EVE 7 AGNES One Last Time ROX Song) SME Fame SME THE SCRIPT FEAT. WILL.I.AM Hall Of THE SCRIPT FEAT. WILL.I.AM Hall Of FUN. FEAT. MONAE, JANELLE We Are SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA FEAT. JOHN 8 8 8 KIMBRA Good Intent WMN 8 8 Fame SME Fame SME Young WMG MARTIN Don't You Worry Child EMI SORVAAG, HANNE Days That Ends With Y GOTYE FEAT. KIMBRA Somebody That I 9 AYANE, MALIKA Tre Cose SUG 9 LOREEN Euphoria WEA 9 9 ALBORAN, PABLO Tanto EMI 9 DAW Used To Know UNI THE SCRIPT FEAT. WILL.I.AM Hall Of 10 ADELE Skyfall SPI 10 BLOF Zo Stil EMI 10 BREMNES, KARI Denne Veien IND 10 KEYS, ALICIA Girl On Fire SME 10 Fame SME

GLOBAL SALES Arashi Among British acts, Muse and this week, with the honour for most ANALYSIS Mumford & Sons continue to have international debuts being shared by I BY ALAN JONES the highest chart profile, with the Calvin Harris and Kylie Minogue, NEITHER ADDING TO nor Austria (three), Taiwan (three former’s The 2nd Law losing its No.1 with 12 apiece. subtracting from its portfolio of overall, No.1 on the international placings in Wallonia (1-3), France (1- Almost like one of our own after No.1s, US country queen Taylor chart), Mexico (four), Germany (five) 3) and Portugal (1-4) but holding a all this time, Minogue’s new Abbey Swift’s fourth album Red continues and Finland (49). It declines Top 10 place in seven countries, Road Sessions album makes its to top the chart in Australia, everywhere else except Japan, and a Top 40 place in 22. Mumford biggest bow in Australia where it is Canada, Ireland and New Zealand, where it holds at three. & Sons’ Babel reaches new peaks at seven. It also makes the Top 40 as well as her home country, albeit That No.3 slot in Japan was again in South Africa (8-3) and Brazil in the Czech Republic (10), Ireland with much reduced sales all round. accompanied by sales of only (13-12). It is Top 10 in 10 countries, (10), Switzerland (17), Spain (19), In territories where the chart week 17,000 – but even when its sales and Top 40 in 16. Adele’s 21 – Flanders (22), Italy (23), the doesn’t align with its release date, elsewhere are added, Red is Popcorn debuts with sales of more which has had very few mentions Netherlands (24), Germany (31) and the album makes a big jump, knocked off the top of the global than 701,000 domestically to here recently – has been around New Zealand (39). 18 Months was climbing 79-2 in Flanders, 76-7 in sales pyramid by the album that is become their 11th No.1 album. It nearly two years longer than the the second UK No.1 for Scotsman the Netherlands and 152-25 in two places above it in Japan. includes four of their incredible tally Muse and Mumford & Sons albums Harris, and debuts in the Top 40 in Wallonia. It also makes a more Although charting nowhere else but of 38 No.1 singles, the last 28 of but is Top 10 in five countries and Ireland (two), New Zealand (four), modest 12-9 ascent in Switzerland, their homeland, veteran Japanese which have been consecutive. Take Top 40 in 22. Canada (eight), the US (19), Japan while debuting in Norway (No.2), boy band Arashi’s new album that, Take That. There is no new global smash (28) and Switzerland (30). 06 Spotify - Downloads_News and Playlists 13/11/2012 14:34 Page 35

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GLOBAL EUROPE AUSTRIA FRANCE GERMANY POS ARTIST/ ALBUM POS ARTIST/ ALBUM POS ARTIST/ ALBUM POS ARTIST/ ALBUM POS ARTIST/ ALBUM ASAF AVIDAN & THE MOJOS One Day / KLANGKARUSSELL Sonnentanz MARTERIA Lila Wolken 1 1 Reckoning Song 1 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA Don’t You PSY Gangnam Style PSY Gangnam Style 2 Worry Child 2 2 DAVID GUETTA She Wolf (Falling to C2C Down The Road RIHANNA Diamonds 3 Pieces) 3 3 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA Don’t You DAVID GUETTA She Wolf (Falling to DAVID GUETTA She Wolf (Falling to 1 PSY Gangnam Style 1 PSY Gangnam Style Worry Child 4 4 Pieces) 4 Pieces) SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA Don’t You ASAF AVIDAN & THE MOJOS One Day / 2 2 PSY Gangnam Style RIHANNA Diamonds FLO RIDA I Cry Worry Child 5 Reckoning Song 5 5 ASAF AVIDAN & THE MOJOS One Day / 3 RIHANNA Diamonds 3 RIHANNA Diamonds RIHANNA Diamonds ALEX CLARE Too Close 6 6 6 Reckoning Song SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA Don’t You 4 THE SCRIPT Hall of Fame 4 THE SCRIPT Hall of Fame FLO RIDA I Cry M83 Midnight City 7 7 7 Worry Child DAVID GUETTA She Wolf (Falling to KLANGKARUSSELL Sonnentanz - 5 MAROON 5 One More Night 5 FUN. Some Nights FLO RIDA I Cry Pieces) 8 8 8 Original Version DAVID GUETTA She Wolf (Falling to MAROON 5 One More Night 6 Pieces) 6 9 MAROON 5 One More Night 9 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call Me Maybe 9 RIHANNA Diamonds TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever FLO RIDA I Cry 7 Getting Back Together 7 10 ROBBIE WILLIAMS Candy 10 MAROON 5 One More Night 10 MAROON 5 One More Night TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever 8 FLO RIDA I Cry 8 Sweden: Darin Getting Back Together USA: Ke$ha ASAF AVIDAN & THE MOJOS One Day / FUN. Some Nights 9 9 Reckoning Song

10 KE$HA Die Young 10 RIHANNA Diamonds

11 RIHANNA Diamonds 11 FUN. Some Nights

ASAF AVIDAN & THE MOJOS One Day / CALVIN HARRIS Sweet Nothing 12 Reckoning Song 12

13 CALVIN HARRIS Sweet Nothing 13 WILL.I.AM This Is Love

14 FLO RIDA Whistle 14 CALVIN HARRIS We’ll Be Coming Back Spain: Yandar 15 OWL CITY Good Time 15 OWL CITY Good Time

16 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call Me Maybe 16 FLO RIDA Whistle

17 MUMFORD & SONS I Will Wait 17 ROBBIE WILLIAMS Candy

18 WILL.I.AM This Is Love 18 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call Me Maybe

19 FUN. We Are Young 19 KE$HA Die Young

20 CHRIS BROWN Don’t Wake Me Up 20 ONE DIRECTION Live While We’re Young NETHERLANDS NORWAY SPAIN SWEDEN UNITED STATES POS ARTIST/ ALBUM POS ARTIST/ ALBUM POS ARTIST/ ALBUM POS ARTIST/ ALBUM POS ARTIST/ ALBUM SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA Don’t You 1 PASSENGER Let Her Go THE SCRIPT Hall of Fame YANDAR Te Pintaron Pajaritos KE$HA Die Young 1 1 1 Worry Child 1 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA Don’t You SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA Don’t You 2 PABLO ALBORAN Tanto THE SCRIPT Hall of Fame FUN. Some Nights Worry Child 2 Worry Child 2 2 2 DCS FEAT. JUAN MAGAN Angelito Sin 3 NIELSON Beauty & De Brains RIHANNA Diamonds PSY Gangnam Style MAROON 5 One More Night 3 3 Alas - Remix feat Juan Magain 3 3 PETRA MARKLUND Händerna Mot 4 THE SCRIPT Hall of Fame PSY Gangnam Style PSY Gangnam Style PSY Gangnam Style 4 4 4 Himlen 4 ASAF AVIDAN & THE MOJOS One Day / DAVID GUETTA She Wolf (Falling to JUAN MAGAN FEAT. BELINDA Te Voy A TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever 5 STIFTELSEN Vart Jag Än Går Reckoning Song 5 Pieces) 5 Esperar - Juan Magan Feat. Belinda 5 5 Getting Back Together

6 PSY Gangnam Style 6 MAROON 5 One More Night 6 WILL.I.AM This Is Love 6 NAUSE Hungry Hearts - Radio Edit 6 THE LUMINEERS Ho Hey

TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever 7 RIHANNA Diamonds FLO RIDA Whistle RIHANNA Diamonds IMAGINE DRAGONS It’s Time 7 Getting Back Together 7 7 7 DAVID GUETTA She Wolf (Falling to DAVID GUETTA She Wolf (Falling to 8 RIHANNA Diamonds EFECTO PASILLO Pan y Mantequilla MUMFORD & SONS I Will Wait Pieces) 8 8 8 Pieces) 8

9 ROBBIE WILLIAMS Candy 9 FLO RIDA I Cry 9 GOTYE Somebody That I Used To Know 9 DARIN En apa som liknar dig 9 RIHANNA Diamonds

GERS PARDOEL Liever Dan Lief - KE$HA Die Young CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call Me Maybe MAGNUS UGGLA Jag och min far ALEX CLARE Too Close 10 Rapversie 10 10 10 10 07 Indies-Comps_News and Playlists 12/11/2012 11:04 Page 36

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COMPILATION CHART TOP 20 THIS LAST ARTIST / ALBUM / LABEL (DISTRIBUTION)

1 1 VARIOUS Bbc Radio 1’s Live Lounge 2012 / Sony/UMTV/Rhino (ARV) 11 6 VARIOUS Classic Tearjerkers / Sony RCA (ARV) 2 3 VARIOUS Pop Party 10 / Rhino/UMTV (ARV) 12 NEW VARIOUS Cbeebies - The Album / Little Demon (SDU) 3 NEW VARIOUS Clubland 22 / AATW/Rhino/UMTV (ARV) 13 11 VARIOUS Girls On Top / Sony (ARV) 4 2 VARIOUS Until Now - Swedish House Mafia / Virgin (E) 14 9 VARIOUS Be My Baby 2 / Sony/UMTV (ARV) 5 NEW VARIOUS Dreamboats And Petticoats - Six / UMTV/EMI TV (ARV) 15 12 VARIOUS The Sound Of Dubstep 5 / MoS (ARV) 6 4 VARIOUS Now Thats What I Call 90S Dance / EMI TV (E) 16 10 VARIOUS Return To Soul City / UMTV (ARV) 7 5 VARIOUS Now That’s What I Call Music 82 / EMI TV/UMTV (E) 17 14 VARIOUS Now That’s What I Call Running / EMI TV/UMTV (E) 8 NEW VARIOUS Now That’s What I Call Christmas / EMI TV/Rhino/UMTV (E) 18 16 VARIOUS Now That’s What I Call A No 1 / EMI TV/UMTV (E) 9 7 VARIOUS Teenage Kicks 1977-1981 / EMI TV/UMTV (E) 19 NEW VARIOUS Dreamboats And Petticoats- Rockin Around / UMTV/EMI TV (ARV) 10 8 VARIOUS Best Of Bond - James Bond - 50 Years / EMI (E) 20 18 VARIOUS Annie Mac Presents 2012 / Island (ARV) INDIE SINGLES TOP 20 INDIE SINGLES BREAKERS TOP 20 THIS LAST ARTIST / ALBUM / LABEL (DISTRIBUTION) THIS LAST ARTIST / ALBUM / LABEL

Sneakbo Frankie Cocozza

DJ Fresh Indie Singles (3)

1 1 ADELE Skyfall / XL (PIAS) 1 3 MONSTA Holdin’ On / OWSLA 2 NEW SNEAKBO Zim Zimma / Play Hard (PIAS) 2 1 JULIO BASHMORE Au Seve / Broadwalk 3 17 DJ FRESH Gold Dust / Data/MoS (ARV) 3 NEW FRANKIE COCOZZA She’s Got A Motorcycle / Long Island 4 6 MONSTA Holdin’ On / OWSLA (ING) 4 2 WOODKID Run Boy Run / Green United 5 3 JULIO BASHMORE Au Seve / Broadwalk (rom arv) 5 20 RADICAL FACE Welcome Home / Morr 6 NEW FRANKIE COCOZZA She’s Got A Motorcycle / Long Island (Awal) 6 4 LET ME SEE BENEATH YOUR Beneath Your Beautiful / Devoted 7 4 WOODKID Run Boy Run / Green United 7 6 MASTERS IN FRANCE Playin’ With My Friends / A&G 8 7 ALT-J Something Good / Infectious (PIAS) 8 NEW RYAN KEEN Know About Me / Lookout Mountain 9 RE DJ FRESH FEAT. RITA ORA Hot Right Now / MoS (ARV) 9 7 JOHN MURPHY In The House - In A Heartbeat / XL 10 2 HOT NATURED & ALI LOVE Benediction / Hot Creations 10 RE JENN BOSTIC Jealous Of The Angels / Jenn Bostic 11 RE RADICAL FACE Welcome Home / Morr (Shellshock Srd) 11 15 GIRL ON FIRE This Girl Is On Fire / Voice Express 12 8 ADELE Someone Like You / XL (PIAS) 12 9 THE HEAVY Short Change Hero / Counter 13 10 LET ME SEE BENEATH YOUR Beneath Your Beautiful / Devoted Moya Indie Singles Breakers (15) 13 14 DISCLOSURE FEAT. SINEAD HARNETT Boiling / Greco-Roman 14 14 MASTERS IN FRANCE Playin’ With My Friends / A&G (AMD/U) 14 13 K-POP SMASH HITS Gangnam Style / Big Eye Music 15 RE M83 Midnight City / Na?ve (rom arv) 15 NEW MOYA Making Me Fall / Four To One/Absolute 16 16 ADELE Set Fire To The Rain / XL (PIAS) 16 12 TRYHARDNINJA & THE CREEPERS Minecraft Style / Tryhardninja & The Creepers 17 NEW RYAN KEEN Know About Me / Lookout Mountain (Ess) 17 11 SMOSH Ultimate Assassin’s Creed 3 Song / Smosh 18 13 PORTER ROBINSON Language / MoS (ARV) 18 RE DJ PARTY SESSIONS Gangnam Style / Summer Hits 19 20 ADELE Rolling In The Deep / XL (PIAS) 19 17 AWOLNATION Sail / Red Bull 20 11 PUBLIC ENEMY Harder Than You Think / Slamjamz 20 5 CHOPPER XXL Gangnam Style / Kiss The Pavement INDIE ALBUMS TOP 20 INDIE ALBUMS BREAKERS TOP 20 THIS LAST ARTIST / ALBUM / LABEL (DISTRIBUTION) THIS LAST ARTIST / ALBUM / LABEL

Polica

The Unthanks Indie Albums (19)

Alt-J

1 3 ALT-J An Awesome Wave / Infectious (PIAS) 1 2 POLICA Give You The Ghost / Memphis Industries 2 5 EVA CASSIDY The Best Of Eva Cassidy / Blix Street (ADA Arv) 2 NEW LPO/SKEET The Greatest Video Game Music 2 / X5 3 1 MATT CARDLE The Fire / So What (Essential/GEM) 3 1 PARKWAY DRIVE Atlas / Epitaph 4 7 DANIEL O’DONNELL Songs From The Movies ..And More / DMG TV (SDU) 4 3 GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR Allelujah Don’t Bend Ascend / Constellation 5 9 ADELE 21 / XL (PIAS) 5 RE NEIL DAVIDGE Halo 4 OST / 7Hz Productions 6 6 THE SOLDIERS The Soldiers / DMG TV (SDU) LPO/Skeet Indie Albums Breakers (2) 6 4 CODY CHESNUTT Landing On A Hundred / One Little Indian 7 2 MADNESS Oui, Oui, Si, Si, Ja, Ja, Da, Da / Cooking Vinyl (Essential/GEM) 7 17 IRIS DEMENT Sing The Delta / Flariella 8 10 THE XX Coexist / Young Turks (PIAS) 8 RE JENN BOSTIC Jealous / Jenn Bostic 9 4 PETER ANDRE Angels And Demons / Snapper/DMR (PROP) 9 NEW DJ YODA Chop Suey / Get Involved 10 15 ADELE 19 / XL (PIAS) 10 NEW THE SWORD Apocryphon / Napalm 11 17 ELO Mr Blue Sky - The Very Best Of / Frontiers Records (PH) 11 NEW CALYX & TEEBEE All Or Nothing / Ramm 12 NEW FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD Frankie Said / Salvo 12 NEW KILL THE NOISE Black Magic / OWSLA 13 13 JEFF LYNNE Long Wave / Frontiers Records (PH) 13 NEW LINDSTROM Smalhans / Smalltown Supersound 14 16 DJ FRESH Nextlevelism / MoS (ARV) 14 RE ORIGINAL LONDON CAST Les Miserables / First Night 15 19 JOHN DENVER Take Me Home / Music Digital (Delta/SonyDADC) 15 13 SHOW OF HANDS Wake The Union / Hands On Music 16 8 BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION Afterglow / Mascot (ADA Arv) 16 NEW MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER Melody’s Echo Chamber / Weird World 17 RE JUSTIN FLETCHER Hands Up - The Album / Little Demon (SDU) 17 NEW NATHAN CARTER Wagon Wheel / Sharpe Music 18 RE BELLOWHEAD Broadside / Navigator 18 9 TOBY KEITH Hope On The Rocks / Hump Head 19 NEW THE UNTHANKS Diversions - Vol 3 - Songs From The Shipyards / Rabble Rouser (Cadiz ARV) 19 19 LPO/PARRY The 50 Greatest Pieces Of Classical / X5 20 18 DJANGO DJANGO Django Django / Because (ADA Arv) DJ Yoda Indie Albums Breakers (9) 20 10 JOSEPHINE Portrait / Ark Recordings 08 ClubCharts_v1_News and Playlists 12/11/2012 17:32 Page 31

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Example Christina UPFRONT CLUB TOP 40 Aguilera POS LAST WKS ARTIST / TRACK / LABEL

1 4 5 EXAMPLE Close Enemies / MoS 2 27 2 LABRINTH FEAT. EMELI SANDE Beneath Your Beautiful / Syco 3 31 2 RIHANNA Diamonds / Def Jam 4 7 5 PAUL VAN DYK FT ADAM YOUNG Eternity / 3 Beat 5 22 2 RITA ORA Shine Ya Light / Columbia/Roc Nation 6 14 5 SUB FOCUS FEAT. ALPINES Tidal Wave / Mercury 7 NEW ANDAIN Turn Up The Sound / Black Hole 8 12 4 ELEKTROKID Free Your Mind / White Label 9 15 2 THE OVERTONES Loving The Sound / Warner Music Entertainment Rihanna 10 19 2 BINGO PLAYERS FEAT. FAR EAST MOVEMENT Get Up (Rattle) / MoS 11 Re 3 VELVET CODE Get Outta My House / Partyclasher/Loverush Digital 12 30 2 DJ FRESH FEAT. MS. DYNAMITE Gold Dust / MoS 13 13 3 JENN D Lose It / AATW/UMTV 14 NEW RUDIMENTAL FEAT JOHN NEWMAN & ALEX CLARE Not Giving In / Asylum URBAN 15 36 2 APDW FEAT. MEG Tattoo Girl / Hysterical UPFRONT COMMERCIAL POP 16 38 2 ALESSO FEAT. MATHEW KOMA Years / Pm:Am 17 NEW BOBBY VENA & ANDY MURPHY FEAT. LIVINGSTONE Let’s Go All In / One Love 18 26 2 STEVE AOKI VS. DURAN DURAN Hungry Like The Wolf / Trident Close but no cigar for Example’s 19 34 3 GEMINI Freedom / Inspected 20 1 3 KAMALIYA Butterflies / Handi 21 40 2 DADA FEAT. TAZ & LEXI Dollar / Destined friends, enemies and rivals 22 6 4 WILEY FEAT. SKEPTA, JME AND MS D Can You Hear Me? / Warner Brothers/One More Tune 23 33 2 PET SHOP BOYS Leaving / Parlophone 24 3 2 LENNY KRAVITZ Superlove / Roadrunner/Atlantic ANALYSIS line 12.61% ahead of Beneath Salto are the men behind the 25 NEW VATO GONZALEZ VS LETHAL BIZZLE & DONAE’O Not A Saint / New State I BY ALAN JONES Your Beautiful by Labrinth feat. mixes of Rihanna’s sparkling hit 26 32 2 GIRLS ALOUD Something New / Polydor Emeli Sandé, which springs 27- Diamonds, which advances to 27 NEW BLAISE FEAT. TWIZZLE Attitude / White Label wo of the most successful 2, and also includes mixes by No.1, a week after debuting at 28 23 3 ROBBIE WILLIAMS Candy / Island acts of the last five years Rollz. Example’s previous No.1s: two. It is several weeks since the 29 NEW MEITAL FEAT. SEAN KINGSTON On Ya / Transmission T return to the top of the Won’t Go Quietly (2009), Two track topped the OCC sales 30 NEW CARL KENNEDY FEAT. NICK GALEA & JOEL EDWARDS Out Of My Mind / Wasted Youth club charts this week, with Lives, Kick Starts and Last Ones chart – but mixes only 2 13 HANNAH Good Feeling / Snowdog 31 Example securing his 11th Standing (2010), Changed The materialised subsequently, hence 32 25 6 MATHIEU BOUTHIER FEAT. SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR Beautiful / Serial Upfront club chart No.1, while Way You Kiss Me, Stay Awake, its late surge. Diamonds finished 33 20 7 CALVIN HARRIS FEAT. FLORENCE WELCH Sweet Nothing / Columbia Rihanna tops the Commercial Natural Disaster (with Laidback up 10.73% ahead of runner-up 34 28 8 OTTO KNOWS Million Voices / Mercury 35 NEW TOM PIPER FEAT. MICKY SLIM & MAJESTIC Can’t Kill The Party / Downright Pop chart for the eighth time. Luke) and Midnight Run Your Body by Christina 36 35 2 MIKA NEWTON Come Out And Play / Friendship Collective Mixes from Jakob Liedholm, (2011), Calvin Harris Aguilera. 37 29 11 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA FEAT. JOHN MARTIN Don’t You Worry Child / Virgin DJ Wire, Riddim Commission, collaboration We’ll Be Coming Diamonds also sprints 31-3 38 37 2 HARDCASTLE Summer Love / Hardcastle Rollz, Joker and Woz power Back and Say Nothing (2012). Upfront this week, and tops 39 5 5 BEN PEARCE What I Might Do / MTA Example’s Close Enemies 4-1 Meanwhile Bimbo Jones, Dave the Urban chart for the third 40 21 6 MOBY Extreme Ways (Bourne’s Legacy) / Little Idiot Upfront. It crosses the finishing Aude, Steve Redant and Gregor straight week. COMMERCIAL POP TOP 30 URBAN TOP 30 COOL CUTS TOP 20 POS LAST WKS ARTIST / TRACK / LABEL POS LAST WKS ARTIST / TRACK / LABEL POS ARTIST / TRACK

1 22RIHANNA Diamonds / Def Jam 1 16RIHANNA Diamonds / Def Jam 1 ALESSO Years 2 10 3 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Your Body / RCA 2 64LITTLE MIX Dna / Syco 2 CHASE & STATUS/LIAM BAILEY Big Man 3 63EXAMPLE Close Enemies / MoS 3 27WILEY FEAT. SKEPTA, JME AND MS D Can You Hear Me? / Warner Brothers/One More Tune 3 MATRIX & FUTUREBOUND FEAT. BABY 4 85MAROON 5 One More Night / A&M/Octone/Polydor 4 36PITBULL FEAT. TJR Don’t Stop The Party / London BLUE Magnetic Eyes 5 12 3 OLLY MURS FEAT. FLO RIDA Troublemaker / Epic/Syco 5 19 2 MATRIX & FUTUREBOUND FEAT. BABY BLUE Magnetic Eyes / Viper/Metro/3 Beat 4 CALVIN HARRIS FEAT. TINIE TEMPAH 6 14 2 GIRLS ALOUD Something New / Polydor 6 15 4 LABRINTH FEAT. EMELI SANDE Beneath Your Beautiful / Syco Drinking From The Bottle 7 17 2 RITA ORA Shine Ya Light / Columbia/Roc Nation 7 75LUKE BINGHAM FEAT. SWAY Gemini / 3 Beat 5 BINGO PLAYERS FEAT. FAR EAST 8 23 2 THE OVERTONES Loving The Sound / Warner Music Entertainment 8 5750 CENT FEAT. DR. DRE & ALICIA KEYS New Day / Polydor MOVEMENT Get Up (Rattle) 9 14LITTLE MIX Dna / Syco 9 83ALICIA KEYS FEAT. NICKI MINAJ Girl On Fire / J 6 GEMINI 3D Romeo / Syco 10 19 2 LABRINTH FEAT. EMELI SANDE Beneath Your Beautiful 10 47KANYE WEST FEAT. JAY-Z & BIG SEAN Clique / Good Music 7 SWAY FEAT. MR HUDSON Charge 21 5 TINCHY STRYDER Help Me / 4th & Broadway 11 11 18 2 CHARLIE BROWN FEAT. YUNGEN & MS. D Dependency / AATW 8 THE PRODIGY Added Fat EP 12 NEW 1 STOOSHE. Waterfalls/See Me Like This / Warner Brothers/One More Tune 12 11 16 NE-YO Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) / Motown/Mercury 9 JULIAN JORDAN & MARTIN GARRIX Bfam 13 43WILEY FEAT. SKEPTA, JME AND MS D Can You Hear Me? / Warner Brothers/One More Tune 13 14 4 STICKY Pedal Riddim / Big Dada/Forbes List 10 FLASHMOB Hot 14 22 3 IAGO VS. SHENA Release The Pressure / Vidisco/Exklusive 14 NEW 1 STOOSHE. Waterfalls/See Me Like This / Warner Brothers/One More Tune 11 BROOKES BROTHERS FT HAZ-MAT 15 18 5 PET SHOP BOYS Leaving / Parlophone 15 NEW 1 RITA ORA Shine Ya Light / Columbia/Roc Nation Loveline 16 94ROBBIE WILLIAMS Candy / Island 16 23 8 USHER Numb / RCA 12 KIRSTY Hands High 17 NEW 1 LUIGI MASI Target / W8 17 NEW 1 RUDIMENTAL FEAT JOHN NEWMAN & ALEX CLARE Not Giving In / Asylum 13 THE ASTON SHUFFLE VS TOMMY TRASH 18 13 6 PITBULL FEAT. TJR Don’t Stop The Party / London 18 97JLS Hottest Girl In The World / RCA Sunrise (Won’t Get Lost) 19 29 2 JENN D Lose It / AATW/UMTV 19 10 9 TODDLA T FEAT. CLEO SOL Code To Crack / White Label 14 ALEX METRIC Prophecies 20 30 2 TYLER JAMES Single Tear / Island 20 25 2 CHRIS BROWN Don’t Judge Me / RCA 15 CICADA FEAT. HOLLY MIRANDA 21 54LAWSON Standing In The Dark / Global Talent/Polydor 21 NEW 1 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Your Body / RCA Over And Over 22 NEW 1 DAISY HICKS Electric Love / Avenue Road 24 4 MISHA B Do You Think Of Me / Relentless/RCA 16 ROB ROAR Get Static 23 NEW 1 ALESSO FEAT. MATHEW KOMA Years / Pm:Am 22 / Parlophone 17 NICE7 Be Yourself 24 34KAMALIYA Butterflies / Handi 23 27 8 CONOR MAYNARD FEAT. NE-YO Turn Around 18 DANIEL TRIM O Day EP 25 28 5 DADA LIFE Feed The Dada / Polydor 24 16 7 TINCHY STRYDER Help Me / 4th & Broadway 19 LAYO & BUSHWACKA Can’t Hurt You 26 15 6 JLS Hottest Girl In The World / RCA 25 20 4 MARVELL Weezy / Marvell 20 AEROPLANE FEAT. JAMIE PRINCIPLE 27 NEW 1 CUSHH Fabulous / Cushh 26 17 8 NAS FEAT. AMY WINEHOUSE Cherry Wine / Mercury In Her Eyes 28 NEW 1 BLAISE FEAT. TWIZZLE Attitude / White Label 27 21 4 POLYNA Crazy / Sodarock Uk 29 NEW 1 RUDIMENTAL FEAT JOHN NEWMAN & ALEX CLARE Not Giving In / Asylum 28 NEW 1 DJ FRESH FEAT. MS. DYNAMITE Gold Dust / MoS 30 20 6 CALVIN HARRIS FEAT. FLORENCE WELCH Sweet Nothing / Columbia 29 NEW 1 SKEPTA Ace Hood Flow / 3 Beat/AATW/BBK 30 NEW 1 SPARZ Losing Ain’t An Option / White Label Hear the Cool Cuts chart every Thursday 4–6pm GMT on © Music Week. Compiled by DJ feedback and data collected from the following stores, online sites and distributors: BMR Records, CD Pool, Know How, Phonica, Pure Groove, Trax (London), Eastern Bloc (Manchester), 23rd Precinct (Glasgow), Paul “Radical” Ruiz – Anything Goes radio show 3 Beat (Liverpool), The Disc (Bradford), Crash (Leeds), Global Groove (Stoke), Catapult (Cardiff), Hard To Find (Birmingham), Plastic Music (Brighton), Power (Wigan), Streetwise (Cambridge), The Disc (Bradford) Kahua (Middlesborough) on Ministry Of Sound Radio across the globe Bassdivision (Belfast), Beatport, Juno, Unique & Dynamic. on www.ministryofsound.com/radio 09 ForecastAnalysis_24-25 alan jones 13/11/2012 15:45 Page 38

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CHARTSANALYSIS WEEK 45

SINGLES sprinted 47-10 (37,383 sales), CHARTBOUND I BY ALAN JONES while also aiding a 44-16 leap (12,285 sales) for her debut Based on midweek sales, the he chase for this album Ora. following releases are expected to weekend’s singles chart Nick Douwma – aka Sub debut in or around the Official T title is covered in the Focus –scored his highest Charts Company Top 75 singles and albums analysis - but whatever charting single to date, when artist albums charts this Sunday. happens, it is pretty clear that the his 14th release Out Of The records which have led the list for Blue (feat. Alice Gold), reached UK SINGLES CHART the last fortnight are destined for 23 in May. Follow-up Tidal G BRUNO MARS Locked Out Of Heaven lower ground. Waves (feat. Alpines) fared G LITTLE MIX DNA Remaining clear of the even better, debuting at No.12 G ONE DIRECTION Little Things chasing pack last Sunday, Robbie (33,710 sales). G McFLY Love Is Easy Williams’ Candy and Beneath Your Body is the first single G STOOSHE Waterfalls Your Beautiful by Labrinth feat. from Christina Aguilera’s G EXAMPLE Close Enemies Emeli Sandé continued to hold MIDWEEK NO.1 seventh album Lotus, and down the top two places in the debuted at No.16 (23,160 sales), singles chart, albeit with reduced Bruno Mars: Locked Out Of Heaven becoming her 21st Top 20 hit. sales. Candy (90,812 sales) lost Adele’s Skyfall movie theme 34.0% of its firepower on its climbed 5-4 on its sixth week in second week on the chart, while top three hit in a little over Me debuting at nine (38,972 the Top 10, despite its sales Beneath Your Beautiful was more two years, debuting at No.3 sales) to eclipse the No.11 peak falling 22.10% week-on-week solid, with sales off 16.8% week- (51,827 sales). her first hit, Home Run, reached to 51,278. on-week at 85,515. Misha B, who finished fourth in July. Erstwhile X Factor guest Overall singles sales were The Wanted never looked in the 2011 season of The X judge Rita Ora paid a visit to the down 4.70% week-on-week at like passing them with I Found Factor, scored her second hit show eight days ago to sing her 3,353,638 - 7.04% above same- You but notched up their seventh single, with Do You Think Of new single Shine Ya Light, which week 2011 sales of 3,133,149.

ALBUMS with follow-up Stronger Together. I BY ALAN JONES With first two singles Proud G LANA DEL REY Ride and Hottest Girl In The World ne Direction failed to both peaking at six, Evolution – UK ALBUMS CHART top the album chart with JLS’s fourth album in three G ONE DIRECTION Take Me Home O 2011 debut Up All years – opens more weakly than Night, which lost out in a head- its predecessors. The band’s self- to-head battle with Rihanna’s titled 2009 debut album opened Talk That Talk – but the boy at No.1 on sales of 239,643. A band are certain to scorch to pole year later, Outta This World position this weekend, with debuted at two (152,473 sales) follow-up Take Me Home. With and a year ago Jukebox also Rihanna’s new album, started in runners-up position on Unapologetic, not set to drop sales of 85,218. Evolution debuts until Monday (19th), the boys MIDWEEK NO.1 at No.3 (34,951 sales). have a free run to the summit An on-air parodist since 2000, with Take Me Home racking up One Direction: Take Me Home it was no surprise when Radio 1 inpressive sales of nearly 72,000 DJ Chris Moyles released The G ROD STEWART Merry Christmas, Baby by midnight on Monday, over Parody Album - featuring his G ROLLING STONES Grrr! 50,000 more than veteran Rod single from Bruno Mars’ new copies last week – the sixth takes on hits like The Girl Does G GREEN DAY Dos Stewart’s seasonal stocking filler album, which has racked up more biggest artist album tally of the Nothing, I Predict A Riot and G ALFIE BOE Storyteller Merry Christmas Baby, which than 40,000 sales – but it gave all year but the lowest opening tally Bulletproof. The 2009 album G SOUNDGARDEN King Animal follows in second place. of its rivals a day’s start (it wasn’t for a solo studio album by debuted and peaked at 17. G DEFTONES Koi No Yokan One Direction are also in with available last Sunday), and is Williams since 1997 debut Life Follow-up The Difficult Second G CHRISTINA AGUILERA Lotus a shot of topping the singles closing the gap rapidly. Thru A Lens, which achieved Album debuted at 13 (13,738 G STEPS Light Up The World chart, with Little Things – a Take If One Direction do succeed first-week sales of 14,533. sales) on Sunday. Me Home track that they in topping both charts they will Violinist, conductor and Veteran rockers Aerosmith performed on the X Factor results deliver a double dethroning to orchestra leader Andre Rieu was are all now in their sixties, and show last Sunday – showing up at Robbie Williams –a week after 60 before his first Top 50 album the five members in the current No.4 on Tuesday’s midweek sales Candy became his first No.1 in the UK but, now 63, the incarnation of the band have been flashes with upwards of 24,000 single in more than eight years. Dutchman – dubbed the “world’s together on and off since 1971, so sales, just less than Gabrielle Candy continued to lead the list first classical superstar” and “the it’s no surprise to find they are as Aplin’s Frankie Goes To for Williams last Sunday, while king of the waltz” – racked up his tight and uncompromising as Hollywood cover The Power Of parent album Take The Crown sixth Top 50 album and his ever on new album Music From G STAVES Dead & Born & Grown Love, which rockets 35-3 thanks debuted at No.1. fourth Top 10 entry in less than Another Dimension, which G ELVIS PRESLEY Prince From Another to its use in the new John Lewis Take The Crown is Williams’ three years on Sunday, as Magic debuted at No.14 (13,478 sales) Planet Christmas TV advertising 10th No.1 solo album, a tally Of The Movies debuted at two to become the fifth studio album The new Official Charts Company UK sales charts campaign. Little Things also trails surpassed among male solo artists (51,068 sales). by the band to make the Top 20, and Nielsen airplay charts are available from fellow X Factor Little Mix’s only by the 11 accumulated by Less than nine months after and the eighth in all. every Sunday evening at musicweek.com. DNA, which is further ahead Elvis Presley, which spanned the their first album In My Dreams Overall album sales were with more than 35,000 sales, and years 1956-2007. topped the chart, Military Wives up 4.22% week-on-week at Source: Official Charts Company Locked Out Of Heaven, the first Take The Crown sold 83,508 debuted at five (28,034 sales), 1,886,400. © Official Charts Company 2012 Project3_Layout 1 13/11/2012 14:57 Page 1

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To date, Boyle’s previous three Their UK debut album Need You Now Manson, the beginning of a transition addition of the previously unreleased She will perform tracks from the albums, I Dreamed a Dream, The Gift has been certified platinum and its that would see the band take their Kat n Hat. album, and some of her most loved and Someone To Watch Over Me, have follow-up Own The Night 2x gold. earlier musical experimentation and 14 tracks and a live album that songs, on her Christmas tour starting at sold over 18 million copies and They’ve clocked up more than ten avant garde style and turn them into cements Sonic Youth as the greatest the Manchester Bridgewater Hall on stormed to the top of the charts in over million album sales around the world in songs, albeit one chord drones, broken American post-punk band ever. Agree? December 9. NOVEMBER 19 30 countries. NOVEMBER 26 just five years. 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Been snapped with the Bay City Rollers on your iPhone? Got photographic proof of your promotions chief slaying the karaoke machine? Swimming the Bristol Channel for charity and want the industry to rally round? Tell us all about it. KEY SONGS And we’ll tell everyone else. Send your out-of-hours snaps and stories to [email protected] " SOUND GEEZERS IN THE LIFE OF QPR’s Loftus Road has hardly been flush with good news this season – the Hoops are bottom OLEG FOMENKO of the Premier League. But that didn’t stop fan CEO, Mark Jones inviting the Essential crew down to Bloom.fm the ground to sign their new global agreement. Pink and passion: Mr. Jones’s two defining attributes. [Left to right] Genia Davy (biz affairs manager, Cooking Vinyl); Ray Bush (management accountant, Essential); Carly Williams (sales administrator, Essential); Shamus Damani (head First record you of biz affairs, Cooking Vinyl); Mike Chadwick (MD, remember Essential); Mark Jones (MD, Wall of Sound); buying? Nathan Liddle-Hulme (label manager, Essential); Gavin Fraser (product manager, Wall of Sound); Nirvana – Tom Allen (digital manager, Essential); Richard Nevermind. (Many Leach (digital distribution manager, Essential) a record was purchased before but they were of Russian bands that Music Week readers might have never heard of).

Which song was the first dance at your wedding? Pokito A Poko by Chambao. It was not a dance tune, but we both really wanted to hear it and asked for it to be played a number of #BRISTLE WHILE YOU WORK times during the evening. Fiction boss Jim Chancellor’s hirsute upper lip is one of the most #YOU’VE GOT SPA QUALITY impressive moustaches in all of showbusiness. Now Jim is raising Favourite artist meeting of your ACM played host to The Notting Hill Music/Waterfall/Sony ATV/BMI Songwriting Camp 2012 the other money for good causes with an almighty Movember effort. As he puts life so far? weekend, with three days of intense writing and producing crammed in. To get in the mood for making it: “If you can spare a pound/That would be sound/And make me Waldeck in Vienna – it made me sweet music, Notting Hill Music’s John Saunderson and Joe Killington - with Danielle Senior, Claire Rodrigues proud/To look like a fool/For most of this year’s yule!” To splash the want to start a digital music and Katerina Bramley - beavered away at an afternoon spa before the camp started. It’s a hard life. cash, visit: http://uk.movember.com/mospace/873728 business.

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9776669776136 played at your funeral? THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC www.musicweek.com 18.11.11 £5.15 POS ARTIST SINGLE PUBLISHING BIG INTERVIEW PROFILE 03 12 16 ARCHIVE Reaction and analysis Darcus Beese and Ted Cockle The ad-funded video around Sony ATV’s purchase on Amy Winehouse’s platform’s UK office RIHANNA FEAT. of EMI Publishing posthumous release gets ambitious 1 We Found Love EMI DEAL SEES UNIVERSAL ASSIMILATE ALMOST HALF OF THE UK ARTIST MARKET ABBEY ROAD CALVIN HARRIS GOING NOWHERE Universal has no inclination The indies, the majors and to shutter EMI’s iconic London studio, which recently MUSIC WEEK November 18, 2011 celebrated its 80th birthday. Said Lucian Grainge: “It’s very much our intention to keep THE SUPER MAJOR the Abbey Road studio. It is a 2 JLS Take A Chanc e On Me symbol of EMI, it is a symbol of LABELS and EMI have owned an Nomura analyst Matthew British culture and I think it’s a symbol for the creative I BY TIM INGHAM average 46.13% of the Walker told Music Week that he UK singles market, expected the deal to be community... It’s very important we are also part of it.” he intention was always and – wait for it – successfully pushed there, in the name. a whopping 50.5% through the regulatory Universal is set to own around half of the UK’s T Universal is set to own of the artist process in “somewhere HOW TO LOSE around half of the UK’s artist albums sector. between six and 12 World of its own: HALF A BILLION albums and singles market This how this week’s UK artist months”, albeit “with thanks to the £1.2bn acquisition dominance is album market shares some disposals”. UMG owner Vivendi has would look LABRINTH FEAT. of the UK’s biggest recorded also reflected “The other labels pledged to purge “non-core” music label, EMI. abroad, with an will still be able to existing assets from within the And analysts predict that approximate 40% of compete if they can find business worth €500 million to Earthquake artist albums and singles market thanks to its despite such clear dominance, the total US market the right breakthrough part fund its acquisition of EMI. 3 the EMI deal WILL get eaten up by the artists,” he added. Nomura’s Matthew Walker predicted that the assets would through global regulatory combined labels. Mike McGuire, research VP “probably come from smaller TINIE TEMPAH approval by this time next year. And although UMG at Gartner, added: “Aggregating labels and joint ventures”, Music Week analysis shows currently owns a comparatively leaders throughout the world in a larger catalogue to license – adding that “the locked box that the combined UK artist weeny 14% of the recorded the recorded music industry,” and certainly EMI has a fair transaction mechanism will album share of UMG and EMI music market in Japan – the said Universal Music global share of iconic artists – gives likely mean that all of the cost £1.2bn acquisition of EMI. Martin Mills of for last week stands at 47.3% - world’s second largest territory – chairman Lucian Grainge. UMG economies of scale that of the restructuring charges will whilst the duo take a full 50% that’s all set to change, with “It has significant volume should give them the room to be offset by cash generated share of singles. EMI’s share bringing its holding and size in Japan – one of the experiment and innovate, two from June 30, 2011 to the time A one-off? Don’t count on it: up to a fifth. most profitable, if not the most things any label needs to be of regulatory approval”. PRO GREEN / over the last four weeks, UMG “EMI is obviously one of the profitable market in the world.” doing right now.” Read All About It and excited about enabling “We will replenish and rebuild the replenish and rebuild the rosters 4 Beggars Group says the proposal looks like Why I bought EMI Music EMI’s famous labels and brands that have lacked the level of EMI rosters that have lacked the to flourish and once again be investment that frankly a EMELI SANDE Universal Music Group inspired by an injection of level of investment they deserve. business like this should have I Put A Spell On You by Screaming worldwide chairman confidence, cash for investment EMI is not a utilities company” had. You know, EMI is not a Lucian Grainge addressed and the stability we believe we utilities company. investors after his company’s can offer. repertoire and its catalogue vs “If you look at our track £1.2bn buyout of EMI’s “Vivendi has shown itself to new release. record of maintaining talent, “breath-taking corporate arrogance. Even recorded music division. be an incredibly stable “We want to do everything executive talent artists etc. and Here’s what he had to say: shareholder of creative business that we can with both the [EMI] also how we continue to keep and music assets - and we think executives and the A&R people those artists innovative or Jay Hawkins (pictured). “We are extremely excited and that stability is exactly what to actually support them and current in the marketplace - confident that the consolidation EMI needs moving forward. help them retain artists. That’s whatever the marketplace throws of EMI will benefit us and all The labels within EMI are not only to retain the artists that at us - we’re confident that we 5 ED SHEERAN Lego House the synergies within UMG that culturally and creatively an have left, but to make sure that can actually help rebuff EMI greater dominance would be bad news for we and EMI can pull together. excellent fit for the rest of [EMI is] absolutely at the and bring it back to where we all We are extremely committed to UMG, as is the blend of its cutting edge in all genres; to want it to be.” almost everyone involved in the art and What’s your karaoke speciality? business of music”... In response to the idea that the release of Amy Winehouse’s (pictured) Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm posthumous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures might be against her wishes, the late singer’s label by Crash Test Dummies. It’s the boss Darcus Beese sets the record straight: “‘I fucking wrote the songs. People should fucking hear ‘mmmm mmmm’ bit that I do the © Official Charts Company them.’ That’s what she’d tell you if she was sat here now”… By this time next year, VEVO hopes to best! have placed itself on as many television sets in as many UK living rooms as possible after landing ALBUMS TOP 5 18.11.01 on Microsoft’s Xbox Live this month. The streaming music video company has plans to spread its POS ARTIST ALBUM Recommend a track Music Week bets in to the internet-ready TV world amongst flagship manufacturers including Samsung and Sony. Someone To Watch SUSAN BOYLE readers may not have heard... 1 Over Me NEW RELEASES RECOMMENDED 18.11.11 A Perfect Day To Chase Tornadoes 2 MICHAEL BUBLE Christmas by Jim White.

ONE DIRECTION Up All Night FLORENCE + THE Ceremonials What’s your favourite 3 MACHINE FLO RIDA Good Feeling single/track of all time? Up All Night by One Direction is Album of the 4 CHER LLOYD Sticks and Stones This one is hard… here are just a Week. An “eclectic mix of producers and writers few that I would not want to be results in a heavy-hitting, commercially driven pop 5 THE WANTED Battleground stranded on an uninhabited release”, a record which is “bound to be lapped island without: Mercedes Benz by up by their young and eager fanbase” says Music Week. Janis Joplin, White Rabbit by Single of the Week is Good Feeling - the lead track to be taken from Jefferson Airplane, Karmacoma by Flo-Rida’s forthcoming album. Co-produced by Dr Luke and Avicii, it’s Massive Attack, For Real by Tricky destined to be a “dance-floor fist pumper”. © Official Charts Company and Bolero by Ravel. 47-48 RUNOFF_v4_News and Playlists 13/11/2012 10:18 Page 48

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