2005 a good year for UK record industry, no really
BPI figures show UK artist album sales rose 1.4% in 2005 to 126.2 million units, while singles sales rose 48% on the back of a 357% jump in downloads.…
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Elbow top Manchester music poll
Elbow's Forget Myself tops BBC GMR's Top 40 Manchester Tunes Of 2005, ahead of Nine Black Alps and Oasis.…
Radiohead dominate new Q best album ever poll
Radiohead take the top two places in Q's new best album ever poll, with OK Computer first and The Bends second, and three entries in the top ten.…
67 voted greatest year in rock n roll
Radio 2 listeners voted 1967 the greatest year in rock history, with 1999 named the worst, and the average voter age was 51.…
Imagine tops Virgin Radio favourite single poll
John Lennon's Imagine tops a Virgin Radio poll of 7,000 listeners' favourite songs, ahead of two Beatles tracks, with the Beatles the most frequently voted band.…
Christie and Blunt top 2005 charts
Tony Christie's Amarillo was 2005's best-selling single, while James Blunt's Back To Bedlam was the year's biggest-selling album.…
Stones 2005 US tour the biggest ever
Pollstar says the Rolling Stones' 2005 US tour grossed $162 million from 42 shows, the biggest North American tour on record, breaking their own 11-year-old record.…
Downloading has another festive boost
Visits to music download sites rose 50% between 24 and 25 December, according to Hitwise, with festive downloading up 15% on last year.…
AOL reckon P2P usage and confusion remains
An AOL-commissioned MORI survey found half of digital music consumers download illegally, with many confused about legal services, ahead of AOL's Play Legal site launch.…
Ward still festive favourite as download sales boom
Shayne Ward's X-Factor single is the bookies' favourite for Christmas number one as weekly download sales approach a million.…
Fairytale Of New York best Christmas song, no brainer
VH1 viewers have voted 'Fairytale Of New York' their favourite Christmas song for the second year running, with Mariah Carey and Wham! also in the top three.…
Darkness not very popular lately
The Darkness were named worst band and worst album in Kerrang!'s reader poll, and their second album has fallen from number 11 to 34 in the charts.…