One in five wish they were musicians
An O2 poll found one in five people wish they could become rock stars, and around 75 percent were not encouraged to pursue music by parents or school.…
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NME.com doubles users
IPC Ignite says NME.com's unique users rose 107% year on year to 3.5 million, according to the latest ABCe figures.…
Free Radiohead album most popular on illegal sites
A study by Big Champagne and MCPS-PRS found more people downloaded Radiohead's In Rainbows via BitTorrent than from the band's free website.…
Burial becomes favourite for Mercury
Burial's album Untrue has become the bookmakers' favourite to win this year's Mercury Music Prize, with William Hill making him 3/1 ahead of Radiohead.…
A Fox is breakfast king of the capital
RAJAR figures show Neil Fox on Magic has the most listened-to London breakfast show, beating Heart's Jamie Theakston and Capital's Johnny Vaughan.…
McFly boost MoS sales by 300,000
Early circulation figures suggest the Mail On Sunday's free McFly album giveaway boosted sales by 300,000, about half the uplift of its earlier Prince promotion.…
Drummers fitter than footballers
An eight-year study of Blondie drummer Clem Burke by Chichester University found drummers need stamina comparable to or greater than professional athletes.…
CDs are cheaper now, BPI statistics show
A TNS survey in the BPI Statistical Handbook shows over 70% of albums bought in the UK last year cost under £10, with the average album price falling to £8.63 from £10.77 in 2000.…
PRS reveals most played songs of the last five years
PRS has published the top ten most played songs in the UK over five years, based on TV, radio, online and venue plays, with Daniel Powter's 'Bad Day' at number one.…
Bohemian Rhapsody voted best pop song in poll; Billie Jean top dance record
A One Poll survey of 10,000 fans names Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' the best pop song, while Radio 2 listeners pick Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' as the greatest dance record.…
McFly set for Number One with 'One For The Radio'
McFly are reportedly set for the UK singles chart number one with 'One For The Radio', the first single from their self-released album, given away with the Mail On Sunday.…
Million 2nd gen iPhones already sold
Over a million second-generation iPhones were sold in three days, though server problems left some UK customers unconnected.…