Single sales recover in Q2
BPI figures show UK singles sales rose 6.4% in Q2, the first increase in five years, while album sales grew 3.7% and legal downloads passed two million.…
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Beatles top rich list
The Beatles top Q magazine's poll of Britain's richest rock stars with a combined fortune of £1.5 billion, with Paul McCartney alone assigned £760 million.…
Mortiis is top of the trolls
Norwegian metal artist Mortiis is just outside the UK Top 40 with his single 'The Grudge' and could enter with a few more sales this weekend.…
Number ones that never were
Robbie Williams' 'Angels' has been voted the best number one that never was in a VH1 poll, which drew nearly 30,000 votes.…
Franz Ferdinand go gold in US
Franz Ferdinand's self-titled debut album has been certified Gold in the US after 20 weeks on release, selling more than 500,000 copies.…
New survey reveals young consumers not concerned by piracy
A Business Software Alliance survey finds almost half of young UK adults own pirated goods, with younger consumers less troubled by copyright violation.…
Busted still top
Busted remain at number one on the singles chart with '3AM' and the Thunderbirds theme, while the Red Hot Chili Peppers top the album chart.…
Placebo top the charts
Placebo's album 'Sleeping With Ghosts' has returned to number one in France almost eighteen months after release, boosted by the band's tour there.…
Optimism continues with strong autumn release schedules
Record labels promise one of the strongest pre-Christmas release schedules in years, with new albums from U2, Jennifer Lopez and REM, plus greatest hits from Robbie Williams and others.…
Thin Lizzy top live album poll
Readers of Classic Rock magazine have voted Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous the best live rock album ever, ahead of Deep Purple, AC/DC and Led Zeppelin.…
Busted and Chili Peppers headed for top spot
Busted's double a-side and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' live album are tipped to top the singles and albums charts this Sunday, ending Mike Skinner's reign.…
Digital music player sales to boom
A report by Informa Media predicts 10 million people will buy an MP3 player this year, rising to 21 million by the start of 2005, 5 million of them iPods.…