Rock dominated US airways in 2002
Nickelback's How You Remind Me was the most played track on US radio in 2002, with rock dominating the year-end airplay chart.…
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NME's end of year charts
NME publishes its writers' top ten albums and singles of 2002, with Coldplay's A Rush Of Blood To The Head topping the albums and Doves' There Goes The Fear the singles.…
Doom and gloom in US end of year sales figures
US album sales fell 9% in 2002, with Universal Music maintaining its lead and increasing market share to 31%, helped by Eminem's success.…
Ringtones the money pot
Mobile ringtones are the music industry's growth area, with consumers reportedly spending $1 billion on them in Europe and Japan last year.…
CMU albums of 2002
CMU publishes its top twenty albums of 2002, led by The Streets' Original Pirate Material, ahead of Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head.…
CMU singles of 2002
CMU publishes its top twenty singles of 2002, led by Eminem's Lose Yourself and The Streets' Don't Mug Yourself.…
McCartney tops tour income charts
Billboard's year-end figures show McCartney grossed $98.8 million from his US tour, the highest for a live act in America, ahead of Cher and the Rolling Stones.…
Christmas chart midweek update
Girls Aloud are about 8,000 units ahead of One True Voice in the Christmas race, with the Cheeky Girls expected at number three.…
Popstar rivals: race gets closer
Girls Aloud and One True Voice are neck and neck in the Christmas number one race, with bookmakers now favouring Girls Aloud.…
Digital interest low
A survey by the British Market Research Bureau finds seven in ten non-digital households are not interested in buying a £100 Freeview box.…
The science of good music
Dartmouth College research led by Professor Peter Janata suggests whether a tune is catchy may depend on which part of the brain its notes activate.…
Blue top the singles chart with Elton John duet
Blue's duet with Elton John went straight to number one in the singles chart, while Gareth Gates's new single debuted at five amid a Popstars rivalry.…