Girls move up in Christmas number one race
Bookmakers have shortened the odds on Girls Aloud for the Christmas number one, now just behind One True Voice after a mixed response to the boy band's single.…
Data & Reports
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Abba top VH1 dance floor fillers poll
Abba's Dancing Queen has been voted the greatest dance floor filler in VH1's Top 100 poll, ahead of Kylie's Can't Get You Out Of My Head.…
Midweek chart update
Early midweek predictions suggest Mariah Carey's album will chart at 50 and Martine McCutcheon's at 60, while Robbie Williams may be overtaken by the Cheeky Girls in the singles chart.…
Death in Vegas second favourite for Christmas number one
Bookmakers William Hill's make One True Voice near-certain Christmas number one, with Death in Vegas' 'Scorpio Rising' second favourite to be the best seller.…
Osbournes series two gets record viewers
The first episode of The Osbournes' second series drew 6.6 million US viewers, double the debut audience of the first series.…
What the cool American kids think
A Sam Goody survey of 600 American teenagers finds garage punk bands the next big trend, with Justin Timberlake unpopular and Eminem seen as a good actor.…
Report says the anti-download war will be lost
New Microsoft research argues record industry attempts to stop online music swapping will fail, as file-sharing networks become harder to shut down and CD burners spread.…
Chart report
Christina Aguilera stays at number one for a second week, with Will Young at number two and Robbie Williams's 'Escapology' topping the album chart.…
Jay-Z knocks Eminem off US album top spot
Jay-Z's 'The Blueprint 2' has sold 545,000 copies in its first week, knocking Eminem's 8 Mile soundtrack off the top of the US album chart.…
Indian song leads world's best tune poll
A Tamil song from the 1991 film 'Thalapathi' leads the BBC World Service's poll for the world's most popular tune, with votes from 112 countries.…
Robbie and The Streets top album poll
An Amazon poll of 2002 albums names The Streets as critics' artist of the year and Robbie Williams as the public's choice.…
Chart report
Christina Aguilera takes the singles number one with 'Dirty', while Westlife's best-of tops the albums chart ahead of Blue and Craig David.…