The best drug songs ever
MOJO has compiled a list of the greatest drug songs, topped by Jefferson Airplane's 'White Rabbit', with Neil Young's anti-drugs track also making the top 100.…
Data & Reports
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NME's 100 favourites
NME has published its top 100 singles of all time, as voted by its journalists, with Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' at number one.…
Singles sales slump
UK singles sales fell over 14% in the last year to 54 million, their lowest for at least ten years, while album sales rose around 2%.…
100 best number ones
A public-voted list of the top 100 number ones, timed to the chart's fiftieth anniversary, puts Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' at number one.…
Chart report
Westlife top the singles chart for an eleventh time with 'Unbreakable', while Blue take the album chart top spot and U2's Greatest Hits enters at number two.…
Eminem reigns supreme in the US
Eminem's film '8 Mile' tops the US box office, and its soundtrack tops the album chart with 702,000 copies sold, with the movie due in the UK on 13 January.…
Britons biggest music spenders in Europe
Mintel research suggests Britons spend more on books, music, videos and DVDs than any other European nation, with UK music spending rising 5% last year.…
Slim Shady soundtrack tops US charts
The soundtrack to Eminem's debut film debuted at number one in the US with 702,226 sales, ahead of Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' at number two.…
Best and worst Christmas number ones survey
A survey of favourite and least favourite Christmas number ones names Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody as best and Mr Blobby's 1993 hit as most irritating.…
NME readers nominate Oasis and Radiohead for best singles ever
NME readers have nominated tracks including Oasis's Don't Look Back In Anger, John Lennon's Imagine and Radiohead's Paranoid Android as best singles ever missed from its list.…
US online music sales fall 25% in first nine months
ComScore Networks says online sales of physical music in the US fell 25% in the first nine months of the year, which analyst Phil Leigh of Raymond James attributes to CD burning.…
Chart report: DJ Sammy tops singles chart as David Gray takes albums
DJ Sammy's Heaven takes the singles number one ahead of Madonna's Die Another Day, while David Gray's A New Day At Midnight tops the albums chart from Gareth Gates.…