Tiesto tops DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs poll
Trance DJ Tiesto tops the dotmusic and DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs poll, beating past winners Sasha and John Digweed, with 38,481 votes from 64 countries.…
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Survey finds Britons tired of manufactured pop idols
A survey commissioned by Virgin Radio finds 67% of the public want manufactured music to stop, though the sample of record buyers is questioned given Virgin's playlist bans.…
Madonna tops musicians' rich list
The Sunday Times rich list places Madonna top of the musicians, at £36m, ahead of Paul McCartney, with Simon Fuller reportedly earning £30m from Pop Idol.…
NME publishes first Cool List topped by Jack White
NME has published its first Cool List of fifty figures in rock, with Jack White of The White Stripes at number one.…
Gareth Gates unlikely to top albums chart as David Gray takes number one
Gareth Gates is not expected to reach number one this week, with David Gray's New Day At Midnight tipped to top the albums chart ahead of Gates's debut.…
Pirate-proof CDs risk alienating buyers, research suggests
GartnerG2 research suggests most US music buyers believe they should be able to copy CDs they buy and want copy-protected discs clearly labelled.…
What to make of the RAJARs
Latest RAJAR figures show Virgin Radio's national audience falling while Capital's Chris Tarrant loses listeners and Heart's Jono Coleman gains 26 per cent.…
Madonna movie fails to impress
Madonna's remake of Swept Away has been panned by critics and opened in only 196 US cinemas, taking under $360,000 at the box office.…
Record sales officially down
Global record sales fell 9.2% in the first half of 2002, with UK sales down 6.2%, the IFPI blaming piracy and predicting a stronger release schedule.…
Music downloading on the up
Research from Jupiter Media finds music file-sharing is growing, with 44% of net users saying they will not pay for online music in future.…
Billboard survey reckons ads won’t stop downloads
A Billboard survey finds 61% of people think celebrity pleas in the RIAA's anti-piracy ads will not stop them downloading music.…
Young - best seller but not record breaker
Will Young's new album is expected to sell well at Christmas, but Guinness Book editor David Roberts doubts it will break the debut solo male album record.…