Newsworthy

 

Lady Gaga ‘Artpop’ hits #1 spot on US Billboard 200 album chart and UK Official albums chart http://goo.gl/1iGkfP

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian new video spoofed http://goo.gl/6yy0p7

Outkast to reportedly end their hiatus in 2014 at Coachella http://goo.gl/e9sCsW

 

Music Business

Tunecore partners with INDmusic to boost You Tube monetisation http://goo.gl/NeA5WW

Pitchfork to launch quarterly print magazine “The Pitchfork Review” http://goo.gl/w0Xeer

UK based management and booking agency Safehouse – home to Carl Cox and John Digweed – launches new South American office http://goo.gl/LPvUdL

 

 

One to Buy 

Jake Bugg ‘Shangri-La’ – scrappy and audibly northern throwback rock that splits the difference between Arctic Monkeys and Oasis.

 

One to watch

Kanye West ‘Bound 2′ http://goo.gl/akDOFv

 

Comedy Value

Muppets Most Wanted trailer. Nothing to do with music whatsoever but if you don’t laugh at 1:12 you’re in trouble. http://goo.gl/rhU49q

 

Live Action

Sigur Rós – Wembley Arena

Sparks – Union Chapel (Sunday Nov 24th)

The Weeknd – 02 (Tues Nov 26th)

 

Sync Action

Kettle Chips – Craft Party – This ad raids the children’s TV archive for its soundtrack, with a song from Sesame Street called Hands, and is unmistakably sung by vampiric puppet Count von Count (voiced by Jerry Nelson) http://goo.gl/EZmMbM

 

Radio 1 playlist additions

Charlie XCX ‘Superlove’

Lily Allen ‘Hard Out Here’

Lily Allen ‘Somewhere Only We Know’

RY X – ‘Berlin’

Arctic Monkeys ‘One For The Road’

The Pretty Reckless ‘Going To Hell’

Kings Of Leon ‘Beautiful War’

Jessie J ‘Thunder’

HAIM ‘Forever’

Birdy ‘Light Me Up’

AWOLNATION ‘Sail’

 

 

Global Charts

Spotify streaming singles chart #1 (global) – Eminem feat. Rihanna ‘The Monster’

UK singles chart midweek #1 – Bastille ‘Of The Night’

UK albums chart midweek #1 – Lady Gaga ‘Artpop’

US Billboard Chart #1 album – Lady Gaga ‘Artpop’

US Billboard Chart #1 single – Lorde ‘Royals’

Official UK Single Chart #1 – Martin Garrix ‘Animals’

Offical UK Album Chart #1 – Lady Gaga ‘Artpop’

Shazam Tag Chart #1 (global) – Eminem feat. Rihanna ‘The Monster’

 

 

Top Tweet

@MrsSOsbourne “Come on America – vote for Jack and I promise to ‘Twerk’… in a G-String if he wins!”

Sharon Osbourne fights for votes for her son Jack’s Dancing With the Stars stint as the multiple sclerosis sufferer danced on Monday night’s show with an injured arm and sight issues.