 LONDON, UK (BPI) - Download sales top ten million
British indie rock fans spark seven inch vinyl revival
UK music enjoys US renaissance
Second quarter round up; artist albums buck high street downturn
Download sales top ten million
UK record industry trade association the BPI today announced that download sales in 2005 have passed the ten-million mark – almost twice the level for the whole of 2004. With the growth in legal downloads already outstripping the growth in illegal filesharing, this is more good news for an industry beginning to make headway against the unauthorised use of music on the internet. By comparison legal download sales for the whole of calendar 2004 were 5.7 million BPI Chairman Peter Jamieson said: 'The record industry has enthusiastically embraced the new legal download services since their emergence in the mainstream little more than a year ago and now we're beginning to reap the rewards. 'The battle against illegal filesharing will continue, but we are delighted to have hit this milestone so soon.' Vinyl gains add gloss to the single's 2005 revival Meanwhile 2005 looks set to be a bumper year for the seven inch vinyl, with quarterly sales up by 87.3% on last year. Vinyl is not the only format to have improved in 2005. Impressive gains in DVD single sales have, alongside downloads, more than compensated for the decline in the CD single. Overall there has been a 52.4% improvement in single sales (including downloads). April-June 2005 – Single Track Sales Digital Singles / Single Track Downloads 2004 | 659,377 2005 | 5,562,638 % Change | 743.6% CD Singles 2004 | 5,721,873 2005 | 4,408,453 % Change | -23.0% Seven Inch Vinyl 2004 | 154,216 2005 | 288,780 % Change | 87.3% Others 2004 | 710,745 2005 | 780,204 % Change | 9.8% Total Single Track Sales 2004 | 7,246,211 2005 | 11,040,075 % Change | 52.4% Source: The Official UK Chart Company British indie rock fans spark seven inch vinyl revival Annual sales of seven-inch vinyl singles now approach 1.4 million units, representing a massive 64% improvement year-on-year and the best 12 months for the format since 1998, according to data compiled by BPI With vinyl firmly back in fashion, the seven inch's improving fortunes have been attributed to fans of British indie and rock acts. Best-selling seven inch single in the year to March 2005 was a limited edition reissue of Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast. Elsewhere the format is dominated by a new generation of UK rock acts including the Libertines, Babyshambles, Kaiser Chiefs and Franz Ferdinand. BPI Chairman Peter Jamieson said: 'Despite the incredible growth in download sales, there is still a huge demand for the collectible physical formats. It would be wrong to write-off physical formats just yet. Record companies are committed to meeting consumer demand in whatever format people want their music ' The Vinyl Top 20; 12 months ending March 31 2005 1 The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden (EMI Records) 2 Killamangiro - Babyshambles (Rough Trade) 3 Can't Stand Me Now - The Libertines (Rough Trade) 4 Oh My God - Kaiser Chiefs (B Unique) 5 Matinee - Franz Ferdinand (Domino Recordings) 6 Wonderful - Brian Wilson (Atlantic Records) 7 An Honest Mistake - The Bravery (Polydor) 8 What Became Of The Likely Lads - The Libertines (Rough Trade) 9 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day (Warner Bros) 10 American Idiot - Green Day (Warner Bros) 11 For Lovers - Wolfman ft Pete Doherty (Rough Trade) 12 The Bottle - Paul Weller (V2 Music) 13 Jolene: Live Under Blackpool Lights - White Stripes (XL Recordings) 14 5 Colours In Her Hair - McFly (Universal Island) 15 You'll Come Round - Status Quo (UMTV) 16 Hounds Of Love - Futureheads (Warner Bros) 17 So Here We Are/Positive Tension - Bloc Party (Wichita Recordings) 18 Black and White Town - Doves (EMI Records) 19 Michael - Franz Ferdinand (Domino Recordings) 20 Irish Blood, English Heart - Morrissey (Sanctuary) 7 inch single sales, 12 months ending: March 31 1998 | 1,637,000 March 31 1999 | 910,000 March 31 2000 | 601,000 March 31 2001 | 504,000 March 31 2002 | 455,000 March 31 2003 | 530,000 March 31 2005 | 1,380,000 UK music enjoys US renaissance New figures released today show that British music is enjoying increasing success in the US, with 75 UK albums topping the 100,000 sales mark in the US in 2004, compared with just 66 in 2003. The news comes just weeks after Coldplay's third album X&Y entered at number 1 with first-week sales of 739,000, which in turn follows hot on the heels of big-selling albums from Oasis and Gorillaz. Coldplay's third studio album was also the first British album to simultaneously top both the US and UK charts since the Beatles 1 collection in 2000. 'We have not seen anything like it for a decade,' said BPI chairman Peter Jamieson. 'From Coldplay to Oasis, Dido to Gorillaz, Lostprophets to Franz Ferdinand, British music is on the march.' And Jamieson announced that the BPI is to prioritise the US in its international strategy in order to make the most of the opportunity. 'We need to capitalise on the growing openness to UK music,' said Jamieson. Earlier this year, US music trade magazine Billboard led with the cover story ‘The British are Coming'. Now new BPI research – based on an analysis of the Top 5,000 best-selling albums and Top 5,000 most played tracks on US radio - confirms improving prospects for British music in the US: 75 UK albums topped the 100,000 sales mark in the US in 2004, compared with just 66 in 2003 Rod Stewart had the best-selling UK album in the US in 2004, but he was followed in the rankings by new talents like Franz Ferdinand, Lostprophets, Keane and Snow Patrol. Dido's White Flag was the most played UK track on US radio last year, played over 201,000 times The cumulative audience for British music on US radio last year was over 446bn (total plays x the audience for those plays). 'Music is still one of the UK's great exports,' said Jamieson. 'We are by far the biggest exporter of music outside the US. We export many times more music to the US than the rest of Europe put together.' US market placed at the core of the BPI's international agenda Reflecting the new opportunities in the US, the BPI has announced that the US is to be one of its two priority territories – alongside Japan – and will be the focus of a concerted campaign. 'We have to make the most of this new opportunity,' said International Manager Matt Glover. Following the successful BPI-led and UKTI-assisted mission to this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) convention in Austin, Texas, and its mission last month to the E3 games summit in Los Angeles the BPI is making its third trip to the US this year with a mission to coincide with the College Music Journal (CMJ) convention in October. 'Our missions to the US have been very successful,' said Glover. 'Bands have been signed, labels have scored distribution and, just as importantly, the UK business is beginning to build an ever-increasing network of contacts.' Top 40 UK Artist Albums in USA 2004, Sales 1, Stardust - Great American Songbook Vol. 3, Rod Stewart, (J), 1,207,703 2, Great American Songbook Vol. 2, Rod Stewart, (J), 814,173 3, Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand, (Epic), 778,229 4, 1, The Beatles, (Capitol), 708,982 5, Life For Rent, Dido, (Arista), 696,293 6, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, Coldplay, (Capitol), 669,730 7, Start Something, Lostprophets, (Columbia), 629,180 8, Me & Mr Johnson, Eric Clapton, (Warner Bros), 593,024 9, Great American Songbook Vol. 1, Rod Stewart, (J), 575,436 10, Permission To Land, The Darkness, (Atlantic), 559,958 11, Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd, (Capitol), 551.362 12, The Soul Sessions, Joss Stone, (S Curve), 545,222 13, *Back In Black, AC-DC, (Epic), 455,085 14, Early Days & Latter Days, Led Zeppelin, (Atlantic), 432,951 15, Greatest Hits, Queen, (Hollywood), 399,572 16, Greatest Hits, Elton John 1970-2002, (Island), 388,474 17, Hopes & Fears, Keane, (Interscope), 387,014 18, Mind, Body & Soul, Joss Stone, (S Curve), 373,065 19, The Voice, The Very Best Of, Rod Stewart, (Warner Bros), 369,498 20, Patience, George Michael, (Epic), 356,484 21, Seal IV, Seal, (Warner Bros), 344,085 22, Jump Back, The Best Of The, Rolling Stones, (Virgin), 304,411 23, The Cure, The Cure, (Geffen), 298,442 24, Sacred Love, Sting, (A&M), 297,082 25, Number Ones, The Bee Gees, (Polydor), 288,202 26, Final Straw, Snow Patrol, (A&M), 277,784 27, Absolution, Muse, (Warner Bros), 269,918 28, Best Of, David Bowie, (Virgin), 267,262 29, Forty Licks, The Rolling Stones, (Virgin), 259,938 30, Parachutes, Coldplay, (Capitol), 257,495 31, * Live, AC-DC, (Epic), 253,357 32, Vault - Greatest Hits, Def Leppard, (Island), 248,371 33, Peachtree Road, Elton John, (Universal), 241,049 34, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club..., The Beatles, (Capitol), 227,104 35, Lennon Legend, John Lennon, (Capitol), 219,462 36, Hits, Phil Collins, (Atlantic), 217,911 37, Best Of, Sade, (Epic), 216,147 38, Mamma Mia, Original London Cast, (Decca), 210,808 39, Best Of, Van Morrison, (Universal), 209,308 40, Greatest, Duran Duran, (Capitol), 205,397 Top 40 UK Airplay Tracks in USA 2004, Number of Plays 1, White Flag, Dido, (Arista/RMG), 201,140 2, Last Train Home, Lostprophets, (Columbia), 86,623 3, Clocks, Coldplay, (Capitol), 83,110 4, Take Me Out, Franz Ferdinand, (Domino/Epic), 77,900 5, Love's Divine, Seal, (Warner Bros), 72,235 6, Scandalous, Mis-Teeq, (Reprise), 71,562 7, Thank You, Dido, (Arista), 58,807 8, Wake Up (Make A Move), Lostprophets, (Columbia), 47,885 9, Every Breath You Take, The Police, (A&M), 47,854 10, I Believe In A Thing Called Love, The Darkness, (Atlantic), 46,090 11, Come Down, Bush, (Trauma), 39,290 12, In The Air Tonight, Phil Collins, (Atlantic), 35,185 13, *You Shook Me All Night Long, AC-DC, (Atlantic), 34,597 14, Can't Stop Loving You, Phil Collins, (Atlantic), 33,728 15, Time Is Running Out, Muse, (Warner Bros), 30,722 16, If You're Not The One, Daniel Bedingfield, (Island), 29,903 17, Machinehead, Bush, (Trauma), 29,864 18, Creep, Radiohead, (Capitol), 28,989 19, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), Eurythmics, (RCA), 28,929 20, Somewhere Only We Know, Keane, (Interscope), 28,605 21, Sunrise Duran, Duran, (Epic), 27,941 22, Run, Snow Patrol, (A&M), 27,902 23, Kiss From A Rose, Seal, (Sire), 27,758 24, Red Red Wine, UB40, (A&M), 27,388 25, Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton, (Polydor), 27,386 26, Nobody, Skindred, (Bieler), 27,380 27, *Sober, Tool, (Volcano), 27,023 28, In Your Eyes, Peter Gabriel, (Wtg), 26,932 29, Glycerine, Bush, (Trauma), 26,866 30, *Back In Black, AC-DC, (Atco), 26,804 31, Crazy Train, Ozzy Osbourne, (Epic), 26,705 32, Don't You (Forget About Me), Simple Minds, (A&M), 26,342 33, Have I Told You Lately, Rod Stewart, (Warner Bros), 25,941 34, Forever Young, Rod Stewart, (Warner Bros), 25,884 35, Tears In Heaven, Eric Clapton, (Reprise), 25,808 36, *Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, The Police, (A&M), 25,785 37, Song 2, Blur, (Virgin), 25,770 38, Another Brick In The Wall, Pink Floyd, (Columbia), 25,178 39, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Def Leppard, (Mercury), 24,575 40, Paranoid, Black Sabbath, (Warner Bros), 24,544 Artist albums buck high street downturn Although media reports have suggested a dramatic slow-down in the high street retail sector, the UK albums market only saw a modest decline of 1.7% in the second quarter of 2005. While compilations suffered a 14.2% downturn, the strong release schedule towards the end of the second quarter lifted artist albums by 2.2% on 2004. Strong new releases from Coldplay, Oasis and Gorillaz, which arrived later in the quarter, have all have sold well, with British singer-songwriter James Blunt's debut Back to Bedlam and a greatest hits package from top selling dance acts Basement Jaxx and Faithless also in the top ten. April-June 2005 – Album Sales Artist Albums 2004 | 24,593,846 2005 | 25,137,810 % Change | 2.2% Compilations 2004 | 7,688,321 2005 | 6,599,399 % Change | -14.2% Total Albums 2004 | 32,282,168 2005 | 31,737,210 % Change | -1.7% Source: The Official UK Chart Company The Crazy Frog single sold in excess of 450,000 copies across all formats in the second quarter, with the top three all selling in excess of a quarter of a million copies. As reported earlier in this report, the ongoing revival for the seven inch single plus the emergence of legal downloads and gains in DVD singles have all contributed to a 52.4% rise in single-track sales. Music DVD also saw a modest rise 3.9% in sales during the second quarter, with classic artists dominating the top ten. BMG-issued Elvis by the Presleys topped the list. BPI Chairman Peter Jamieson said: 'It's been a good quarter for the recorded music business, even though the major releases occurred towards its end. This is testament to the fact that despite difficult market conditions, British music is as popular as ever.' Top Ten Albums, Quarter 2 (April-June) 2005 1, X & Y, Coldplay, (Parlophone) 2, Don't Believe The Truth, Oasis, (Big Brother) 3, Back To Bedlam, James Blunt, (Atlantic) 4, Forever Faithless - The Greatest Hits, Faithless, (BMG) 5, The Singles, Basement Jaxx, (XL Recordings) 6, Trouble, Akon, (Universal Island) 7, Demon Days, Gorillaz, (Parlophone) 8, Now That's What I Call Music 60, Various Artists, (EMI Virgin/UMTV) 9, In Your Honour, Foo Fighters, (BMG) 10, Employment, Kaiser Chiefs, (B Unique/Polydor) Top Ten Singles, Quarter 2 (April-June) 2005
1, Axel F, Crazy Frog, (Gut)
2, (Is This The Way To) Amarillo, Tony Christie ft Peter Kay, (UMTV)
3, Lonely, Akon, (Universal Island)
4, Feel Good Inc, Gorillaz, (Parlophone)
5, Signs, Snoop Dogg/Wilson/Timberlake, (Polydor)
6, Switch, Will Smith, (Polydor)
7, Don't Phunk With My Heart, Black Eyed Peas, (Polydor)
8, I Like The Way, Bodyrockers, (Mercury)
9, Ghetto Gospel, 2pac ft Elton John, (Polydor)
10, Lyla, Oasis, (Big Brother) Top Ten DVDs, Quarter 2 (April-June) 2005
1, Elvis By The Presleys, Elvis Presley, (BMG)
2, Family Jewels, AC/DC, (Sony Music Video)
3, Live At Wembley Stadium, Queen, (Parlophone)
4, Born To Boogie, Marc Bolan & T-Rex, (Sanctuary)
5, Live In Concert, Thin Lizzy, (ILC Video)
6, Who Put The M In Manchester, Morrissey, (Sanctuary)
7, Greatest Video Hits - 1, Queen, (Parlophone)
8, Legends In Concert, Dean Martin, (GMVS)
9, On Fire - Live At The Bowl, Queen, (EMI/Parlophone)
10, Love Metal Archives - Vol 1, Him, (BMG)
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