World Top50 Albums Chart (April 17-April 23)

I will update World Top50 Albums Chart every week.

The chart is based on albums sales of 38 countries, but it's not official.

World Top50 Albums Chart (April 17-April 23):

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World Top50 Albums Chart (April 10-April 16)

I will update World Top50 Albums Chart every week.

The chart is based on albums sales of 38 countries, but it's not official.

World Top50 Albums Chart (April 10-April 16):

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Digital sales nearly triple in 2005 to $US 1.1 billion

Global digital music sales figures are being officially reported for the first time today as part of IFPI's total world music sales statistics showing continuing growth in online and mobile music worldwide.

Record company trade revenues from digital sales globally nearly tripled in value, from $400 million to $US 1.1 billion in 2005. The total number of digital single tracks downloaded online or to mobile phones rose to 470 million units, up from 160 million in 2004. The US, Japan, UK, Germany and France are the top five digital markets. In general, countries with a greater percentage of digital sales are the strongest markets for music sales overall.

Digital sales are split roughly 50:50 between online and mobile at the global level, but there are big regional differences. In Japan and parts of continental Europe, mobile dominates the digital music market, while online sales are relatively stronger in markets such as the US, UK and Germany.

Master ringtones are currently the largest segment of the mobile market accounting for 87 per cent of mobile sales. However, new mobile formats such as full track downloads to mobile and music videos grew faster (180% increase in trade revenues) than master ringtones (120%).Most of the global online market comprises a-la-carte sales and is led by Apple's iTunes. Online a-la-carte downloads account for 86 per cent of online sales globally.

Overall recorded music sales (physical and digital) fell by three per cent in 2005. Global digital and physical sales totalled $US 21 billion in record companies' trade revenues. On a retail price basis, the global recorded music market is estimated to be worth $US 33 billion.

Singles sales (digital and physical) increased by more than 75 per cent globally in units in 2005. Singles are now largely a digital format, with digital singles (online downloads and full track downloads to mobile) accounting for three quarters of total singles sales, compared to 45 per cent in 2004.

Sales of physical formats fell by 6.7 per cent in value (record company trade revenues) and eight per cent in units. CD album sales were down six per cent in value and 3.4 per cent in units. DVD music video dropped by 4.3 per cent in value but remained flat in unit terms.

IFPI Chairman and CEO John Kennedy said: "The global music market is fast becoming a mixed economy in the way fans and consumers are buying their music. It is encouraging that the markets with the strongest digital sales are also generally the best performing markets overall. In Japan digital has already made up for the decline in physical sales, and other markets should go this way. Physical music sales declined again for a combination of reasons, including digital and physical piracy, competition from other entertainment products and the shift in consumer spending to online and mobile.

"In 2006 we expect to see continued growth online and more innovative mobile services attracting music fans into the legal digital market. All our member record companies are now aggressively licensing and marketing music in digital formats. IFPI will continue to promote this exciting new market, helping shape good copyright laws to support the market's growth and sustaining actions against music piracy."

source:IFPI

Hottest mp3s! (Issue 1)

Hottest mp3s! (Issue 1)

Every month, i will select some newest and hottest singles on Billboard Hot100 and UK single chart, pack and upload it. These newest mp3s of good quality come from different singer and diverse music genres. These home-made collection series will exhibit some new trends on music chart. I hope you like it.

Tracks:

1 Jesse mccartney-beautifulsoul
2 Yello - Oh yeah
3 Panic! at the Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage
4 Nine Inch Nails - Every Day is Exactly the Same
5 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion (Diplo Remix)
6 Avant - 4 Minutes
7 Anthony hamilton - can't let go
8 T.I. - What You Know About That
9 The White Stripes - The Denial Twist
10 Mattafix - Big City Life
11 Flipsyde - Happy Birthday
12 P.o.d. - Goodbye For Now
13 Crazy Frog - The Pink Panther
14 Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round
15 Robbie Williams - Advertising Space
16 Korn - Twisted Transistor
17 Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
18 Toby Keith- Get Drunk And Be Somebody
19 Rascal Flatts - Skin
20 Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone - Ridin' (Radio Edit)
21 Bon Jovi - Who says you can't go home
22 Keyshia Cole - Love
23 Daddy Yankee - Rompe
24 Rihanna - SOS (Rescue Me)
25 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
26 Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie
27 E-40 feat. Keak Da Sneak - Tell Me When To Go
28 Staind - Right Here
29 Saving Jane - Girl Next Door
30 Juelz Santana - There it go (The Whistle) (Dirty Version)
31 Rob Thomas - Ever The Same
32 Blake Shelton - Nobody But Me
33 Matisyahu - King Without a Crown
34 Kirk Franklin - Looking For You
35 Yello--Oh Yeah Oh six
36 Pearl Jam - World Wide Suicide
37 She Wants Revenge - Tear You Apart
38 Foo Fighters - No Way Back
39 Fall Out Boy - Dance, dance
40 Hawthorne Heights - Saying Sorry

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Thomas, Jewel Plan Tandem Tour

Thomas, Jewel Plan Tandem Tour

Barry A. Jeckell, N.Y.

Atlantic labelmates Rob Thomas and Jewel will combine forces for a seven-week tour that will open May 23 in Clearwater, Fla. Making it an Atlantic roster hat trick, Toby Lightman will support the most dates on the tour, which is slated to close July 7 in Kelseyville, Calif.

The tour will play two nights at early stops in Anderson, S.C. (May 27-28), and Atlanta (May 28-29), with Jewel appearing only the first night and Thomas only the second. Also, Thomas will miss a May 30 show in Myrtle Beach, S.C., a June 8 show in Vienna, Va., and a June 16 Niagara Falls show, while Jewel will skip a May 27 date in Jacksonville, Fla., and the tour's final two shows in Murphy's, Calif. (July 7) and Kelseyville.

For matchbox twenty frontman Thomas, he'll be out again behind last year's Melisma/Atlantic solo debut, "...Something To Be." The set bowed at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 1.3 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

For Jewel, the tour will start just a few weeks after the release of her first album in three years, "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland." As previously reported, the Rob Cavallo-produced disc is due May 2. Lead single "Again and Again" is No. 17 in its seventh week on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart.

Lightman also has a new album on the horizon. Her sophomore Lava/Atlantic release, "Bird on a Wire," will emerge July 25 as the follow up to 2004's "Little Things." That set bowed at No. 14 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart and has sold 66,000.

Here are are the Thomas/Jewel tour dates:

May 23: Clearwater, Fla. (Ruth Eckerd Hall)
May 24: Boca Raton, Fla. (Mizner Park Amphitheatre)
May 25: Orlando, Fla. (TD Waterhouse Centre at Orlando Centroplex)
May 27: Jacksonville, Fla. (Metropolitan Park; Thomas only)
May 27: Anderson, S.C. Freedom Weekend; Jewel only)
May 28: Anderson, S.C. (Anderson Sports & Entertainment Complex; Thomas only)
May 28: Atlanta (Chastain Park; Jewel only)
May 29: Atlanta (Chastain Park; Thomas only)
May 30: Myrtle Beach, S.C. (House of Blues; Jewel only)
May 31: Portsmouth, Va. (Harbor Center)
June 2-3: Atlantic City, N.J. (Borgata Hotel Casino)
June 4: Uncasville, Conn. (Mohegan Sun)
June 6: Washington, D.C. (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
June 7: Scranton, Pa. (Toyota Pavilion)
June 8: Vienna, Va. (Wolf Trap; Jewel only)
June 9: Boston (Bank of America Pavilion)
June 10: Wantagh, N.Y. (Jones Beach Amphitheatre)
June 11: Holmdel, N.J. (PNC Bank Arts Center)
June 12: Cleveland (Plain Dealer Pavilion)
June 13: Columbus, Ohio (Promowest Pavilion)
June 14: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Blossom Music Center)
June 15: Detroit, Mich. (DTE Energy Music Theatre)
June 16: Niagara Falls, Ontario (Niagara Fallsview Casino Theatre; Jewel only)
June 17: Chicago (Charter One Pavilion)
June 18: Minneapolis (Northrop Auditorium)
June 20: Nashville (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
June 21: Birmingham, Ala. (Verizon Wireless Music Center)
June 23: Austin, Texas (The Backyard)
June 24: Spring, Texas (Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion)
June 25: Hidalgo, Texas (Dodge Arena)
June 28: Morrison, Col. (Red Rocks Amphitheatre)
July 1: Anaheim, Calif. (Theatre at Arrowhead Pond)
July 2: Santa Barbara, Calif. (Santa Barbara Bowl)
July 5: San Diego (Bayside Concerts)
July 7: Murphys, Calif. (Ironstone Amphitheatre; Thomas only)
July 8: Kelseyville, Calif. (Konocti Field Amphitheatre (Thomas only)

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002344641

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Jewel has released another video for her new single "again and again" from her much anticipated new album, "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland." Click here to watch it:
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World Top50 Albums Chart(March27-April2)

I will update World Top50 Albums Chart every week. The chart is based on albums sales of 38 countries, but it's not official.

World Top50 Albums Chart (March27-April2):

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China is a huge potential music market, but……

IFPI sees China's actions against pirate disc plants as "a promising step"

London, 29th March 2006

The international recording industry today welcomed reports of stepped up action against pirate CD and DVD plants by the Chinese government and called for a sustained campaign of anti-piracy enforcement to control unacceptably high levels of piracy in China.

Reports from Beijing indicate that six CD and DVD plants have been shut down and production halted at eight other facilities. This follows stepped up requests from the US Government for the Chinese authorities to take meaningful steps to address the country's severe shortcomings in intellectual property enforcement.

China is a huge potential music market but has among the highest piracy levels in the world which are stunting the development of the indigenous Chinese industry and investment by the international community.

IFPI Chairman and CEO John Kennedy said: "I hope that the recent activity represents a promising signal that China is finally taking seriously the need to take meaningful enforcement action against piracy. These reports of concrete actions against disc plants represent a step in the right direction. To make a real difference, this must be the start of a sustained campaign rather than a sporadic offensive. There needs to be a continuous, consistent programme of enforcement, including inspections and closure of plants and criminal prosecution and deterrent penalties for pirates".

Notes to Editors

1. China has grown to become the second biggest legal market in Asia, but its piracy level is still among the highest in the world: over 85% of the units sold in the market are pirate. Legitimate sales of sound recordings stood at US$212 million in 2004), while pirate sales of sound recordings are estimated to be worth over US$400 million. Pressing capacity in China doubled from 2.4 billion units to 4.9 billion units in one year from 2003 to 2004.

2. These problems remain despite the fact that China joined the WTO in December 2001, and in so doing agreed to effectively enforce intellectual property rights. China is failing to live up to its international commitments

3. IFPI is the organisation that promotes the interests of the international recording industry worldwide. Its membership comprises over 1400 major and independent companies in more than 70 countries. It also has affiliated industry national groups in 48 countries. IFPI's mission is to fight music piracy; promote fair market access and good copyright laws; help develop the legal conditions and the technologies for the recording industry to prosper in the digital era; and to promote the value of music.

(IFPI)

IFPI Platinum Europe Awards--March

James Blunt & Robbie Williams pass 5 million sales mark in Europe - March 2006

April 7, 2006

Six international artists picked up Platinum Europe Awards in March, with two albums scoring five million European sales.

The Rolling Stones album A Bigger Bang achieves its first Platinum Award for over one million sales in Europe. The September 2005 release accompanied the world tour of the same name, and is the long awaited follow-up to 1997's studio album Bridges to Babylon. The legendary British group - formed in the '60s - also played one of the biggest free concerts of all time on Copacabana Beach in Brazil this February, performing to a crowd of 1.2 million.

Zucchero achieves the first PEA for 2004's Zu & Co, which has gone four times platinum in his native Italy. The album features duets with Miles Davis, Sheryl Crow, Paul Young, Brian May, Sting and The Cranberries' Delores O'Riordan. Zucchero has been releasing albums since 1983, largely inspired by gospel, blues and rock, and including songs in Italian, Spanish and English.
Katie Melua's second album Piece By Piece has equalled the European success of her debut Call Off The Search by achieving double platinum status. The 21-year-old singer-songwriter, who is signed to Mike Batt's Dramatico label, has enjoyed widespread success since being spotted as a student in a Brits School showcase. Melua is currently on a European tour, and has announced she will be supporting Il Divo at their US concerts this summer.

Radiohead's critically acclaimed album OK Computer has now sold over three million copies in Europe. The album won a Grammy for Best Alternative Album after its 1997 release, and often tops 'Best Ever Album' opinion polls. It is the third album from the progressive rock band who met at school in Oxford in the late 1980s. A new album is forthcoming from the group, who are embarking on a European tour next month.

James Blunt's debut offering Back To Bedlam is still selling at an impressive rate across the continent, and has now crossed the five million mark. The album propelled Blunt to two Brit awards this year - Best Pop Act and Best Male Solo Artist. The former soldier released the title in October 2004 and it has gone nine times platinum in the UK alone, where it was the best selling album of 2005.

Robbie Williams also gains a fifth platinum level for his latest album Intensive Care. This is the eighth studio album from the British artist, and was the biggest selling title in Europe last year, despite only being released in October. It has sold across 19 countries, and mirrors the success of his 2004 Greatest Hits album which also achieved a fifth PEA last month.

Mariah Carey--weakness of the body(Hidden track)

Artist:Mariah Carey
Track:Weakness of the body
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Introduction

Hello,

Call me Lee. I live in Netherlands right now.

I create this blog to share music and informations about music charts & indusry news.

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I will update Top50 World Albums Chart and some interesting news about my favourite singer every week.

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