Artist: DJ Ravin and David Visan
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Buddha-Bar vol 7 (CD2)
Year: 2005
Tracks: 14
Tuesday 24 June 2008
DJ Ravin and David Visan
Artist: DJ Ravin and David Visan
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Buddha-Bar vol 7 (CD2)
Year: 2005
Tracks: 14
Thursday 19 June 2008
Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida' living it up
Sells 302,000 copies from Thursday-Saturday
LONDON -- Coldplay raced to a No. 1 debut on the new U.K. album chart Sunday with "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (Parlophone/EMI), even though the album was only released on Thursday, halfway through the sales week.
"Viva La Vida" sold 302,000 units through Saturday night, according to data from the Official U.K. Chart Co., making it the band's fastest-selling release. The total compares with the 465,000 sold by 2005's "X&Y" in a full sales week, and 274,000 for 2002's "A Rush of Blood to the Head."
The new album chart also saw Neil Diamond rebound from No. 3 to No. 2 with "Home Before Dark" (Columbia/Sony BMG), as last week's new entry at No. 1, Paul Weller's "22 Dreams" (Universal Island), fell to No. 4. Scottish band the Fratellis' sophomore album "Here We Stand," also on Island, arrived at No. 5 and there was a 27-12 climb for "The Essential Paul Simon" (Warner Bros.). N.E.R.D.'s "Seeing Sounds" (Interscope/Universal) came in at No. 20.
Mint Royale's reactivated 2005 hit version of "Singin' in the Rain" (Syco Music/Sony BMG) started a second week at the top of the singles chart. It stayed ahead of the former No. 1 "Take a Bow" (Def Jam/Universal) by Rihanna, which held at No. 2 as her labelmate Ne-Yo's "Closer" climbed from No. 5 to No. 3.
Sara Bareilles' "Love Song" (Columbia/Sony BMG) and Gabriella Cilmi's "Sweet About Me" (Universal Island) moved up one place each to No. 5 and No. 6, respectively, and Chris Brown's "Forever" (Jive/Sony BMG) climbed from No. 11 to No. 8.
Meanwhile, A&M/Universal's Duffy has completed the pan-European "double" for the second time, holding at No. 1 on European Top 100 Albums with "Rockferry" and climbing back from second to first on Eurochart Hot 100 Singles with "Mercy." The Welsh-born breakthrough artist previously held the top spots simultaneously for a week in mid-April.
LONDON -- Coldplay raced to a No. 1 debut on the new U.K. album chart Sunday with "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (Parlophone/EMI), even though the album was only released on Thursday, halfway through the sales week.
"Viva La Vida" sold 302,000 units through Saturday night, according to data from the Official U.K. Chart Co., making it the band's fastest-selling release. The total compares with the 465,000 sold by 2005's "X&Y" in a full sales week, and 274,000 for 2002's "A Rush of Blood to the Head."
The new album chart also saw Neil Diamond rebound from No. 3 to No. 2 with "Home Before Dark" (Columbia/Sony BMG), as last week's new entry at No. 1, Paul Weller's "22 Dreams" (Universal Island), fell to No. 4. Scottish band the Fratellis' sophomore album "Here We Stand," also on Island, arrived at No. 5 and there was a 27-12 climb for "The Essential Paul Simon" (Warner Bros.). N.E.R.D.'s "Seeing Sounds" (Interscope/Universal) came in at No. 20.
Mint Royale's reactivated 2005 hit version of "Singin' in the Rain" (Syco Music/Sony BMG) started a second week at the top of the singles chart. It stayed ahead of the former No. 1 "Take a Bow" (Def Jam/Universal) by Rihanna, which held at No. 2 as her labelmate Ne-Yo's "Closer" climbed from No. 5 to No. 3.
Sara Bareilles' "Love Song" (Columbia/Sony BMG) and Gabriella Cilmi's "Sweet About Me" (Universal Island) moved up one place each to No. 5 and No. 6, respectively, and Chris Brown's "Forever" (Jive/Sony BMG) climbed from No. 11 to No. 8.
Meanwhile, A&M/Universal's Duffy has completed the pan-European "double" for the second time, holding at No. 1 on European Top 100 Albums with "Rockferry" and climbing back from second to first on Eurochart Hot 100 Singles with "Mercy." The Welsh-born breakthrough artist previously held the top spots simultaneously for a week in mid-April.
Mia Retires
Cult British/Sri Lankan star M.I.A. has announced her retirement - at the age of 30.
After cancelling her European tour last week (beg09Jun08) due to exhaustion, the Galang hitmaker took to the stage at the Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival on Friday (13Jun08) and told fans it was her final show.
Three times during her set at the Tennessee festival, M.I.A. said "This is my last show," adding at one point, "... and I'm glad that I'm spending it with all my hippies!"
Midway through her high-energy set, fans climbed over barriers at the front of the audience to join M.I.A. onstage, where they stayed for much of the rest of her set.
After the devotees were kicked off, M.I.A. closed her gig with hit Paper Planes and ended her performance by stating, "Thanks for coming to my last gig."
M.I.A., real name Mathangi Arulpragasam, has been a cult live act since 2004 when her first releases turned her into a controversial star.
She has put out two critically acclaimed albums, Arular and Kala - which was named Album of 2007 by both Rolling Stone and Blender. M.I.A. has been nominated for two Shortlist Music Prize honours and was on the shortlist for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize in her native Britain.
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