US Airplay Update (24/01/14 - 30/01/14)

Position/Artist/Song	Audience
1. Onerepublic – Counting Stars	190.445 (- 0.169)
2. Pitbull – Timber (Feat. Ke$Ha)	170.505 (- 0.301)
3. Eminem – The Monster (Feat. Rihanna)	157.568 (- 2.884)
HOT4. Katy Perry – Dark Horse	144.964 (+ 4.300)
5. Ellie Goulding – Burn	126.563 (+ 1.042)
HOT6. Lorde – Team	125.026 (+ 3.254)
7. One Direction – Story Of My Life	117.944 (+ 1.523)
8. Passenger – Let Her Go	115.556 (+ 0.042)
9. Avicii – Wake Me Up	114.363 (- 0.199)
10. Lorde – Royals	114.158 (- 0.095)
11. A Great Big World – Say Something (With C. Aguilera)	110.929 (+ 1.280)
12. Imagine Dragons – Demons	105.119 (- 1.295)
HOT13. Bastille – Pompeii	92.552 (+ 2.458)
14. Zedd – Stay The Night (Feat. H. Williams)	90.995 (- 1.042)
15. Drake – Hold On We’re, Going Home	82.952 (- 0.028)
16. Beyoncé – Drunk In Love (Feat. Jay Z)	80.767 (+ 2.518)
17. Kid Ink – Show Me (Feat. Chris Brown)	74.361 (+ 1.258)
18. Lady Gaga – Do What U Want (Feat. R. Kelly)	72.269 (- 2.949)
19. Katy Perry – Roar	69.270 (+ 0.298)
20. Luke Bryan – Drink A Beer	68.605 (+ 0.597)

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US Airplay Update (23/01/14 - 29/01/14)

Position/Artist/Song	Audience
1. OneRepublic – Counting Stars	190.614 (- 0.916)
2. Pitbull – Timber (feat. Ke$Ha)	170.806 (- 0.221)
3. Eminem – The Monster (feat. Rihanna)	160.452 (- 2.785)
HOT4. Katy Perry – Dark Horse	140.664 (+ 4.521)
5. Ellie Goulding – Burn	125.521 (+ 0.819)
HOT6. Lorde – Team	121.772 (+ 3.281)
7. One Direction – Story Of My Life	116.421 (+ 0.775)
8. Passenger – Let Her Go	115.514 (- 0.198)
9. Avicii – Wake Me Up	114.562 (- 0.842)
10. Lorde – Royals	114.253 (- 1.748)
11. A Great Big World – Say Something (with C. Aguilera)	109.649 (+ 0.879)
12. Imagine Dragons – Demons	106.414 (- 2.022)
13. Zedd – Stay The Night (feat. H. Williams)	92.037 (- 1.561)
14. Bastille – Pompeii	90.094 (+ 1.849)
15. Drake – Hold On We’re, Going Home	82.980 (- 1.801)
16. Beyoncé – Drunk In Love (feat. Jay Z)	78.249 (+ 1.094)
17. Lady Gaga – Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly)	75.218 (- 2.878)
18. Kid Ink – Show Me (Feat. Chris Brown)	73.103 (+ 0.833)
19. Katy Perry – Roar	68.972 (+ 0.102)
20. Luke Bryan – Drink A Beer	68.008 (+ 0.425)

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Billboard200 and US Digital Songs (week ending January 26th, 2014)

As expected, the latest US charts are dominated by Grammy winners and nominees. Grammy nominees album debuts at #2 selling much more than predicted 40.000 copies. A Great Big World debuts at #4 with "Is There Anybody Out There?". Overall albums sales continue with low sales, this week it's 4% down compared to the last week and 13% less than the same week of 2013.

On digital songs, Katy Perry holds strong at #1, while Jason Derulo and Pharrell Williams shoot up to #2 and #3. Bastille rise to #6 with "Pompeii" and Idina Menzel is back in top10 with "Let It Go". Digital songs mark 2% decrease compared to the last week and 11% decrease compared to the same week of 2013.

These are available ranks and sales for albums and digital songs.

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EU Airplay (20/01/14 - 26/01/14)

Avicii is on top of EU airplay with his latest single "Hey Brother" with almost 700m impact. Pharrell Williams is getting closer to the top spot, tho, with a healthy 11% increase in impacts. Shakira/Rihanna collaboration "Can't Remember To Forget You" is percentage wise biggest gainer of the week with 97% increase of plays and 35% increase in impact. They rise from #37 to #24. James Blunt's "Bonfire Heart" is second biggest gainer at #48 with 33% increase in both plays and impacts.

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US Airplay Update (22/01/14 - 28/01/14)

Position/Artist/Song	Audience
1. OneRepublic – Counting Stars	191.530 (- 0.424)
2. Pitbull – Timber (feat. Ke$ha)	171.027 (- 0.847)
3. Eminem – The Monster (feat. Rihanna)	163.237 (- 2.935)
HOT4. Katy Perry – Dark Horse	136.143 (+ 4.458)
5. Ellie Goulding – Burn	124.702 (+ 0.945)
HOT6. Lorde – Team	118.491 (+ 2.265)
7. Lorde – Royals	116.001 (- 2.759)
8. Passenger – Let Her Go	115.712 (- 0.235)
9. One Direction – Story Of My Life	115.646 (+ 1.556)
10. Avicii – Wake Me Up	115.404 (- 0.752)
11. A Great Big World – Say Something (with C. Aguilera)	108.770 (+ 1.557)
12. Imagine Dragons – Demons	108.436 (- 1.981)
13. Zedd – Stay The Night (feat. H. Williams)	93.598 (- 0.585)
HOT14. Bastille – Pompeii	88.245 (+ 2.090)
15. Drake – Hold On We’re, Going Home	84.781 (- 1.480)
16. Lady Gaga – Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly)	78.096 (- 2.190)
17. Beyoncé – Drunk In Love (feat. Jay Z)	77.155 (+ 0.639)
18. Kid Ink – Show Me (feat. Chris Brown)	72.270 (+ 1.011)
19. Katy Perry – Roar	68.870 (- 1.203)
20. Luke Bryan – Drink A Beer	67.583 (+ 0.367)

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Swedish music industry is up 5%

Sweden music industry scores a 5% growth in 2013 with total revenue of 991.2m SEK (around 154m dollars). Just like in Norway, streaming services are the biggest part of total revenue in Sweden as well. Streaming services grew by more than 30% and generated 705.9m SEK (106m $) which means they represent 71.2% of the total music industry revenue and 95.6% of total digital revenue. 

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US Airplay Update (21/01/14 - 27/01/14)

Position/Artist/Song	Audience
1. OneRepublic – Counting Stars	191.954 (- 0.133)
2. Pitbull – Timber (feat. Ke$ha)	171.874 (- 1.380)
3. Eminem – The Monster (feat. Rihanna)	166.172 (- 3.242)
HOT4. Katy Perry – Dark Horse	131.685 (+ 3.692)
5. Ellie Goulding – Burn	123.757 (+ 1.356)
6. Lorde – Royals	118.760 (- 1.821)
HOT7. Lorde – Team	116.226 (+ 1.968)
8. Avicii – Wake Me Up	116.156 (- 1.751)
9. Passenger – Let Her Go	115.947 (- 0.322)
10. One Direction – Story Of My Life	114.090 (+ 1.637)
11. Imagine Dragons – Demons	110.417 (- 2.353)
12. A Great Big World – Say Something (with C. Aguilera)	107.213 (+ 0.720)
13. Zedd – Stay The Night (feat. H. Williams)	94.183 (- 0.226)
14. Drake – Hold On We’re, Going Home	86.261 (- 2.540)
15. Bastille – Pompeii	86.155 (+ 1.324)
16. Lady Gaga – Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly)	80.286 (- 2.290)
17. Beyoncé – Drunk In Love (feat. Jay Z)	76.516 (+ 1.126)
18. Kid Ink – Show Me (feat. Chris Brown)	71.259 (+ 1.065)
19. Katy Perry – Roar	70.073 (- 0.727)
20. Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather	67.585 (- 1.762)

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UK Airplay (20/01/14 - 26/01/14)

Pharrell Williams may have dropped to #2 on Official UK Charts but he still rules UK radio with big lead in both, plays and impact over Avicii, who is #2 with "Hey Brother". Biggest seller of last week, Clean Bandit is #4 on radio airplay.

The future sales for A Great Big World collaboration with Christina Aguilera seem certain after "Say Something" shoots up radio play with 133% increase in number of plays and 1163% in impact. The collaboration will be released on February 16th in UK and it's playlisted by majors BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 and Capital FM. Boyzone "Light Up The Night" support by BBC Radio 2 is giving results as it jumps to #28 and scores 346% impact increase. 

Read detailed top50 UK Airplay below.

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US Airplay Update (20/01/14 - 26/01/14)

Position/Artist/Song	Audience
1. OneRepublic – Counting Stars	192.087 (+ 0.164)
2. Pitbull – Timber (feat. Ke$ha)	173.254 (- 0.586)
3. Eminem – The Monster (feat. Rihanna)	169.414 (- 1.562)
HOT4. Katy Perry – Dark Horse	127.993 (+ 3.163)
5. Ellie Goulding – Burn	122.401 (+ 1.506)
6. Lorde – Royals	120.581 (- 0.754)
7. Avicii – Wake Me Up	117.907 (- 1.544)
8. Passenger – Let Her Go	116.269 (+ 0.239)
9. Lorde – Team	114.258 (+ 1.570)
10. Imagine Dragons – Demons	112.770 (- 1.147)
11. One Direction – Story Of My Life	112.453 (+ 0.639)
12. A Great Big World – Say Something (with C. Aguilera)	106.493 (+ 1.027)
13. Zedd – Stay The Night (feat. H. Williams)	94.409 (+ 0.167)
14. Drake – Hold On We’re, Going Home	88.801 (- 1.751)
15. Bastille – Pompeii	84.831 (+ 1.460)
16. Lady Gaga – Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly)	82.576 (- 1.410)
17. Beyoncé – Drunk In Love (feat. Jay Z)	75.390 (+ 0.995)
18. Katy Perry – Roar	70.800 (- 0.819)
19. Kid Ink – Show Me (feat. Chris Brown)	70.194 (+ 1.439)
20. Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather	69.347 (- 1.149)

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UK Singles & Album Sales (19/01/14 - 25/01/14)

Clean Bandit claims his first UK's single #1 with "Rather Be", a collaboration with talented Jess Glynne. The Vamps enter at #3 with their new single "Wild Heart" and Neon Jungle are a new entry at #4 with another 'heart' themed title - "Braveheart". Beyonce/Jay Z kept #12 where they were last week and Shakira/Rihanna fall 20 places to #31.

Ellie Goulding returns to #1 on albums section with "Halcyon" and pushes Bruce Springsteen to #2. Beyonce is #3 and new entry from Sophie Ellis-Bextor "Wanderlust" debuts at #4. There are two new entries in top10: Warpaint self-titled album is at #9, and Mogwai "Rave Tapes" is at #10. 

Singles are up 1.47% on week-on week but 8.7% below the same week of last year. Albums fall in both areas, 9.9% drop on week-on-week and staggering 23.24% decrease compared to the same week of 2013.

Full singles and albums top100 with available sales below.

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