Cian'S Monthly Review: January

Cian'S Monthly Review: January 2012

Here's just a breakdown of who has been dominating my iPod the most this month. The tracks that have been stuck in my head and the artists that have been captivating me.

The big winners this month are Friendly Fires, mainly due to the fact that I bought both albums in the Christmas sales and have listened to both of them regularly. Surprisingly the second album 'Pala' proved to be more to my taste that the eponymous first album. The grand score of 90 is slightly reduced due to an overlap with the tail end of December

This trend continues down the Top 10. Rizzle Kicks' 'Stereo Typical' and Lemar's 'The Hits' were both purchased in the sales aswell. Rizzle Kicks being th better of the two by notcing up 60 plays. Rebecca Ferguson's 'Heaven', 'Hits' by Pulp and 'in case You Didn't know' were all brought by the man in Red himself and were also on regular repeat. Rebecca emerging triumphant over the others with her stunning album. Again we see the plays are reasonably low for an album of this calibur because of the fact that it recieved about the same amount of plays in December.

The hype for Maverick Sabre is quite high at the moment and has only increased since I bought tickets to see him perform in Dublin. However on buying the album at the nd of January, expect a huge jump in plays next month.

Gotye managed to fight off tough competition from Flo Rida and Maverick Sabre to clinch the #1 spot this week. Eventhough I first heard 'Somebody That I Used To Know' in September the recent hype has helped me re-fall in love with it's simplicity!

Top 30 Artists

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TW (LW) Artist - Plays (%TW %change)

1. (38) Friendly Fires - 90 plays (8.6% up 8.1%)

2. (34) Rizzle Kicks - 60 plays (5.7% up 5.2%)

3. (11) Rebecca Ferguson - 47 plays (4.5% up 2.0%)

4. (84) Pulp - 44 plays (4.2% up 3.9%)

5. (25) Olly Murs - 43 plays (4.1% up 1.9%)

6. (9) Florence + the Machine - 32 plays (3.1% up 0.8%)

7. (137) Arctic Monkeys - 32 plays (3.1% up 3.0%)

8. () Lemar - 31 plays (2.9%)

9. (39) Maverick Sabre - 26 plays (2.5% up 2.1%)

10. (14) Kanye West - 21 plays (2.0% up 0.6%)

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11. (6) Drake (1.7% down 2.6%)

12. () Bressie (1.5%)

13. () Gotye (1.5%)

14. (55) Maroon 5 (1.5% up 1.1%)

15. (52) Kate Nash (1.4% up 1.1%)

16. () Primal Scream (1.4%)

17. (37) Flo Rida (1.3% up 0.9%)

18. (224) will.i.am (1.3% up 1.2%)

19. (5) Coldplay (1.2% down 3.0%)

20. (20) Chris Brown (1.1% up 0.3%)

21. (42) Shakira (1.1% up 0.7%)

22. (10) Nicki Minaj (1.1% down 1.8%)

23. () The Maccabees (1.0%)

24. (73) Ke$ha (1.0% up 0.7%)

25. (125) The Kooks (1.0% up 0.8%)

26. () Kasabian (1.0%)

27. (2) T-Pain (0.9% down 4.6%)

28. (44) Bruno Mars (0.8% up 0.4%)

29. () Professor Green (0.8%)

30. (131) Wretch 32 (0.7% up 0.5%)

ties decided by preference as of 31/1/2012

% of total plays of the month.

Top 10 Tracks

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TW (LW) Artist - Track - Plays (%TW %change)

1. Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) - 14 plays (1.3%)

2. Maverick Sabre – No One - 13 plays (1.2%)

3. Flo Rida – Wild Ones (feat. Sia) - 12 plays (1.1%)

4. will.i.am – T.H.E (The Hardest Ever) [feat. Mick Jagger & Jennifer Lopez] - 12 plays (1.1%)

5. The Maccabees – Pelican - 10 plays (1.0%)

6. Rizzle Kicks – Mama Do The Hump - 7 plays (0.7%)

7. Nicki Minaj – Girls Fall Like Dominoes - 7 plays (0.7%)

8. Shakira – Je L'Aime Á Mourir - 6 plays (0.6%)

9. Drake – Take Care (feat. Rihanna) - 6 plays (0.6%)

10. Florence + the Machine – No Light, No Light - 6 plays (0.6%)

ties decided by preference as of 31/1/2012

% of total plays of the month.

Edited February 4, 201213 yr by CianS