Cian'S Monthly Review

Cian'S Monthly Review: July 2012

July is here and plays drop again to 828, the lowest since July last year when they reached an all time low of 650.

Chris Brown ends the girl dominance at #1 and breaks three records simultaneously. 1) The first act to be at #1 twice. 2) Highest % of total plays ever 3) Biggest margin @ #1 ever. This achievement is thanks to the release of "Fortune", Chris Brown's 5th studio album and in my opinon not his best. His new infushion of hip-hop and dance only works for a few tracks, but those work very well.

Keane achieve their highest peak ever thanks to "Strangeland" the first album by Keane I've listened to in whole, and may I add, I was pleasently surprised. Almost every track is a grower and is cleverly written. Maxïmo Park jump back into the Top 5, off the back of their 4th studio album "The National Health". It's no "A Certain Trigger" but it still maintains the charm of it.

Rounding up the Top 5 are Amy MacDonald who climbs again, this time to a new peak, thanks to "Life in A Beautiful Light", and also Florence + The Machine who are everywhere at the moment thanks to "Spectrum" topping charts all over the world. Another boost fo plays for Florence + The Machine was the fact that I saw them alongside Snow Patrol & The Tempar Trap at the start of July.

Fun. see their first month in the Top 10 off the back of the short, but sweet album "Some Nights". A very original mixture of sounds can be found. The Killers enjoy success this month thanks to "The Runaways" working it's way up airplay charts.

Top of the track chart for the month is Jason DeRulo's "Undefeated", an incredibly catchy song which is great to work out to. This also helps propel him to #10 this month. This month sees new entries by D'banj and Jessie Ware, two up and coming acts that show promise of piering the Top 10 one day. D'banj look more likely to achieve this status after their track "Scapegoat" reache #1 on the weekly chart.

Next month, expect entries from the Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and Frank Ocean.

Total Plays this month: 828 down 10.583%

Top 30 Artists

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

1. (4) Chris Brown - 110 plays (13.3% up 9.5%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 19

2. () Keane - 58 plays (7.0%)

peak: 2, months in Top 30: 3

3. (37) Maxïmo Park - 47 plays (5.6% up 5.1%)

peak: 2, months in Top 30: 3

4. (8) Amy MacDonald - 45 plays (5.4% up 3.5%)

peak: 4, months in Top 30: 7

5. (19) Florence + The Machine - 42 plays (5.1% up 4.1%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 15

6. (15) Fun. - 35 plays (4.2% up 3.0%)

peak: 6, months in Top 30: 2

7. (40) T-Pain - 34 plays (4.2% up 1.6%)

peak: 3, months in Top 30: 10

8. (6) Marina & The Diamonds - 18 plays (2.2% down 0.1%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 9

9. () The Killers - 17 plays (2.1%)

peak: 9, months in Top 30: 5

10. (41) Jason DeRulo - 16 plays (1.9% up 1.5%)

peak: 6, months in Top 30: 12

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11. (7) Jay-Z & Kanye West (1.9% down 0.1%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 4

12. (87) Gym Class Heroes (1.8% up 1.6%)

peak: 12, months in Top 30: 2

13. (25) Drake (1.7% up 1.0%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 11

14. () D'banj (1.6%)

peak: 14, months in Top 30: 1

15. (3) Maroon 5 (1.6% down 4.2%)

peak: 3, months in Top 30: 11

16. (209) The Fratellis (1.6% up 1.5%)

peak: 10, months in Top 30: 3

17. () Bruce Springsteen (1.3%)

peak: 17, months in Top 30: 1

18. (48) P!nk (1.3% up 0.9%)

peak: 6, months in Top 30: 7

19. (124) Arctic Monkeys (1.1% up 1.0%)

peak: 2, months in Top 30: 11

20. () Noel Gallagher (1.1%)

peak: 20, months in Top 30: 2

21. (128) Black Eyed Peas (0.9% up 0.8%)

peak: 7, months in Top 30: 7

22. () Blondie (0.9%)

peak: 22, months in Top 30: 1

23. () Far East Movement (0.9%)

peak: 10, months in Top 30: 6

24. (5) Nicki Minaj (0.7% down 2.3%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 11

25. (12) The Vaccines (0.7% down 0.7%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 8

26. (34) Friendly Fires (0.7% up 0.1%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 5

27. () Jessie Ware (0.7%)

peak: 27, months in Top 30: 1

28. (9) Kanye West (0.7% down 1.0%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 18

29. (98) Newton Faulkner (0.7% up 0.5%)

peak: 26, months in Top 30: 2

30. (36) will.i.am (0.7% up 0.1%)

peak: 17, months in Top 30: 2

ties decided by preference as of 31/7/2012

% of total plays of the month.

Top 10 Tracks

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

1. Jason Derülo – Undefeated - 14 Plays (1.7%)

2. D'banj – Scapegoat - 10 plays (1.2%)

3. P!nk – Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - 9 plays (1.1%)

4. Marina & the Diamonds – How to Be a Heartbreaker - 7 plays (0.9%)

5. The Killers – Runaways - 7 plays (0.9%)

6. Chris Brown – Remember My Name (feat. Sevyn) - 7 plays (0.9%)

7. Chris Brown – 2012 - 7 plays (0.9%)

8. Chris Brown – Biggest Fan - 7 plays(0.9%)

9. Chris Brown – Don't Judge Me - 7 plays (0.9%)

10. Chris Brown – Key 2 Your Heart - 7 plays (0.9%)

ties decided by preference as of 31/7/2012

% of total plays of the month.