Cian'S Monthly Review

Cian'S Monthly Review: August 2012

September is over and everyone is back at university. But it's time to look back at the month that saw me finish up at work and start back at university.

September had a plethora of brilliant new albums out but I wasn't able to cope with the constant on coming surge of new albums so The Killers & Mumford & Sons will be expected to chart in October. Albums on high rotation were "The Truth About Love" by P!nk, "Beacon" by Two Door Cinema Club, "Chapter V" by Trey Songz. The first of which landed P!nk her first #1, a play short from the 100 plays milestone.

My favorite tracks off the album also managed to chart in the Top 10 tracks of the month as well. Throughout the month, Two Door Cinema Club were the tough competitors for the title but lost to P!nk at the last minute. Their new album "Beacon" topped charts in Ireland and on my weekly plays as well. Unfortunately I didn't feel "Beacon" lived up to the splendid debut album "Tourist History". Trey Songz falls three places as Chapter V notched up plays at the beginning of September.

I bough "Looking For Myself" by Usher off the back of the release "Dive" which happens to be our #1 on the monthly track chart. This help see Usher into fourth place, held from the Top 3 by Shakira, who, thanks to the release of addicted to you and her pregnancy hype makes it back to #3.

I bought tickets to Maroon 5 who play the O2 in June, and preparation for that gig sees them notch up 52 plays this month, completing the Top 10.

Icelandic folk band Of Monsters and Men see their album "My Head Is An Animal" help them to #7 off last week plays alone. This success should continue into October.

Last week's #1 and #2 fall to #9 and #11 respectively which isn't too bad considering Chris Brown fell to #55 after his #1 in July. However he is back in the Top 30 at #12. His total weeks in the top 30 now up to 20/21. This is the joint highest out of all artists, joint with Kanye West who happens to be one place after him at #13.

Brazilian pop sensation, Gusttavo Lima is the only debut into the chart this month, however some artists see their first time into the Top 30 for quite some time, and in some instances, their first time. Britney Spears and Muse, Bastille and Shy'M see their first glimpse of the Top 30. Whereas Rebecca Ferguson and Royseven re-entry this month.

Finally, although plays drop by 15% this month, the plays of the Top 10 are the highest since April as we see almost 50% of all plays within the Top 10. This is the reason so many artists are up on % plays.

Total Plays this month: 929 down 15.85%

Top 30 Artists

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

1. (65) P!nk - 99 plays (10.7% up 10.2%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 8

2. (23) Two Door Cinema Club - 82 plays (8.8% up 7.7%)

peak: 2, months in Top 30: 7

3. (79) Shakira - 35 plays (5.7% up 5.4%)

peak: 3, months in Top 30: 10

4. (54) Usher - 52 plays (5.6% up 4.9%)

peak: 4, months in Top 30: 3

5. (18) Maroon 5 - 52 plays (5.6% up 3.9%)

peak: 3, months in Top 30: 13

6. (3) Trey Songz - 41 plays (4.4% up 1.2%)

peak: 3, months in Top 30: 2

7. (49) Of Monsters And Men - 29 plays (3.1% up 2.5%)

peak: 7, months in Top 30: 1

8. () David Guetta - 20 plays (2.2%)

peak: 2, months in Top 30: 8

9. (1) The Vaccines - 19 plays (down 6.2%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 10

10. (24) Arctic Monkeys - 17 plays (1.8% up 0.8%)

peak: 2, months in Top 30: 13

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11. (2) Frank Ocean (1.4% down 4.7%)

peak: 2, months in Top 30: 2

12. (55) Chris Brown (1.6% up 1.1%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 20

13. (13) Kanye West (1.5% up 0.7%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 20

14. (110) Gotye (1.5% up 1.3%)

peak: 3, months in Top 30: 5

15. (133) Britney Spears (1.5% up 1.4%)

peak: 15, months in Top 30: 1

16. (14) Calvin Harris (1.4% up 0.2%)

peak: 8, months in Top 30: 8

17. (73) Gorillaz (1.3% up 0.8%)

peak: 8, months in Top 30: 6

18. (40) Ed Sheeran (1.2% up 0.5%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 11

19. (93) Jessie Ware (1.2% up 0.9%)

peak: 19, months in Top 30: 2

20. (71) Bastille (1.1% up 0.7%)

peak: 20, months in Top 30: 1

21. (21) Christina Aguilera (0.9% down 0.2%)

peak: 10, months in Top 30: 5

22. () Gusttavo Lima (1.0%)

peak: 22, months in Top 30: 1

23. () Rebecca Ferguson (1.0%)

peak: 3, months in Top 30: 6

24. (19) Jake Bugg (0.9% down 0.1%)

peak: 19, months in Top 30: 2

25. (57) Drake (0.9% up 0.3%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 12

26. () Royseven (0.8%)

peak: 4, months in Top 30: 4

27. (66) The Last Shadow Puppets (0.8% up 0.3%)

peak: 7, months in Top 30: 4

28. (108) Enrique Iglesias (0.7% up 0.5%)

peak: 7, months in Top 30: 7

29. (170) Muse (0.6% up 0.5%)

peak: 29, months in Top 30: 1

30. () Shy'M (0.6%)

peak: 30, months in Top 30: 1

ties decided by preference as of 30/9/2012

% of total plays of the month.

Top 10 Tracks

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

1. Usher – Dive - 12 Plays (1.3%)

2. Calvin Harris – Sweet Nothing (feat. Florence Welch) - 11 plays (1.2%)

3. Gusttavo Lima – Balada - 10 plays (1.1%)

4. Two Door Cinema Club – Sleep Alone - 8 plays (0.9%)

5. Two Door Cinema Club – Someday - 8 plays (0.9%)

6. Two Door Cinema Club – Sun - 8 plays (0.9%)

7. David Guetta – She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) [feat. Sia] - 7 plays (0.8%)

8. Royseven – Sidelines - 7 plays(0.8%)

9. P!nk – Just Give Me a Reason (feat. Nate Ruess) - 7 plays (0.7%)

10. P!nk – True Love (feat. Lily Rose Cooper) - 7 plays (0.7%)

ties decided by preference as of 30/9/2012

% of total plays of the month.

Edited October 4, 201212 yr by CianS