Cian'S Monthly Review

Cian'S Monthly Review: November 2012

Last month I said that the ones to watch in November, Alt-J, Aiden Grimshaw, Muse, Tyler James and Calvin Harris. I never got around to listening to Tyler James, but I did the other four and that's evident from their existence in the Top 8. In a month where total plays are have increased for the third time in a row to the highest amount of the year, Alt-J steal the show with the highest plays in a monthe ever. With almost double their closest competitor, Rihanna, Alt-J do the double with "Tessellate" topping the trackss chart. The first time since Drake last December that an act has done the double. Alt-J's infectious "An Awesome Wave" was played at least 15 times each week for the last 5 weeks as my obsession for them didn't die. This is clear from the total of 6/10 positions they occupy in the Top 10.

Rihanna made a last minute sprint up the charts, with her seventh album being released in the last week of November and notching up 77 plays, knocking psychedelic rock group Django Django into third. X-factor reject, Aiden Grimshaw makes an entrance several months after his album "Misty Eye" was released. This was an impulse purchase on my behalf which was totally worth it. A great album, which would have landed him a higher position if it wasn't out shadowed by three better. I've beagn watching The Voice US, on which Christina Aguilera flogged her new album "Lotus" to within an inch of it's life, however it worked, as I bought it, and it managed to make it top 5 this month.

The 2nd law of thermodynamics was revisted by me this month thanks to Muse sho's album of the same name was listened to at the top of the month notching up 39 plays.

Frank Ocean spends his 4th month in the Top 10, barely clinging on at #10 this week.

A surprisng amount of new entries this month, Mercury prize winning the xx, The Voice of Ireland winning Pat Byrne, SBTRKT, BJSC competitors Imagine Dragons, To Kill A King, and Chvrches, and Canadian singer Grimes.

In December, look out for more current acts however as Ne-Yo, Example, Ke$ha, Olly Murs and Bruno Mars will most likely make appearences.

Total Plays this month: 1443 up 21.362%

Top 30 Artists

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

1. (22) Alt-J - 154 plays (10.6% up 6.6%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 2

2. (50) Rihanna - 80 plays (5.5% up 5.1%)

peak: 2, months in Top 30: 12

3. () Django Django - 66 plays (4.6%)

peak: 3, months in Top 30: 1

4. () Aiden Grimshaw - 59 plays (4.1%)

peak: 4, months in Top 30: 1

5. (40) Christina Aguilera - 46 plays (3.6% up 3.0%)

peak: 5, months in Top 30: 6

6. (43) Muse - 41 plays (2.7% up 2.2%)

peak: 6, months in Top 30: 2

7. (36) Shakira - 37 plays (2.5% up 1.8%)

peak: 3, months in Top 30: 11

8. (15) Calvin Harris - 35 plays (2.4% up 0.8%)

peak: 8, months in Top 30: 10

9. (48) Ed Sheeran - 36 plays (2.1 up 1.5%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 12

10. (2) Frank Ocean - 29 plays (2.0% down 3.2%)

peak: 2, months in Top 30: 4

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11. (5) Marina & the Diamonds (1.9% down 2.0%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 12

12. (90) Chris Brown (1.9% up 1.7%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 21

13. () The xx (1.7%)

peak: 2, months in Top 30: 6

14. (10) Kanye West (1.5% down 1.1%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 22

15. () Vampire Weekend (1.5% up 0.2%)

peak: 8, months in Top 30: 4

16. () Imagine Dragons (1.5%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 9

17. () The Maccabbes (1.2%)

peak: 6, months in Top 30: 5

18. (31) Ben Howard (1.1% up 0.3%)

peak: 3, months in Top 30: 6

19. () Pat Byrne (1.1%)

peak: 19, months in Top 30: 1

20. () SBTRKT (1.1%)

peak: 20, months in Top 30: 1

21. (102) The Weeknd (1.0% up 0.8%)

peak: 2, months in Top 30: 4

22. () CHVRCHES (1.0%)

peak: 22, months in Top 30: 1

23. (7) Ellie Goulding (1.0% down 2.3%)

peak: 6, months in Top 30: 9

24. (9) Mumford & Sons (1.0% down 2.0%)

peak: 9, months in Top 30: 4

25. (32) Anastacia (0.9% up 0.1%)

peak: 19, months in Top 30: 3

26. () Grimes (0.8%)

peak: 26, months in Top 30: 1

27. () Cold War Kids (0.8%)

peak: 4, months in Top 30: 2

28. (92) Eminem (0.8% up 0.7%)

peak: 9, months in Top 30: 5

29. (16) P!nk (0.8% down 0.6%)

peak: 1, months in Top 30: 10

30. () To Kill a King (0.8%)

peak: 30, months in Top 30: 1

ties decided by preference as of 30/11/2012

% of total plays of the month.

Top 10 Tracks

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

1. Alt-J – Tessellate - 17 Plays (1.2%)

2. Alt-J – Matilda - 17 plays (1.2%)

3. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive - 17 plays (1.2%)

4. Alt-J – Breezeblocks - 16 plays (1.1%)

5. Pat Byrne – End Of The World - 16 plays (1.1%)

6. Alt-J – Fitzpleasure - 14 plays (1.0%)

7. Chvrches – The Mother We Share - 14 plays (1.0%)

8. Alt-J – Something Good - 11 plays(0.8%)

9. To Kill a King – Bloody Shirt - 11 plays (0.8%)

10. Alt-J – Interlude II - 11 plays (0.8%)

ties decided by preference as of 30/11/2012

% of total plays of the month.

Edited December 8, 201212 yr by CianS