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Top 5 Entertainment Stories of the Week

 

1. Simon Cowell will return to The X Factor as head judge

2. Arctic Monkeys headlining Reading & Leeds festival

3. Jared Leto doing something or other (I missed this one oops)

4. Elton John will work on a film version of Joseph and the Techicolour Dreamcoat

5. Prince is playing music in small venues

How many Radio 1 listeners are even old enough to remember when Prince and Elton John were relevant?

 

Even many Radio 2 listeners would struggle to remember when the latter was relevant.

31 :down: 21 09

 

Sub Focus

Turn Back Time

Torus | 2013

 

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Chart Run: 36-35-59-45-15-10-14-21-31

 

Release date: 20-12-2013

Format: digital single

Label: Ram Records

 

Sales: 100k+

 

Video here:

 

download track listing

1 Turn Back Time (Radio Edit)

2 Turn Back Time (Special Request Remix)

3 Turn Back Time (Metrik Remix)

4 Turn Back Time (Bro Safari & Etc! Etc! Remix)

 

Biography

Sub Focus is an alias of Nick Douwma, a fast-rising drum'n'bass producer/DJ affiliated with the Ram Records collective who became one of the style's leading practitioners within only two years of his recording debut. Originally from London, England, Douwma is a self-taught producer who began producing music on his PC at age 13 and attained his know-how from software manuals. One of his demos eventually made its way into the hands of Andy C., the co-founder of Ram Records, one of the U.K.'s premier drum'n'bass labels. Signed initially to the Ram Records offshoot label Frequency, Douwma made his recording debut as Sub Focus in 2003 with the 12" release Down the Drain/Hot Line. A couple more 12" releases on Frequency followed in 2004, along with one on J Majik's Infrared label. Douwma's breakout year came in 2005, however, when he made his Ram Records debut, releasing X-Ray/Scarecrow and, later in the year, Frozen Solid/Juno; these 12" releases were also compiled on the Frozen Solid/X-Ray maxi-single in response to their widespread demand, as "X-Ray" was awarded Single of the Week on tastemaker Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show. Also in 2005, Douwma was chosen to remix the Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" in promotion of the group's 15-year anniversary collection, Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005.

 

In subsequent years, Douwma continued his affiliation with Ram Records, releasing a 12" more or less annually (i.e., Airplane/Flamenco, 2006; Special Place/Druggy, 2007; Time Warp/Join the Dots, 2008; et al.) and performing as an affiliate DJ at clubs such as Fabric and festivals such as Glastonbury. In 2009 Douwma issued his full-length debut, Sub Focus, which incorporated an eclectic fusion of futuristic house, dubstep, and electro-rock. The following year he produced the track "Kickstarts" for British singer/rapper Example, which peaked at number three on the U.K. singles chart, and in 2011 he inked a deal with Mercury, with plans to release his second album under the Sub Focus moniker in late 2012. The album sessions went on longer than expected and spawned five singles which gained Douwma increasing recognition and success with each release, culminating in the euphoric UK no. 10 hit "Endorphins" featuring vocalist Alex Clare. The success of the single was no doubt powered at least in part by its brilliant music video, which sees brutal riot police cracking down on dissidents in a dystopian future where music has been banned. A number of other high-profile vocalists, including Bloc Party's Kele Okereke, appeared on the eventual album, which was titled Torus and scheduled for release in September 2013. - iTunes

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2005 60 X Ray / Scarecrow

2009 38 Rock It / Follow The Light -1-

2010 41 Could This Be Real -2-

2010 41 Splash (Sub Focus Feat. Coco) -3-

2012 23 Out The Blue (Sub Focus Feat. Alice Gold) -1-

2012 12 Tidal Wave (Sub Focus Feat. Alpines) -2-

2013 10 Endorphins (Sub Focus Feat. Alex Clare) -3-

2013 14 Turn It Around (Sub Focus Feat. Kele) -4-

2013 10 Turn Back Time -5-

 

Album Discussion Here

How many Radio 1 listeners are even old enough to remember when Prince and Elton John were relevant?

 

:lol:

> #31 [:down: from #21]

> SUB FOCUS

> "Turn Back Time" [6th single from "Torus"]

> 85-36-35-59-45-15-10-14-21-31-

> 7 weeks top 40; 9 weeks top 75; 10 weeks top 100

 

> #32 [:up: from #33]

> AVICII

> "Wake Me Up" [1st single from "True"]

> 1-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-4-6-8-11-17-21-20-24-29-33-18-24-27-27-27-17-15-16-22-26-33-32-

> 30 weeks top 40

 

> #33 [:up: from #36]

> KATY PERRY

> "Roar" [1st single from "PRISM"]

> 1-1-2-2-4-7-6-4-7-11-15-13-18-24-23-15-8-11-19-20-25-36-33-

> 23 weeks top 40

 

> #34 [:down: from #25]

> LORDE

> "Royals" [2nd single from "Pure Heroine"]

> 1-2-4-7-11-13-18-21-24-16-17-21-24-29-25-34-

> 16 weeks top 40

 

> #35 [:down: from #27]

> BEYONCÉ

> "XO" [1st single from "BEYONCÉ"]

> 84-45-37-24-27-35-

> 4 weeks top 40; 5 weeks top 75; 6 weeks top 100

 

> #36 [:down: from #28]

> MARTIN GARRIX

> "Animals" [non-album single]

> 1-6-10-9-13-16-13-8-9-15-19-28-36-

> 13 weeks top 40

 

> #37 [:down: from #29]

> BASTILLE

> "Of The Night" [7th single from "Bad Blood"]

> 2-5-3-6-12-12-12-11-17-20-29-37-

> 12 weeks top 40

 

> #38 [:up: from #70]

> LORDE

> "Team" [3rd single from "Pure Heroine"]

> 95-70-38-

> 1 week top 40; 2 weeks top 75; 3 weeks top 100

 

> #39 [:down: from #35]

> KID INK feat. CHRIS BROWN

> "Show Me" [1st single from "My Own Lane"]

> 78-76-64-45-35-46-87-60-32-23-23-35-39-

> 6 weeks top 40; 10 weeks top 75; 13 weeks top 100

 

> #40 [:down: from #34]

> SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR

> "Young Blood" [1st single from "Wanderlust"]

> 80-100-55-34-40-

> 2 weeks top 40; 3 weeks top 75; 5 weeks top 100

Top 5 Entertainment Stories of the Week

 

 

3. Jared Leto doing something or other (I missed this one oops)

 

 

New role as a Transvestite.

 

This week's dropouts

 

LW/2LW/WI/Performer(s)/Song

 

23 N 1 Chris Malinchak If U Got It :cry:

31 R 17 The Weather Girls It's Raining Men

32 75 57 Imagine Dragons Radioactive

37 21 9 Little Mix Little Me

39 28 17 AWOLNATION Sail

40 83 22 Dappy No Regrets

 

 

 

Malinchak

deserved more weeks top 40 :(

30 :up: 52 04

 

Imagine Dragons

Demons

Night Visions | 2013

 

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Chart Run: 75-xx(41 wks)-63-52-30

 

Format: download only track

Label: Universal Music

 

Sales: 60k+

 

Video here:

 

Biography

Imagine Dragons is an American alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. The band gained exposure following the September 2012 release of their debut studio album, Night Visions, which peaked at number 2 on the weekly Billboard 200 chart. Following the release of Night Visions, Imagine Dragons embarked on a world tour, and performed on major late night shows. According to Billboard Imagine Dragons topped the year-end rock rankings for 2013. Billboard also named Imagine Dragons "The Breakthrough Band of 2013," and Rolling Stone named their single "Radioactive" "the biggest rock hit of the year." MTV also called them "the year's biggest breakout band."

 

Imagine Dragons' line up includes vocalist Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne "Wing" Sermon, bassist Ben McKee and drummer Daniel Platzman.

 

The band's debut album, Night Visions, is currently certified Platinum in eight countries, having sold over 1.8 million copies in the U.S. alone. The album is also certified gold in multiple countries. Imagine Dragons has released multiple EPs, including 2009's Imagine Dragons, 2010's Hell and Silence, 2011's It's Time, and 2012's Continued Silence and Hear Me. The band released a live album, Live at Independent Records, in April 2013.

 

In response to their debut album, Imagine Dragons won an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist, a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance ("Radioactive"), and a Teen Choice Award ("Radioactive"). - Wikipedia

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2012 37 Hear Me EP -1-

2012 12 Radioactive -2-

2013 23 It's Time -3-

2013 34 On Top Of The World -4-

2013 30 Demons -5-

This week's dropouts

 

LW/2LW/WI/Performer(s)/Song

 

23 N 1 Chris Malinchak If U Got It

:cry:

 

 

Malinchak

deserved more weeks top 40 :(

 

COMPLETELY second this! :cry:

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