RouteNote is very proud to announce that one of our artists, Lee Crossley, has just reached the number #2 slot in the Amazon Rock charts. This is an amazing effort from Lee, who has been working very hard gigging for the last 18 months. Im really glad it has finally paid off!
You can check out his track on Amazon here.
There are a lot of distributors out there that claim they are unique because they can help you get your music in the charts. Some of the distributors even charge money to do this. Most bands don’t even realise that they can do this all themselves for FREE! Any distributor that charges for a service like this is simply just ripping you off.
Here is a step by step guide on how to get your music chart eligible for the UK.
Thats it!
Make sure that you never pay any money to distributors for this service, because anyone can get access to the PPL Repertoire database for FREE.
For more information check out the Offical charts website.
Tom Jones has been called a sick joke by his record label in previous week, but now he has had the last laugh! Tom Jones’ new album, Praise and Blame, has managed to outsell Eminem’s monstrously dominant Recovery album in the U.K.
Having just been released yesterday, Praise and Blame has shot to the provisional Number One spot in the U.K. music charts after one day of sales, leading to Jones suggesting that the two chart heavyweights should join forces in the future for continued world dominion:
“I couldn’t be more proud of this album and I’m really blown away by the response from everyone… It’s great to be top of the charts with Eminem, maybe next time we could be top together.”
Pendulum has just grabbed their first UK number 1 with Immersion. The Australian drum & bass/rock outfit took the top spot in from of the Rolling Stones’ “Excile on Main St.”.
Warner Music also claimed the week’s second-bestselling album as Michael Bublé’s “Crazy Love” (Reprise), which received additional promotion around his recent arena dates in Britain, rebounded 19-2. The album, which had already sold close to 1.2 million copies by the turn of the year, is now five times platinum for U.K. shipments of 1.5 million.
Yesterday Shazam announced a new iPhone application called Shazam Encore. Shazam Encore is a premium version of the company’s existing iPhone app.
New features include:
The Encore version costs a one-off download fee of £2.99 / $4.99, although Shazam says it will continue to support the free version too – albeit limiting new users of that to five tags a month in an effort to persuade them to upgrade. That free version is one of the most popular music applications in the iTunes store which has 10 million downloads so far.
“We have listened to our iPhone and iPod touch users and have created a new app which answers their requests to take them on an enhanced music journey that will change the way music lovers experience and learn about music,” says CEO Andrew Fisher.
Here at Routenote we are always pleased to announce the success of unsigned or independent artists who, against all odds, disprove the common assumption: the only career in music is with a major label.
Vishal J – a composer/producer/ programmer from Hesperia, California, US has smashed into the iTunes Store Charts Top 10 Electronic Songs for the US this week with his dancefloor masterpiece ‘Odyssey’. ‘Odyssey’ currently stands 5th in the charts above the likes of Daft Punk!
The ‘Odyssey’ Ringtone by Vishal J is currently one of the most popular ringtones in America. Along side tons of radio airplay the track has reached the top 50 of the iTunes Songs Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. Odyssey has the chance of becoming one of the most popular songs of the year.
Rumour has it, Vishal J is currently working on an album release so stay tuned!
Here is a sneak peak for the track…
According to information assembled by data partner BigChampagne, these are the top acts with the most followers on Twitter (as of April 20th):
1. Britney Spears (995,807)
2. John Mayer (760,522)
3. Diddy (612,586)
4. Coldplay (542,764)
5. Sara Bareilles (424,737)
6. A Fine Frenzy (394,429)
7. Soulja Boy (350,114)
8. Jimmy Eat World (281,989)
9. Heidi Montag (247,120)
10. Ashlee Simpson (222,548)
There arent really too many surprises, but I dont really class Heidi Montag as a musician!
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Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” (Interscope/Universal) started a second week at No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart yesterday.
I recently saw an indepth interview with Lady Gaga, who has previously written songs for Britney Spears and The Pussycat Dolls before actually getting signed for her talents. Lady Gaga has always been very outspoken even stating that: “I will be at the top of music for the next 10 years”.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you got the top 25 USA pop songs of 2008 and mash them all up? No, I havent either, but here it is.
