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NEAR TRUTHS: SPRING BLOOMS
Here come the big guns. (3/28a)
THE COUNT: COLDPLAY IS HOT, COUNTRY'S COOKIN' IN THE U.K.
The latest tidbits from the bustling live sector (3/28a)
CITY OF HOPE TAPS MARCIANO FOR TOP HONOR
This year's philanthropic model (3/28a)
TRUST IN THE TOP 20
Hip-hop is no longer hibernating. (3/28a)
UMG BROADENS SPOTIFY OFFERINGS
Sir Lucian and Daniel are in harmony. (3/28a)
THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
Blighty Beat
U.K. CHARTS: INDIES RULE
4/8/16

Arctic Monkey Alex Turner and sidekick Miles Kane still have star power on their home turf, despite a near eight-year break, as second album Everything You’ve Come to Expect (Domino) secures them their second U.K. #1 on the Official Albums Chart as The Last Shadow Puppets. The feat makes up one of four entries from the indie sector in this week’s Top 5 albums.
With vinyl hype reaching fever pitch ahead of Record Store Day next week, sales of Everything You’ve Come To Expect include 7k vinyl copies—outselling the first-week vinyl sales of Arctic Monkeys’ smash AM (the biggest-selling vinyl album of the decade). The TLSP album is Turner’s seventh consecutive #1 counting his work with the Monkeys, all of whose albums were released via Laurence Bell’s British-born independent label, Domino.

Warner newcomers Lukas Graham are #2 with their self-titled debut, while Pet Shop BoysSuper (X2) sits at #3. The fourth new entry in this week’s Official Albums Top 5 in Blighty is Kentucky (Mascot) by Black Stone Cherry at #5, with Adele falling two places to #4 with 25 (XL).

Mike Posner is still king of the Official Singles Chart with “I Took a Pill in Ibiza” (Island), logging a fourth stint at the summit with combined sales of 76k. It’s the most streamed song of the week with 4.1m plays.

Sia’s “Cheap Thrills” (Monkey Puzzle/RCA) is moving on up, climbing two places to #2 and securing the singer/songwriter a personal best as a headline artist in the U.K. Top 40. Elsewhere, Fifth Harmony’s “Work From Home” (SYCO) drops to #3, Lukas Graham are at #4 with “7 Years” and Zara Larsson’s “Lush Life” (Black Butter/Epic/Ten) completes the Top 5. Marked out as a future hit earlier this week, Alan Walker moves up four places to #7 with “Faded” (Relentless).