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CHANGE CITY :
It’s a sure fire sign that the club scene is in good health when a dance compilation takes out the #1 spot on the ARIA Charts. Reaffirming their position as the country’s biggest and most recognisable dance music label, Ministry Of Sound have shot straight to #1 in the first week of release for their flagship yearly mix, ‘The Annual 2008’.
Mixed by longstanding MOS favourites John Course and Goodwill, ‘The Annual 2008’ beat out stiff competition on the ARIA Charts, pushing golden-oldies The Eagles from the top spot to take out poll position. First week sales of the latest annual exceed the record set last year by a staggering 51%!
With many events on the cards over the summer period, including the national CD launch tour currently underway, the sky really is the limit for the MOS crew. ITM says congrats!
barkus says...
"It's a sure fire sign that the club scene is in good health when a dance... [more] "....Tim, whilst I love your work, wouldn't it more indicate that the dance scene has become really super commercial and therefore by dafault, more like pop?
i_have_ADD says...
i guess there's always two ways of looking at things - i like to try and be optimistic wherever possible :P
vinh_ says...
Bring on the MOS Festival
politik says...
Of course, a 'Number One' in Australia is useless, since it is based on retailer orders, and not actual sales. If they could retrospectively have a dynamic chart, the weeks that Idol Artists' had recorded as 'Number Ones' would actually be substantially lower.
austrance says...
commercial in a sense but there's some decent tracks mixed... last years annual had booka shade in white rooms amongst some other minimaltechy stuff with some solif electro like splitter
batersrant says...
Unless things have changed in the last two years, I think you'll find that a #1 record or single is based on actual weekly sales and averages - but gold / platinum record awards and similar accolades are based on retailer orders. Although your point is still valid because the amount of sales you need 'to chart' is terribly low and there is no doubt major labels are manipulating results for the Idol kiddies. Just before the mp3 revolution took hold, i think on average you only needed something like 70 singles to go out the door across the nation to be mixing it in the top 50. And i read last year that one of the lowest ever #1 albums might have been down around 1500 sales... Either way this years Annual is fairly average so the mainstream masses eating it up won't be getting their moneys worth. But the Warehouse rave will still pump...
funkyhugh says...
a shame that most people buying it will listen to it, and then throw it away
milkcrate says...
Club scene is getting dumber and dumber :)