The Official UK Charts Company

...guitarist for Modest Mouse. "Ignore the Ignorant" became the Cribs' highest-charting album in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 8 on the Official Charts Co. tally. To date, the Wakefield, Yorkshire, band has scored seven U.K. top 40...

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...in the most competitive of markets. Almost every comedian on television - and a few who are not - has product for sale. According to the Official Charts Company and Worldpanel Entertainment, 77 per cent of comedy titles are sold between October...

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...to top the UK album chart with her album in September. She replaced Arctic Monkeys at the top position. Martin Talbot, from the Official UK Charts Company, believes it is the older music fans who have played a role in the increase in...

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...three. "JLS and Robbie were neck and neck in the end, scoring the two biggest week one totals of the year," said Martin Talbot of the Official Charts Company. "So while JLS will be rightly delighted with their first number one, Robbie...

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...critical and commercial acclaim beyond retirement age. "It's been a vintage year for veteran artists," said Martin Talbot from the Official UK Charts Company. "The success of older acts has been growing over recent years but it has peaked...

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Unsigned British bands could reach the top of the charts, through a new music download site that has won approval from the Official Chart Company to register its tracks as sales. Ooizit.com, which went live this week, costs GBP9.97 per...

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...Beat Again. The band are the first British act to have clocked up two number one hits in the same year since McFly in 2006, the Official Charts Company said. Both songs sold more than 100,000 copies in their first week - a feat...

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...with The Ultimate Collection. JLS are the first British act to have had two number one hits in the same year since McFly in 2006, the Official Charts Company said. Member Oritse Williams said: "To have our first two singles go to number...

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...the hit British TV talent show "The X Factor," becomes only the 12th female artist to have claimed top spot in both charts at the same time, the Official Charts Company said. She follows in the footsteps of the likes of Barbra Streisand,...

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...year so far. Now her debut album 3 Words has entered the chart in the top spot, beating This Is It, the new Michael Jackson release. The Official UK Charts Company said it was a "fabulous achievement" for Cole. Spokesman Martin Talbot...

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