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BRIT Awards – Emile Sande, Ben Howard see social media surge, Muse get little

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BRIT Awards – Emile Sande, Ben Howard see social media surge, Muse get little

New figures reveal that Brit Winners saw a significant rise in new social media fans following her win and performance at the BRIT Awards ceremony.

Emeli Sand, who picked up the awards for Best British Female and Best British Album, saw a 60% increase in the number of people choosing to follow her on Twitter.

According to figures released by Musicmetric, the global music analysts, in the 24 hours following the Brits Sande the number of people following Sande on social media increased by 100% to 20,000, compared with 10,000 in the 24 hours leading up to the awards ceremony. Her Twitter growth was the most notable with nearly 15,000 new followers compared to almost 9,000 the day before.

Sande wasn’t the only big winner at last night’s star-studded ceremony; relative newcomer Ben Howard who took home the prizes for Best Male Solo Artist and Breakthrough Artist saw a massive spike in his new social media fans with an almost 250% increase on the previous day. The singer saw the most substantial leap in his new Facebook fans jumping to nearly 4000 in the last 24 hours compared to 600 the previous day.

Growing popularity on social media was also reflected in the iTunes charts. Emeli Sande, Grammy winners Mumford & Sons and Brit nominee Jake Bugg have all seen their albums enter the top ten of iTunes’ UK album chart.

Devon glam-rockers Muse, in spite their performance with a 60-piece orchestra, did not see a significant increase in fan uptake. On the day of the Brits, Muse gained 12,000 new fans on social media platforms, compared with the previous week’s peak of 15,000 new fans on the 15th February.

Gregory Mead, chief executive of Musicmetric, said:

“Awards ceremonies – like album releases, marriages, and deaths – have a big impact the online profile of artists.

“With more and more music fans are choosing to listen to and discover music online through social media and platforms such as Spotify, it is important that music industry bosses understand this activity in order to maximise revenue.”

 

Artist New social media fans:Pre-Brits

(Previous 24hrs: Feb 19th-20th)

 New social media fans:Post-Brits

(Last 24hrs: Feb 20-21st)

 Percentage change
Emeli Sande 8,737 27,433 213.99
Ben Howard 1,243 4,241 241.19
Muse 9,753 11,969 22.72
Adele 44,915 48,927 8.93

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Barclaycard Mercury Prize. Plan B, Florence Welch, Mark Ronson Attend

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Plan B, Florence Welch, Mark Ronson and co celebrate after The Barclaycard Mercury Prize

November the 1st saw a whole host of music’s finest celebrate the Barclaycard Mercury Prize at The Box including shortlisted artists Plan B, The Maccabees, Jessie Ware, Ben Howard, Django Django The party featured a special performance by Marina & The Diamonds.
Florence Welch turned up dressed as Joan of Ark choosing to leave The Machines Birthday bash to party with Mark Ronson, Jamie XX and the shortlisted artists.

Celebs in attendance were 

Plan B
Django Django
Maccabees
Jessie Ware
Ben Howard
Florence Welch (Florence & The Machine)
Mark Ronson
Jamie XX
Luke Treadaway
Sam Brandon
Ty Wood
Mat Horne
Will Poulter
Marina Diamandis (our guest performer)
Grace Woodward
Charlie Speed
Isaac Ferry
Otis Ferry
Sasha Bailey
Fin Munro
Billie JD Porter
Gizzi Erskine
Orlando Weeks
Percy Parker
Will Best
Zoe Ball

Ben Howard unveils new Everything Everything remix of Old Pine | Music News

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Ben Howard releases his new single ‘Old Pine’ on the 6th August and last night premiered a brand-new Everything Everything remix of the track on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show. ‘Old Pine’ has been a live favourite of Ben Howard since the release of his debut album ‘Every Kingdom’ last year. Have a listen below:
As previously reported Ben is heading out on an entirely SOLD OUT UK tour later this year. Dates here.

Ben Howard – new single precedes sold out tour | Music News

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London-born, Devon-raised folk singer Ben Howard has announced the release of his new single ‘Old Pine’ on the 6th August through Island Records.  The release comes ahead of a sold out month long jaunt around the UK that culminates in three sold out show’s at London’s Brixton Academy.

It’s been quite a year for Ben with over 200,000 sales of his debut album ‘Every Kingdom’ in the UK alone, two sold-outs tours of the US as well as a hectic summer of festival appearances. All this coming before his biggest UK tour to date in November. His UK tour later this year has now sold in excess of 50,000 tickets alone.
Have a listen and watch the video for ‘Old Pine’ below:
Ben’s UK dates:
16th June – Goldcoast Oceanfest, Devon
24th June – Radio 1 Hackney Weekend, London
7th July – T In The Park, Kinross
15th July – Latitude Festival, Southwold
18th August – V Festival, Chelmsford
19th August – V Festival, Stafford
6th September – Bestival, Isle of Wight
2nd November – Brighton, The Dome SOLD OUT
3rd November – Plymouth, Pavilions SOLD OUT
4th November – Cardiff, University SOLD OUT
5th November – Bristol, Colston Hall SOLD OUT
7th November – Dublin, Olympia SOLD OUT
9th November – Belfast, Waterfront SOLD OUT
10th November – Glasgow, O2 Academy SOLD OUT
12th November – Manchester, O2 Apollo SOLD OUT
14th November – Leeds, O2 Academy SOLD OUT
16th November – Newcastle, O2 Academy SOLD OUT
17th November – Aberdeen, Music Hall SOLD OUT
19th November – Cambridge, Corn Exchange SOLD OUT
20th November – Lincoln, Engine Shed SOLD OUT
21st November – Leicester, O2 Academy SOLD OUT
22nd November – Nottingham, Rock City SOLD OUT
24th November – Birmingham, O2 Academy SOLD OUT
25th November – Bournemouth, O2 Academy SOLD OUT
26th November – Southampton, Guildhall SOLD OUT
28th November – London, O2 Brixton Academy SOLD OUT
29th November – London, O2 Brixton Academy SOLD OUT
30th November – London, O2 Brixton Academy SOLD OUT