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The most successful is British rapper Dizzee Rascal who has reached number one with 11 different songs followed by British Indie singer Adele, British band Arctic Monkeys and American singer Britney Spears who have all reached number one with 9 different songs, Morrissey and Steps have 8.
MidPoint Music Festival (MPMF) was an annual three-day independent music festival and music industry conference held in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, from 2001 to 2017. The event took place every September in the city's downtown and historic Over-the-Rhine entertainment district. It was founded by Cincinnati musicians Bill Donabedian and ...
The UK Independent Singles Chart and UK Independent Albums Chart are charts of the best-selling independent singles and albums, respectively, in the United Kingdom.Originally published in January 1980, [1] and widely known as the indie chart, the relevance of the chart dwindled in the 1990s as major-label ownership blurred the boundary between independent and major labels.
The Association of Independent Music (AIM) is a non-profit trade body established in 1999 by UK independent record labels to represent the independent record sector, which in 2016 constituted approximately 23% of the UK market. Its members include record labels, self-releasing artists and distributors.
In the autumn of 1997, Fierce Panda formed the sub-label Rabid Badger Records to release more dance oriented music, [5] and in spring 1998 the sub-label Livid Meerkat for post-rock music. Fierce Panda also had released compilation albums and EPs, whose titles are mainly puns, often in-jokes. In 2006 they announced their decision to cease ...
British band Feeder topped the UK Indie Chart with three different singles during 2005. The UK Indie Chart is a weekly chart that ranks the biggest-selling singles that are released on independent record labels in the United Kingdom. The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company, and is based on both physical and digital single sales. During 2005, at least 37 singles reached number one ...
The initial line up comprised Kirk Kettles (vocals), Rob Doig (guitar), Garth Coates (bass) and Craig Stark (drums). After two years of sporadic gigging around the UK, they released their self-produced debut EP, The Ballad of Charles Godfrey Stilton in 2001 on music streaming platform PeopleSound. Coates left the band in 2000 and was replaced ...
British band Oasis were one of four acts to reach number one on the UK Indie Chart with two different singles. The UK Indie Chart is a weekly chart that ranks the biggest-selling singles that are released on independent record labels in the United Kingdom. The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company, and is based on both physical and digital single sales. During 2008, 27 singles ...