-          Dance music sales increase sharply in 2013 to take their highest market share (16.3%) since 2006.

-          Dance music claims five of 2013’s No 1s out of a potential 15 in the Official Singles Chart.

-          New Dance acts: Disclosure, Rudimental and Duke Dumont set to sell 250,000-plus copies this year.

04 July 2013 – Official Charts Company data released today by the BPI, the body representing UK record labels, reveals that a string of chart-topping releases and unique artist collaborations from British and international Dance acts have led to a sharp increase in UK sales of Dance music.  Nearly a fifth (+19.1%) more Dance singles were purchased in the first six months of 2013 when compared to the same period a year ago, whilst demand for Dance albums was up strongly by over a third (+33.7%). 

Key trends

• Dance music accounts for more than 1 in 6 (16.3%) of the singles sold in the UK over the past six months (Jan-June 2013) compared to 14.1% for the same period in 2012 – Dance music’s highest share of the singles market since 2006.

• Dance is now the third most popular genre with music fans after Pop and Rock and ahead of R’n’B.

• Daft Punk’s Get Lucky took just 69 days to pass the landmark of 1m sales in the UK.

• Dance is thriving on the albums front too – accounting for almost 1 in 10 sales in the albums market.

• In April, Calvin Harris became the first artist in UK chart history to achieve eight top 10 hits from the same album, 18 Months – overtaking Michael Jackson’s record of seven, and shifting more than 4.2m tracks in the process.

• May saw six of the top 10 best-selling singles come from Dance acts – Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers; Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre; Chris Malinchak; David Guetta ft. Ne-Yo & Akon; Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding; and Armin Van Buuren ft. Trevor Guthrie.

• Rounding off a strong six months, a tally of ten Dance tracks sold more than a quarter of a million copies, including Waiting All Night by Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre, White Noise by Disclosure ft. Aluna George andNeed U (100%) by Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E.

• Dance debutants continued their reign in the Charts, where Disclosure’s Settle swooped straight in at No.1 in early June and Rudimental’s first studio album Home landed the top spot in May.

• Demand is also being fuelled by fans who are increasingly digitally-engaged, with nearly half (46.9%) downloading Dance albums (compared to the average of 37.4% for albums in general).

Commenting on the new wave of Dance music taking hold of the charts, Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive of music companies' trade body, the BPI, said: “With so many memorable releases this year, not least Daft Punk’s iconic summer anthem, Get Lucky, Dance music is well on its way to becoming one of the defining sounds of 2013. It's drawing in artists normally associated with other genres, such as Hip Hop and Dubstep. These fresh influences are giving 2013's Dance music an edge which is really cutting through to fans". 

Ben Turner, co-founder of the newly-created industry trade group Association for Electronic Music, added: "The explosion of electronic dance music in the USA is well-documented worldwide, so it’s great for the UK to now be in a position to reveal statistics as strong as this to show how dance music continues to drive the UK music business forward.”

For more information please contact:

• Lynne McDowell, BPI Senior Communications Manager – lynne.mcdowell@bpi.co.uk / 020 7803 1395 / 07763 619709
• Gennaro Castaldo, BPI Director of Communications – Gennaro.castaldo@bpi.co.uk / 020 7803 1326 / 07801 194 139

Notes to Editors

1. Official Dance Singles Top 20 - Year-to-Date (Weeks 1-26).

Position                Title                                   Artist

1                            GET LUCKY                           DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS

2                            WAITING ALL NIGHT              RUDIMENTAL FT ELLA EYRE

3                            I COULD BE THE ONE             AVICII VS NICKY ROMERO

4                            WHITE NOISE                         DISCLOSURE FT ALUNAGEORGE

5                            NEED U (100 PERCENT)          DUKE DUMONT FT AME

6                            DRINKING FROM THE BOTTLE CALVIN HARRIS FT TINIE TEMPAH

7                             I NEED YOUR LOVE                CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING

8                             GET UP (RATTLE)                   BINGO PLAYERS FT FAR EAST

9                            FEEL THIS MOMENT                PITBULL FT CHRISTINA AGUILERA

10                          HARLEM SHAKE                      BAAUER

11                           PLAY HARD                           DAVID GUETTA FT NE-YO & AKON

12                           DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD     SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA/MARTIN

13                           SO GOOD TO ME                    CHRIS MALINCHAK

14                          THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE     ARMIN VAN BUUREN FT T GUTHRIE

15                           LATCH                                    DISCLOSURE FT SAM SMITH

16                           YOU & ME                               DISCLOSURE FT ELIZA DOOLITTLE

17                            FEEL THE LOVE                       RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN

18                            SWEET NOTHING                    CALVIN HARRIS/FLORENCE WELCH

19                             TITANIUM                              DAVID GUETTA FT SIA

20                             MAGNETIC EYES                     MATRIX/FUTUREBOUND/BABY BLUE

© Official Charts Company

1. Dance Market Share, 2002 – 2013.

Year

Dance Share of the Singles Market

2013 (year-to-date)          16.2%

2012                                 13.8%

2011                                 13.8%

2010                                 12.6%

2009                                 12.7%

2008                                 13.2%

2007                                15.5%

2006                                18.2%

2005                                15.4%

2004                                17.8%

2003                                15.3%

2002                                15.4%

© Official Charts Company

About the BPI
The BPI is the representative voice of the UK recorded music business. The BPI is a trade organisation funded by its members - which include hundreds of independent music companies and the UK’s major record labels. The BPI’s members account for approximately 90% of all recorded music sold in the UK, and globally the UK's recorded music market is the fourth biggest. 
 
The BPI also organises the annual BRIT Awards show as well as the Classic BRIT Awards show. The organising company BRIT Awards Limited, is a fully owned subsidiary of the BPI. Substantial proceeds from both shows go to the BRIT Trust, the charitable arm of the BPI that has donated almost £15m to charitable causes nationwide since its foundation in 1989.