BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge 2012
BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge 2012, the hugely anticipated annual round up of the cream of the past year’s Live Lounge sessions featuring a who’s who of music, has gone straight in at number one. This is the sixth time a BBC Radio One Live Lounge album has hit the top spot, and this is the highest first week sales of the compilation series in four years.
This year’s successful re-brand has reinvigorated the Live Lounge album and seen digital sales rocket, with the highest percentage of digital sales for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge 2012 since the series began.
With artists including Emeli Sandé, Lana Del Rey, Rita Ora, Plan B, The Vaccines, Mumford & Sons and more, performing stripped down versions of the biggest hits of the year, BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge 2012 is a must have for music connoisseurs of all genres.
The seventh volume also includes debuts from this year’s breakthrough artists Fun. (‘We Are Young’), Alex Clare (‘Too Close’) and Ben Howard’s take on the massive No.1 from Carly Rae Jepsen, ‘Call Me Maybe’.
It also features Florence + The Machine covering Drake & Rihanna’s ‘Take Care’, Olly Murs’ smashing David Guetta & Usher’s ‘Without You’ and Jessie J belting out her worldwide hit ‘Domino’.
The Live Lounge series has sold 2.8 million albums to date. The first Live Lounge sessions started 11 years ago on Jo Whiley’s BBC Radio 1 show, and they are still going strong today under the watchful eye of Fearne Cotton’s mid-morning BBC Radio 1 show, attracting performances from the best acts in the world.
The bands and artists usually perform one of their own hits, and then a cover version - often with a twist on the original, but always creating something truly special.
The tracks are live and stripped down, showing the true quality of the musicianship and craft of the song. This is the ONLY place to get all these unique tracks on one album.
Click here to buy BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge 2012
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