Research and Planning: Artists/bands

I have researched artists and bands from the alternative and rock genre, as my magazine will include a mixture of both genres.

Here is the top 15 selling albums according to iTunes for alternative this week:

1. The Lumineers - The Lumineers
2. An Awesome Wave - Alt-J
3. Some Nights - Fun.
4. My Head Is an Animal - Of Monsters and Men
5. El Camino - The Black Keys
6. Ceremonials - Florence + The Machine
7. Born to Die - Lana Del Rey
8. Battle Born - The Killers
9. Hear Me - Imagine Dragons
10. (III) - Crystal Castles
11. The 2nd Law (Deluxe Version) - Muse
12. Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
13. Coexist - The xx
14. The Haunted Man - Bat for Lashes
15. Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay

Here is the top 15 selling albums according to BBC Radio 1 for rock this week:

1. The 2 Nd Law - Muse

2. Afterglow - Black Country Communion

3. Atlas - Parkway Drive

4. House Of Gold & Bones Part 1 - Stone Sour

5. Uno - Green Day

6. Living Things - Linkin Park

7.Sinners Never Sleep - You Me at Six

8. The Manticore & Other Horrors - Cradle of Filth

9. Handwritten - The Gaslight Anthem

10. The Resistance - Muse

11. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

12. Black Holes & Revelations - Muse

13. Genesis Revisited II - Steve Hackett

14. Greatest Hits - Foo Fighters

15. Don't Panic - All Time Low