According to reports Jay-Z’s headline performance at the Glastonbury festival on Saturday is said to have helped boost his record sales. Jay Z’s 2004 single 99 Problems is set to go straight into the Top 25 of the UK singles chart this weekend and also his Linkin Park duet Numb/Encore, which he closed his Glastonbury set with, is also likely to return to the Top 40.
As we all know Jay-Z chose to cover an Oasis track after Noel Gallagher told the BBC that he was “wrong” for the three-day Somerset festival. My god was Noel wrong Jay Z was fantastic.
It’s also said that a number of other acts which appeared at the weekend festival have also benefited from the huge exposure the event provides. Friday night’s headliners Kings of Leon will see their latest album Because of The Times rise over 40 places, while both their previous albums will return to the Top 75.
But it’s said that Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday Concert which took place on Friday has failed to have the same effect. There is likely to be no return to the charts for Simple Minds, Annie Lennox or Free Nelson Mandela.
Did you attend one of these events?
What did you make of Jay Z’s performance?
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