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ALBUMS COMMENTARY
A week after the Valentine's Day effect gave the albums chart a welcome 16% boost, the Brit Awards helped cushion the return to normality with sales declining by 12%. That is better than last year, when the two events were likewise on consecutive weeks and sales declined by 15%. Award winners and performers Ms Dynamite and Coldplay enjoyed the biggest Brit effect, with Dynamite's A Little Deeper album improving 36-17 on an 86% increase in sales week-on-week, while Coldplay's A Rush Of Blood To The Head improved 15-6 with a 72% jump in sales.
It is harder to assess the Brit effect on Tom Jones, who won the Outstanding Contribution award ...