The nu-metal rock music craze triggered a stunning result from Emap
Performance's Kerrang! - up 46.6% in the period and 63.5 % year on
year.
Kerrang! is now the top-selling rock weekly, overtaking NME, which
celebrates its 50th birthday this year. Tim Schoonmaker, chief executive
of Emap Performance, said Kerrang!'s growth had been assisted by the
launch of a digital TV channel strand in June that introduced the brand
to a new, younger audience.
Emap was further buoyed by the growth of its rock monthly, Mojo, up
11.2% in the period.
The demise of club culture was reflected in big year-on-year falls for
all the dance music titles, although Ministry achieved a 10.3% increase
in the period by expanding overseas.
TOP FIVE ROCK MUSIC TITLES
Magazine Dec end 2001 Dec end 2000 Y/Y % change
1 Q 200,636 204,014 -1.7
2 The Fly 105,313 - n/a
3 Mojo 96,837 84,010 15.3
4 Kerrang! 76,841 47,004 63.5
5 New Musical Express 70,456 70,003 0.6
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