We’re delighted to report that after a lot of very hard work by everyone involved, long-time Replenish client Imogen Heap is finally getting the recognition she deserves with her new album ‘Ellipse’ debuting at #5 on the Billboard Top 200!

The album (which you can listen now) also came in at #1 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic album chart, #1 on the Billboard Internet album chart, #2 on the Billboard Digital album chart, #3 on the Billboard Alternative album chart, #4 on the Billboard Rock album chart, #4 on the Canadian album chart, and #39 on the UK Top 40 album chart!

Here’s what Music Week had to say:

“Leading the Brit pack, singer/songwriter Imogen Heap’s second album Ellipse sold 48,000 copies to debut at number five, comprehensively beating the number 145 peak of her 2005 debut, Speak For Yourself. Despite its modest chart place, Speak For Yourself was nominated for a pair of Grammy awards and saw several of its songs used on popular TV shows, helping it to eventually achieve sales of 431,000 copies, while its most successful track, Hide And Seek, fell short of the Hot 100 but has sold more than 685,000 copies on download.

The digital format is also much favoured by buyers of Ellipse, accounting for 29,000 of the album’s sales last week. That is enough for it to debut at number two on the digital albums chart. It goes one better on the Electronic/Dance chart, where it debuts at number one. Introductory single First Train Home saw a 161% spike in sales after Heap performed it on David Letterman’s show and enters the Top 200 digital songs list at number 197, with sales of 7,500 increasing its overall tally to 43,000.”

Much has been said about our efforts with Imogen’s online campaign, and we’re chuffed to see that it’s paid off for her!

Rogue States release their debut EP later this summer. The band who are releasing the ‘Lights EP’ themselves also shot the video themselves, with drummer Stuart Baxter Wilkinson directing and editing the video.

The shoot took place at The Rainbow Warehouse in Birmingham, a venue the band has played at several times.

In a article recently published in The Guardian, Chris Salmon points out that despite Replenish New Media client Imogen Heap not having had a top 40 hit yet, she remains one of the most popular musicians on the internet.

Sighting facts and figures from Imogen’s impressive online campaign such as her 40 million MySpace plays, 300,000+ Twitter followers (amassed in less than12 months), and her use of web technology to do things such as video blog her recording process, find album artwork collaborators, and recently, the streaming live piano improvisations, Chris thinks the elusive ‘hit single’ can’t be too far away. (We’re not sure she even needs one!).

Imogen’s online presence will certainly help to her to connect with fans when she releases the follow up to 2005’s ‘Speak For Yourself’, which has now sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.  New album ‘Ellipse’ is released on August 4th 2009.

Read the article in full at Guardian.co.uk.

This is great news for the currently unsigned band who have been hard at work recording their debut EP (due out this summer), and we wish them the best of luck!

Find out more about Rogue States at their website.

We met up to discuss Dan’s digital needs and online strategy for his upcoming release. We’re really excited to be involved in this project, not only because we love Dan’s music but also because we get a real buzz out of working with free-thinking, independent musicians.

Find out more about Dan and his upcoming releases here.

Jack McManus recently made his UK television debut and performed upcoming single ‘Bang On The Piano’ on GMTV – check out the video above.

Check out the video for Jack McManus’ debut single ‘Bang On The Piano’ above. The video is directed by the brilliant Simon Willows and the single is released on April 28th (in the UK) on Polydor Records.

We have been working with Jack McManus for several months now whilst he has been preparing to release his debut album ‘Either Side of Midnight’ (released on Polydor Records on May 5th). Debut single ‘Bang On The Piano’ precedes the album on April 28th.

Jack has got some great upbeat hook-laden pop tunes, the type of songs that you can’t but help tap your foot to, sing-along to, and battle to get out of your head for days after you’ve heard them – surely a good sign? Many people are comparing Jack to a young Billie Joel or Elton John, and we can see why!

Album track ‘Not The Hardest Part’ is available as a free download, so grab it while you can!