Musica reviews holiday season buys

The group's brand co-ordinator Annelien Moerdijk says, "Music by local artists was this year's best sellers in entertainment, surprising everyone's expectations, as they outsold international artists this season." The Parlotones and Elvis Blue (debut album was certified gold status on Monday, 10 January 2011 selling over 20 000 copies within 29 days after release), in particular, were the most popular among other local acts.

The party mood was certainly on and Dance Album, 94 Hits in a Row Vol 2 local compilation, outsold last year's Vol 1. One of the top artists in the genre of urban music such as Professor, Liquideep and 5fm Ultimix continues to stay top of the charts. Skouspel's music DVD remains an all time favourite choice among fans, with duo Rudi and Corlea a crowd pleaser.

2010 was the first year that the group expanded its music DVD collections by introducing exclusive box sets featuring local artists Juanita du Plessis, Joyous Celebration and Benjamin Dube, which were a hit on the local music front.

DVD hits

Eclipse, the 3rd episode in the Twilight saga was the most popular DVD with Step Up 3 coming in second. Fast and furious Angeline Jolie in Salt and Leonardo DiCaprio in Inception were also very popular. Animated movies for young and old were a firm favourite with titles like as Toy Story 3, How to Train your Dragon and Shrek "The Final Chapter". Blu Ray sales also increased considerably.

Games, iPods

The global launch of Playstation Move and Xbox Kinect late 2010, proved popular with Call of Duty: Black Ops and Gran Turismo 5 as the top performing gaming titles, followed closely by FIFA 11, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, and Assassins Creed: Brotherhood. iPods and Blu Ray players were also successful sellers.