The Charing Cross Road team, which lost its regular status as number one publisher to Universal in quarter one and BMG in quarter two, stormed back in spectacular fashion in the third quarter after capturing a 23.9% market share across singles and albums.

The victory, the first since Guy Moot took over from long-serving Peter Reichardt as head of the company, owed much to James Blunt who scored the period's top-selling album with Back To Bedlam and the most popular ...