Category: Sales/Marketing
Rascal Flatts Gets “Easy” Gold
Rascal Flatts’ current single, “Easy,” has been certified Gold from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales exceeding 500,000. This accolade comes while the single is […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Lambert “Retweets” Pistol Annies
The Pistol Annies have been causing a buzz and making registers ring. The band’s digital-only album was released in late August and debut sales were a remarkable 42,000 units. At the same time, the trio’s most famous member, fiery Miranda Lambert, has also been lighting torches. […]
Category: Artist, Exclusive, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing, Touring, Weekend
The Band Perry’s Debut Album Goes Platinum
This week marks significant milestones for The Band Perry […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Blair Garner To Release Compilation CD
For nearly two decades Blair Garner has hosted his nightly syndicated radio show, “After MidNite,” conducting candid interviews with some of Country’s biggest artists. In addition to his busy broadcast schedule, Garner recently announced […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Radio, Sales/Marketing
Lady A Owns October RIAA Certifications
The latest Gold and Platinum were certifications released by the Recording Industry Association of America […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations, Sales/Marketing
Black Friday Unable To Reverse Weak Release Schedule
A quick look at our YTD comparison chart (above) shows that it’s seemingly going to take more than Black Friday sales, a big turkey dinner, and this year’s abbreviated release schedule to put country music buyers in a mood to buy more units than last year. […]
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Are Music Revenue Streams Drying Up?
2011 has been an eventful year for the music industry and its consumers. Apple’s “big dog” online music retailer, iTunes, remained the king of market share, but as the months rolled on music consumers welcomed a slew of new arrivals […]
Category: Exclusive, Featured, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
Morgans Media Group Hires Roger Murrah
Morgans Media Group has named songwriter and publishing veteran Roger Murrah […]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Cyber Monday Set To Click Into Record Books
Last year, for the first time, during the Monday after Thanksgiving—Cyber Monday—consumers clicked over $1 billion in sales, according to comScore. Online music is chiming in on the marketer’s holiday […]
Category: Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
Country Sales: Six Weeks Remain
It’s the day before Thanksgiving, so I’m going to be brief and promise this year not to wing it with the holiday puns […]
Category: Exclusive, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
Country’s Marketing Chess Board—Staying In The Game
If country marketing is like a game of chess then imagine that the pieces you control are named Product Distribution, Publicity, Radio, Touring, Digital and Endorsements/Sponsorships. […]
Category: Artist, Exclusive, Featured, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
