Category: Sales/Marketing
Eye On Idol (4/01/11)
When the finals started four weeks ago, there were six guys and seven girls. After Elton John week, there are six guys but now only three females. The near elimination and save of Casey Abrams last week meant two contestants would exit after last night’s (3/31) results show. The final tally revealed that Thia Meghia and Naima Adedapo were those contestants.
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Swift’s Worldwide Sales Pass 20 Million
Taylor Swift’s worldwide album sales total has passed the 20 million mark. This includes her three Big Machine Records studio albums, plus a holiday collection and a Walmart exclusive. In addition, Swift has sold over 33 million paid song downloads, making her the top-selling digital artist in history. Next the star heads to Sunday night’s […]
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
Soundscan: Sugarland Gets Upswing
In brief: Country absent from this week’s all-genre Top 25 • Country album sales down 12.5% YTD • All-genre and country digital album sales up 13% YTD
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Label Head/Futurist Map The Entertainment Landscape (Pt. 2)
While content remains the coin of the realm for artists and the companies that promote them, one cannot ignore the proliferation of new channels to expose and distribute. It’s also impossible to ignore how connected society has become. Today’s label marketers and radio programmers must scan across a wide canyon of video, radio, music sales, sponsorships, social networking, mobile, and more to assess strategies for success. The dynamics between radio, sales, artists and social networking are being forged together like an edge on fine steel.
Meanwhile country sales are down almost 50% this decade. Retail space is fast disappearing despite the fact that during 2010 country fans still purchased about 85% of albums in physical format. Will CDs become a value add offered with other merchandise? Is there a viable plan for labels that offers a chance for survival? Are our revenue streams drying up?
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Amazon Launches Cloud Player Service
Google and Apple, you just got served. Online retail giant Amazon pulled a fast one this week with the launch of its Cloud Player, a service that allows users to upload and play music through the web or Android phones. Existing Amazon customers are given 5GB free space by default, with the option to upgrade […]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
A Futurist Maps The Entertainment Industry Landscape (Pt. 1)
While content remains the coin of the realm for artists and the companies that promote them, one cannot ignore the proliferation of new channels to expose and distribute. It’s also impossible to ignore how connected society has become. Today’s label and radio programmers must scan across a wide canyon of video, radio, music sales, sponsorships, social networking, mobile, and more to assess strategies for success. The dynamics between radio, sales, artists and social networking are being forged together like an edge on fine steel.
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
iPad Apps Offer New Music Possibilities
With the ever-growing popularity of the iPad, music companies are finding new ways to share music and extras with fans through the device. EMI has released an iPad edition of an album by Swedish House Mafia which includes the music, video, photo gallery, notes from the band, and links to social media pages. It has […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
New Music Discovered Via Radio, Word of Mouth
Orpheus Media Research surveyed 500 consumers about how they discover new music: 87 percent of respondents said they actively search out new music 82 percent identified radio as the greatest single influence of their music listening 57 percent indicated that they most often relied on radio or word of mouth to learn about new music […]
Category: Featured, Radio, Sales/Marketing
Eye On Idol (3/25/11)
It’s only appropriate that wrestler Hulk Hogan (!) made an appearance on last night’s (3/24) American Idol results show. The evening’s exciting conclusion was practically worthy of its own WWE story line.
Category: Awards, Featured, Sales/Marketing
NYT Paywall Starts March 28
After months of speculation, The New York Times has announced a plan to charge for digital subscriptions. In a letter sent to readers, the publication said, “Today marks a significant transition…[one] we hope you will see as an investment in The Times, one that will strengthen our ability to provide high-quality journalism to readers around […]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Gaga Passes Rihanna And Swift In Digital Single Sales
Lady Gaga is named by the R.I.A.A. in its February 2011 report as the highest-certified artist of digital singles in Gold & Platinum history. Gaga has tallied 20 million downloads sold and her 6X Platinum “Just Dance” ties with the Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” also at 6X Platinum. Closely following Lady Gaga is […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
