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Top 10 Idol Earners
Forbes loves to compile Top 10 Earning lists and its latest “revelation” is a ranking of American Idols. Anyone paying attention would immediately guess (and be correct), that Carrie Underwood reigns supreme
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
Google+ Hangout Feature Powers Virtual Concert
Singer songwriter Daria Musk recently used the new Hangout technology on Google plus to promote a 6.5 hour virtual concert around the globe. The entrepreneurial artist ultimately reached thousands of viewers from Norway to Argentina to Australia.
Category: Artist, Exclusive, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Reconciling The RIAA Certs plus June Awards
The RIAA has announced its June 2011 certifications and Nashville artists are well represented in both album and digital download categories…but balancing the RIAA criteria between physical sales and digital sales is confusing.
Weekly Chart Update (7/22/11)
It’s a tight configuration at the top of the CountryBreakout Chart, with just over a hundred spins separating positions 1, 2, and 3. Lady Antebellum’s “Just A Kiss” emerges victorious for a second consecutive week, holding off Zac Brown Band’s “Knee Deep.”
Antitrust Regulators Eye Google
Amid scrutiny by federal antitrust regulators, Google is funneling more money than ever into lobbying efforts. According to a report by NPR, Google spent $2.06 million to influence lawmakers between April- June 2011, a 54 percent increase from the same period last year. Last month the Federal Trade Commission opened an inquiry into Google. The […]
Category: Featured, Financial/Legal, Sales/Marketing
Chesney Leads Country Tour Rankings
The touring industry is rebounding following the 2010 slump according to Pollstar’s Mid-Year report. Gross box office receipts and ticket sales are on the rise, despite an increase in ticket prices. The report tracks data from Jan. 1-June 30, 2011. It shows a 10.2 percent hike in the average ticket price in North America, which […]
“MusicRow” Exclusive With StageIt CEO Evan Lowenstein
Recently named to Digital Media Wire’s list of 25 Execs to Watch in Digital Entertainment for 2011, Evan Lowenstein, Founder and CEO of StageIt sat down exclusively with MusicRow.
Category: Artist, Exclusive, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Red River Runs Deep
Blake Shelton rode Red River Blue to the biggest sales week of his career. And Chris Young’s Neon added a bright glow to today’s Soundscan report.
Category: Artist, Exclusive, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
Borders, Gannett Latest Victims of Digital Media
The shuttering of Borders bookstores has been a long time coming, the latest casualty in the switch to digital media. Yesterday (7/18), the nation’s second-largest bookstore chain, which also sold music, announced plans to begin the liquidation process.
Category: Exclusive, Featured, Financial/Legal, Weekend
Spins.FM Enables Radio Requests
Country music research, unlike data from some other musical formats continues to return a gaping disconnect between social networking, radio and sales success. Why?
Category: Artist, Exclusive, Featured, Radio, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
