PledgeMusic Artists Are Finding Success On Billboard Charts
This week's Billboard charts include new releases from more than a dozen PledgeMusic alumni. Until recently, crowdfunding and direct to fan campaigns were an alternative used mostly by newer unsigned artists. That's all changing, with musicans in all stages of their careers, from new gorups to established artist like the 10,000 Maniacs, using PledgeMusic and others to raise funds and to energize their fan base. In fact, many music marketers are starting to see these services as the very best way to launch a new release.
PledgeMusic's Billboard charting artists this week include:
Billboard Top 200
No. 24 – Interpol
No. 33 – Flyleaf
No. 57 – Madden Brothers
No. 66 – Mike Doughty
Top Rock Albums
No. 8 – Flyleaf
No. 9 – Interpol
Top Alternative Albums
No. 1 – Flyleaf
No. 2 – Interpol
No. 6 – Madden Brothers
No. 10 – Mike Doughty
Top Christian Albums
No. 3 – Flyleaf
Top Dance/Electronic Albums
No. 1 – Lindsey Stirling
In addition, “Billboard” named Unlocking The Truth among their 21 Under 21 in 2014, and featured Angie Miller among their candidates for 2015’s Best Bet.
Its good, but most (if not all) have been promoted at some point by a bigger label. The interesting part is if a band fully on its own can accomplish these chartpositions on their own by D2F.