Tag: Billboard 200

Releasing A Slow Burn Album: Oh Wonder Tries A Different Approach

With many foretelling the death of the conventional album format, artists like Beyonce and Frank Ocean have been trying different stunts like dropping surprise visual albums, but by releasing one. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/09/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Billboard 200, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, California, Frank Ocean, Grammy Award, iTunes, Joanne (song), Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Oakland

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The Essential Album Release Checklist

As an independent musician, releasing one's own music requires a massive amount of work, and it can be easy to forget something or misstep along the way. One thing which can help. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/04/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2Pacalypse Now, A Day to Remember, Billboard 200, Billboard Magazine, Black Friday (shopping), Cover version, Nielsen SoundScan, Taylor Swift, The Rolling Stones, United States

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AM BRIEF: Spotify, Apple Music Add Unofficial Mixes • Amazon ‘Music Unlimited’ Leaks • Chatbots • More

Friday 10.7.16 Music Business News From Around The Web With unofficial mixes now on Spotify and Apple Music, there's less need to use Soundcloud and even less reason for Spotify. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/07/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazoncom, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Billboard 200, Blonde (Alizée song), iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media, Tidal (service)

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Pandora Predictions Chart: Finding The Next One Direction

In this round of the Pandora Predictions Chart, they're taking a look at the jazz funk boy band group Forever In Your Mind, set to potentially fill the void left. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/03/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Barbra Streisand, Billboard 200, Billboard Magazine, Future (rapper), Hands of Stone, Looking 4 Myself, No Limit (Usher song), Sugar Ray Leonard, Taylor Swift

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Kobalt Creates Neighboring Rights Powerhouse With Fintage House Superstar Client List Acquisition

Neighboring rights are one of the most misunderstood and fastest growing income streams in music. It's $2 billion annual business, and with the acquisition of the Fintage House's superstar client. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/28/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ariana Grande, Barbra Streisand, Billboard 200, Britney Spears, Broadway theatre, Bruce Springsteen, Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, Florida Georgia Line, Getty Images, United States

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4 Giveaways You’re A Music Industry Newb

Music industry rookies are dead easy for those more acclimated to the industry to spot, and while coming off as a newb is understandable and forgivable, it's hardly a characteristic. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/14/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Aaliyah, Ariana Grande, BBC Radio 1, Bey, Beyonce, Billboard 200, Book of Revelation, brand, Los Angeles, music industry

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MONDAY BRIEFING: Apple Music Tests “Discover Clones • Kickstarter To Relaunch Drip.fm • SXSWhite House • More

SPECIAL LABOR DAY EDITION: Today is a holiday in the U.S., but that doesn't mean that there's not breaking music business and tech news both here and globally. We've got. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/05/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Billboard 200, Billboard charts, Billboard Magazine, Def Jam Recordings, Dr Dre, Endless.com, Frank Ocean, Hypebot, Ice Cube, Jerry Heller, Marvin Gaye, Myocardial infarction, N.W.A, Straight Outta Compton (film), Universal Music Group

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Frank Ocean’s “Endless” Deemed Ineligible For Billboard Charts

Frank Ocean shook up the music industry with unusual back to back releases. His new indie album "Blonde" is headed for #1, but his Universal Music Group release "Endless" isn't. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/28/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Billboard 200, Billboard Magazine, Boys Don't Cry (film), Def Jam Recordings, Endless.com, Frank Ocean, Lucian Grainge, Universal Music Group

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How Frank Ocean, Drake, Kayne West, DJ Khaled, Others Are Using A Loophole To Game The Charts

[UPDATED] In late 2014, as part of a move to include digital consumption in its chart calculations, Billboard began counting 1,500 streams or 10 paid downloads of a song as. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/18/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Billboard 200, Billboard Magazine, DJ Khaled, Drake (entertainer), Kiss the Ring, Major scale, Recording Industry Association of America, Spotify, The New York Times, We the Best, YouTube

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Drake Scores 10th Week At #1

Drake has returned to #1 on both the Nielsen and BuzzAngle Music charts with "Views," which sold another 92,000 equivalent album units, including 58,000 streaming equivalent albums, this week. It’s. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/18/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Billboard 200, Billboard charts, Billboard Magazine, Drake (entertainer), IPhone, iTunes, music industry, Spotify, Taylor Swift

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