Why the ‘no platinum albums’ story in the US probably doesn’t mean the sky is falling.
By Steve Lawson from SteveLawson.net There’s one story that’s been circulating a lot over the last few days amongst musicians on social media – “2014 is first year ever with ZERO platinum-certified records” – it. Continue reading
Two Views On The Future Of Streaming Music Services
By Alan Cross, Canadian Broadcaster, Radio Consultant. Guys like Thom Yorke and David Byrne can rage against the dying of the light as much as they want, but that won’t prevent streaming. Continue reading
Are Low Music Sales Simply Due To Bad Music?
Guest post by Peter Getty. In 1991, Nielsen Soundscan started tracking album sales around the world. Back then, this data gave us valuable insight into current tastemakers, what genres were. Continue reading
The LP Is Back [CHART]
The vinyl album LP continued its unlikely comeback in 2013, with sales in the United States reaching 6 million units. As opposed to CD sales which declined 14.5% and digital album. Continue reading
Forbes List Of World’s Best Paid Musicians 2013
Forbes has released a new list of the best paid musicians of the last 12 month. Forbes looked at income from June 1st, 2012 through June 1st, 2013, using data sources. Continue reading
Breaking Bad Was Very, Very Good For Badfinger’s “Baby Blue”
Badfinger's "Baby Blue" digital song sales jumped +2981% over last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In the last few hours of Sunday night, the song was purchased 5300 times, compared. Continue reading
U.S. Album Sales Hit Record Lows
For the first time since Nielson SoundScan began counting, U.S. album sales have dipped below 5 million units for 5 consecutive weeks. Just 4.69 million albums were sold during the. Continue reading
The Reasons Paid Music Downloads Are Going Downhill
By Tom Dillon of Evolver.fm. Paid downloads, the songs people pay for individually the way they do with CDs, have officially stopped their ascent. According to Nielsen SoundScan data, digital. Continue reading
Queens Of The Stone Age Tops Charts, 13% From Vinyl. Total Sales Fall
Jim Donio, President of NARM, shares the stats from this week’s sales report issued by Nielsen SoundScan: "Queens of the Stone Age set several sales milestones this week, notching its. Continue reading
“The Music Business Is Not Dying” – Bobby Owsinski
With all the gloom surrounding the music industry, many feel like the music business is dying. However, on Music Think Tank, Bobby Owsinski says it isn’t as bad as people. Continue reading
