Weekly Register: Lionel Richie Pushes Stats Positive
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The Weekly Register: Digital Albums Rising
Like some kind of rare sales equinox we have an unusual synchronicity this week.Country and all-genre YTD album sales are each exactly .1% ahead of last year. […]
RIAA Touts First Sales Uptick Since 2004
Uplifting sales news arrived this week from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The trade organization reports that for the first time since 2004, U.S. music sales are …[…]
Music Industry Early Social Engagement Adopter
Can artists be as creative in the social-media space as they are in the studio? It matters […]
VEVO Adds Yahoo! Music As Syndication Partner
VEVO’s family of syndication partners now includes Yahoo! Music. […]
Seth Godin To Keynote Rethink 2012
The second annual Rethink Music is set to take place at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, April 22-24. The unique event is solutions-based […]
Country Sales: All That Downloads Is Not Gold
Before we dissect some of this week’s sales metrics, let’s consider some of the recent industry talk which buoyantly notes that digital sales are up for both country music and the industry overall. And that is true. But… […]
MusicRow Debuts TEA Sales Index
The Country Music Sales Landscape is evolving rapidly. The TEA index is one of several coming metrics designed to fold track sales back into the discussion. […]
Twitter Queen Passes 20 Million Followers
It had to happen, eventually. Someone would amass 20 million Twitter followers. […]
CMT Relaunches Insider App
CMT’s mobile division, launched in 2006, has introduced an upgraded version of its CMT Insider app […]