NY Indie Retailer OTHER Adds MP3 Download Store
Revered New York indie retailer Other Music is launching a download site late next month. "The basic strategy will be the same as at the shop. We sort through everything. Continue reading
Indie Retail’s VanCleave Sounds Off About The “Keystone Cops” At EMI
FROM MIDEM – "Today I was in the lobby of the Carlton hotel right there on the ole Rivera…and noticed Eric Nicoli across the room…" "He of course runs the. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 01-21-07
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 MAYER*JOHN|VILLAGE SESSION EP 2 SPEKTOR*REGINA|BEGIN TO HOPE 3 BEATLES|LOVE 4 CALE/CLAPTON|ROAD TO ESCONDIDO 5 TV ON THE RADIO|RETURN TO COOK 6 WAITS*TOM|ORPHANS 7 CASE*NEKO|LIVE. Continue reading
Yo Yo Ma Scores Digital Record
Yo-Yo Ma has become the first Sony BMG classical artist to sell more digital copies than CDs in its first week. Released on January 9, the Grammy-winning cellist’s Sony Classical. Continue reading
Canadian Music Industry Year End Report
Overall music purchases were up nearly 10% from 2005 . Nearly 15 million digital tracks were purchased; an increase of 122% over 2005 The top 200 tracks. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 01-14-07
1 BEATLES|LOVE 2 MAYER*JOHN|VILLAGE SESSION EP 3 MOS DEF|TRU3 MAGIC 4 WAITS*TOM|ORPHANS 5 TV ON THE RADIO|RETURN TO COOK 6 CALE/CLAPTON|ROAD TO ESCONDIDO 7 SPEKTOR*REGINA|BEGIN TO HOPE 8 CASE*NEKO|LIVE. Continue reading
IFPI Publishes Digital Music Report 2007
Highlights of the report: Digital music sales estimated to double to around US$2 billion in 2006 Single track downloads estimated up 89% at 795 million Available tracks double to four. Continue reading
Can The Record Store Survive?
With music sales down another 5% last year, consumers moving towards downloads and big box retailers stealing hit product sales can anything like the record shop of yesteryear survive? Some. Continue reading
A Sad Weak For CD Sales
Ouch. Overall CD sales were slow for the week ending January 7th down 18% over the same week in 2006. It took the Dreamgirls soundtrack only 66,000 units to top. Continue reading
Final ’06 CD Sales Down. Even Digital Misses Projections
U.S. music sales which include CDs and digital album downloads fell 4.9% in 2006 according to Nielsen SoundScan. U.S. album sales fell to 588.2 million from 618.9 million in 2005.. Continue reading
