This Week’s iTunes Top 10 Singles & Albums
for the week ending Aug. 9, 2010 Top 10 Singles 1. "Mine," Taylor Swift2. "Love the Way You Lie," Eminem3. "Dynamite," Taio Cruz4. "I Like It," Enrique Iglesias5. "Teenage Dream,". Continue reading
Indie Sup Pop Considers Radical New Sales Model: Pay For The Toy And We’ll Give You The Music Free
From early Nirvana through Mudhoney and on to Fleet Foxes and The Postal Service, indie label Sup Pop has been putting out interesting and often fabulous music for decades. But. Continue reading
Amazon Connects With Facebook For Social Music & Media Shopping
Despite being a pioneer in user recommendations and its overall leadership in the online shopping sector, Amazon has been slow to embrace social shopping. But a new feature launched yesterday. Continue reading
New Music Sales Reports Send Mixed Signal
The U.S. single-track download market slipped 0.2% to 597.4 million tracks in the first half of the year according to Nielsen SoundScan. The data may suggest that the digital music. Continue reading
SoundScan Starts Counting Loudbytes Merchandise Plus Download Packages
Loudbytes has been experimenting with selling t-shirts, buttons, mugs and other music merchandise with download codes attached. Now Loudbytes downloads will be counted by SoundScan alongside sales at iTunes, Amazon. Continue reading
Give The Gift Of Music: Old Idea Gets New Logo
RIAA Says: Campaign Taps "Desire To Share" Music The RIAA and NARM have "refreshed" the once quite popular 30 year old Give The Gift Of Music promotion with a new. Continue reading
Nettwerk Music Shifts Distribution To WMG’s ADA
Makes 3 Key Executive Appointments (UPDATE 2) Nettwerk Music Group is shifting its U.S. distribution from Sony to Warner Music Group's indie arm Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA). The deal. Continue reading
The 10 Worst Music Catalog Marketing Ideas Ever
(Updated) From The Orchard's Daily Rind blog via Proper Discord: 1. "We’ve noticed that a competitor’s compilation is selling well, so we spent five minutes creating an almost identical one, and. Continue reading
It Was A Gleeful Week At Music Retail
Glee & A Rolling Stones Reissue Boost Music Sales “This is an interesting and vibrant time for the entertainment industry, music in particular, with the top four albums this week. Continue reading
Bob Baker: Giving Music Consumers These 3 Choices Leads to More Revenue
This guest post comes from Bob Baker of TheBuzzFactor, author of the "Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook," Berkleemusic's "Music Marketing 101" course, and many other books and music promotion resources. Are. Continue reading
