Shazam Finds More Ways To Increase Music Sales With Top Charts In Amazon’s MP3 Store
Earlier this year Shazam shared the eye opening news that Shazam users are heading over to digital stores and buying up to $300 million worth of music a year. Now. Continue reading
CHANGES @Billboard, Glassnote, Universal Music
Griffin Sweet has joined Billboard as brand partnership manager, based in New York. Sweet joins Billboard from OMD Sound, the in-house music consulting and intelligence group at Omnicom’s OMD, Universal Music. Continue reading
Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP Sells 75% Less In Debut Week Than “Born This Way”
Lady Gaga's ARTPOP debuted at #1 on Billboard this week. But topping the chart took just 258,000 in sales, which represents a 75% drop from the 1 million copies Gaga's. Continue reading
Fumbled Lady Gaga Release Could Cost Interscope $25 Million
Lady Gaga's ARTPOP is likely to debut at #1. But expected sales of 250,000 would represent a 75% drop from the 1 million copies of "Born This Way" sold in. Continue reading
Kosha Dillz: A Year Of Hypebot Posts Builds To The Release Of “Awkward In a Good Way”
Last year indie rapper Kosha Dillz began a series of columns here at Hypebot giving his view from the frontlines of how to make it as an indie artist. Since. Continue reading
Sold Out: Billboard’s 10 Anniversary Touring Conference & Awards
If you were hoping to go to this year's Billboard Touring Conference & Awards and you don't have your ticket yet, you might be out of luck as the event. Continue reading
Will The EDM Explosion Continue? w/ Kerri Mason Of Billboard – Upward Spiral Podcast #31
In episode 31 of the Upward Spiral, Billboard writer Kerri Mason talks about the rise of EDM to prominence over the last few years and how it has changed the. Continue reading
5 Things To Expect From YouTube’s Music Video Subscription Service
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. It might seem crazy for YouTube to launch a music subscription somewhat along the lines of MOG, Rdio, Rhapsody, and Spotify, because you can. Continue reading
Twitter #Music Will Live Despite Planned Demise Of Mobile App
A bit more clarity came to the discussion of Twitter #Music on Friday with a piece by Alex Pham in Billboard. Her sources say that the app's going but Twitter. Continue reading
YouTube To Launch Subscription Music Service Within Months
In what could be the biggest threat to Spotify's growth yet, YouTube is putting the finishing touches on an on-demand subscription music service to launch later this year. The outline. Continue reading
MySpace Launches ‘Portfolio’ – First New Artist Promo Tool Since Redesign
A redesigned and refocused MySpace has launched it's first new update aimed at helping the musicians and other creators that drive traffic the site. 'Portfolio' anables users to feature content. Continue reading
