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Best Selling Artists Of All Time

From retail to streaming, being able to quantify the number of sales for an album or song has always been an important part measure an artist's success, but doing so. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/15/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: country music, Garth Brooks, Jimmy Fallon, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Mandy Moore, Michael Jackson, Most valuable player, National Basketball Association, Noah Cyrus

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The Basics Of Music Publishing

Here Wendy Day breaks down the basics of music publishing, explaining the different channels through which artists can earn money from their published works, and how they can get those. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/04/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazon, Aphex Twin, Apple, Apple Music, Artist, Chief executive officer, Chris Lane, Chris Tompkins, country music, Craig Wiseman, Devolver Digital, Google, music, music business, music industry, music tech, musician, musicians, Pandora, record label, Spotify, tech, YouTube

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CMT Music Awards 2017 Nominees [FULL LIST]

The 2017 CMT Music Awards nominees have been announced with Kelsea Ballerini, Thomas Rhett and Keith Urban each receiving four nominations. The CMT Music Awards will be held Wednesday, June 7 at Nashville’s Music. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/10/2017 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: CMT, country music, music, music business, music industry, musician, musicians, Pandora, Spotify

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Finding The Saddest Chord Progression In The World

In this in-depth theory driven piece, Ethan Hein explores the world of structural tragedy in music, dissecting some of music's saddest chord progressions, what makes them that way, and how. Continue reading

Guest Post on 05/02/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Anxiety, BadBadNotGood, Benmont Tench, Chord progression, country music, Los Angeles, Problem Child (film), Ray Price (musician), The Fader, Willie Nelson

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Virginia Legislature Passes Bill Legalizing Ticket Scalping

In most parts of the country, state officials are working to limit ticket re-sales and scalping. Not so in Virginia, where a new bill has passed that guarantees the ability. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/24/2017 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Associated Press, Billboard Magazine, country music, Credit card, Eric Church, Holdin', Identity document forgery, Scalping, Ticket (admission), Ticket resale

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RIAA Certified 20 Albums, 181 Singles Gold Or Platinum In January

Further confirming the narrative that the music industry is again on the rise, the RIAA certified 20 albums and 181 singles gold or platinum in January of 2017. Latin artist. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/06/2017 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adele, Adult hits, Always Be, American Idol, Armani, Armi Kuusela, Artist, country music, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Jason Aldean

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this cycle back through the past week's music industry news, we revisit several important stories from the music industry, including Songtrust's partnership with DotBlockchain Music, Nielsen's acquisition of Gracenote,. Continue reading

admin on 02/04/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, BMG Rights Management, Broken Bow Records, country music, Jason Aldean, Jay-Z, music industry, Spotify, Streaming media

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Pandora Trendsetter Luke Combs On ‘Hurricane’ Of A Year, What’s Next

Here we hear from Luke Combs, a North Carolina-born country singer who has been enjoying a meteoric rise to country success on Pandora. In this interview he speaks about his. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/31/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: CeeLo Green, country music, Danger Mouse (musician), Facebook, Gnarls Barkley, Instagram, Internet access, Lip sync, Twitter, YouTube

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Why Do Streams Count As Sales On Billboard Charts? “There is no consumption,” says Digital Music Veteran

This week Billboard and Nielsen added streaming to their genre charts, and digital music veteran Jim Griffin is asking why. He's held top digital posts at Warner Music, Cherry Lane. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/27/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Billboard Magazine, Board of directors, country music, Creative industries, Drake (musician), iTunes, Jay-Z, Marcelo Claure, Nielsen N.V., Spotify, Streaming media, Twitter, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Small Goals Big Success • Legal Basics • PR Success • More

From the annals of MusicThinkTank this week, we explored legal basics for creatives, whether you might be sabotaging your PR success, why you should have small goals for 2017, and. Continue reading

admin on 01/07/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Albany, Animals as Leaders, Bloglovin, Boosie Badazz, Cash Money Records, Compact disc, Corn dog, country music, David Banner, Google, New York

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MON. BRIEF: WMG Reinvents Compilations • Snapchat Snubs Celebs • AirPods • More

Monday 12.19.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Kudos to WMG for swimming with the streaming flow rather than against it, and Snapchat for at least attempting to maintain. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/19/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Albany, Animals as Leaders, Boosie Badazz, Cash Money Records, Compact disc, country music, David Banner, Disc jockey, Google, music, New York, Snapchat

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