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# Mojo Nixon Amazon Giveaway Tops 1 Million Tracks
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/mojo-nixon-amazon-giveaway-tops-1-million-tracks/
- Published: 2009-10-22T16:43:22.000Z
- Updated: 2009-10-22T16:43:22.000Z
- Description: In what may be a record for free digital downloads, Mojo Nixon has given away more than 1 million tracks since Oct 6th via Amazon MP3. To put the 1,000,000 number. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/10/mojo-nixon-amazon-giveaway-tops-1-million-tracks.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

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In what may be a record for free digital downloads, Mojo Nixon has given away more than 1 million tracks since Oct 6th via Amazon MP3\. To put the 1,000,000 number in perspective, during a typical week 35,000 Mojo Nixon tracks are traded via P2P and a top tier artist is lucky if they sell 150-200,000 paid downloads of a hit single in a week, Eric Garland of net tracker Big Champagne told the [Wall Street Journal](http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/10/22/cult-musician-mojo-nixon-storms-the-web/?ref=hypebot.com).

Mojo had no idea this promotion would be so succesful. "T

he doomed the damned and the demented need a little help in these tough times

," [Nixon told Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/interview-mojo-nixon-sets-his-music-free/) before the launch. But fans better hurry; the free promotion ends October 28th. "I'm crazy, not stupid," he declared.

**Why was this free promotion so successful?**
- The power of Amazon. If Mojo had just done this on his own site, the numbers would be much, much lower.
  
- Mojo Nixon has always attracted press and this stunt was no exception.
- He hosts 3 shows on Sirius XM and has not been shy about using that platform to promote the free downloads.
- 1 million represents total tracks of all of his releases including a new album

But a million is still a very impressive number; and publicity showered on semi-retired cult musician has been priceless.