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# REWIND – Music Industry’s Week In Review: Gaga, Google, Facebook+Spotify, RIAA Salaries, More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/rewind-the-music-industrys-week-in-review-gaga-google-facebook-spotify-riaa-salaries-more/
- Published: 2011-05-28T10:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-05-28T10:03:00.000Z
- Description: Lady Gaga dominated the week with her new release. Major brands like Google flocked to be a part of the campaign. Amazon offered the album for $.99 and so many. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/05/rewind-the-music-industrys-week-in-review-gaga-google-facebook-spotify-riaa-salar
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

[![HypebotFavicon](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20154329a88a0970c-50wi "HypebotFavicon")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20154329a88a0970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com) **Lady Gaga dominated the week** with her new release. Major brands like [Google](https://www.hypebot.com/google-turns-to-lady-gagaher-fans-to-promote-chrome/) flocked to be a [part of the campaign](https://www.hypebot.com/big-brands-love-lady-gaga-her-little-monsters/). **Amazon** offered the album for $.99 and so many fans flocked to the site that it [crashed some severs](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/05/lady-gaga-99-cents-album-promo-turns-negative-for-amazon-gaga-as-servers-stall-.html); so they [tried it again](https://www.hypebot.com/amazon-repeats-lady-gaga-099-sale-today-this-time-wre-ready/) 2 days later. The campaign demonstrated at least [4 creative strategies](https://www.hypebot.com/4-things-we-can-all-learn-from-lady-gaga-launch/) that all musicians should consider.

- **Google reportedly [offered record labels $100 million](https://www.hypebot.com/google-offered-labels-100-million/)** to license a robust cloud music service and they refused.
- **[Facebook and Spotify](https://www.hypebot.com/facebook-spotify-partner-on-new-streaming-music-service/)** will reportedly partner for a new music service.
- While the music industry crumbled **two [top RIAA execs](https://www.hypebot.com/as-recording-industry-crumbled-two-top-riaa-execs-made-48-million/) made $4.8 million.**

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- Join our challenge to name **[2000 tips to win new fans](https://www.hypebot.com/tell-us-how-you-get-new-fans-win-100/) and win $100**.
- **Mark Mulligan** [exited](https://www.hypebot.com/mark-mulligan-exits-forrester-research/) Forrester Research.
- Hypebot's**[ Music Industry Job Board](https://www.hypebot.com/our-music-industry-jobs-internships-board-is-back/)** is back.
- Once Again, **[Square Revolutionizes](https://www.hypebot.com/once-more-square-revolutionizes-the-merch-table/) The Merch Table.**