Random music news for Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Okay, okay! I’ll take the Christmas tree down this weekend. I’ve been busy doing things like gathering music news. Here’s what I have for January 15, 2019.
- Weekly Canadian music sales and streams vs. this time last year: Total albums, -19.0%; digital albums, -11.1%; physical albums, -24.7%; CDs, -30.0%; digital tracks, -28.3%; vinyl LPs, +11.6%; on-demand audio streams, +51.9% (1.259 billion streams in Canada last week).
- Potential buyers of HMV UK have until today to make an offer.
- One of the biggest things at CES this year was 5G connectivity. What will 5G mean for music? Let’s speculate.
- Travis Scott made the controversial decision to be part of the Super Bowl halftime show. But he insisted on something specific from the NFL.
- First, Lady Gaga apologizes for working with R Kelly on the song “Do What U Want.” Then sales exploded by over 13,000%.
- The fight between the Australian politician and Twisted Sister over “We’re Not Gonna Take It” has gone to the next level.
- The parent company of Universal Music continues to look for a buyer. But who would buy the biggest of the major labels?
- Is the music industry a complete mess? At least one manager thinks so.
- Expect to hear a lot more about rules forcing streaming services to contribute to Canadian culture. Frankly, I agree with stuff like this.
- The nominations for the 2019 BRIT Awards are out.
- Beyonce’s company is being sued over her official website for an interesting reason.
- “Fake streams” on Tidal? There’s now a criminal investigation in Norway.
- It looks like Samsung will unveil its foldable phone on February 20…
- …and Apple is reportedly working on three new iPhones for 2020.
- If you’re into computer gaming, imagine having this monitor.
- There seems to be a slow surge in the streaming of classical music.
- This is the new beta of Twitter.
- If you post material on YouTube, you’d be wise not to swear. Here’s why.
- A good “where are they now”: Alice Nutter of Chumbawamba is now doing this.
