Random Music News for Thursday, December 14, 2017
Still in Hoi An, Vietnam, where it still seems to be the law that every single establishment play Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” at least once every twenty minutes. That isn’t an exaggeration. And now, music news for December 14.
- Speaking of which, that song has just beat the Pogues “A Fairytale of New York” as the top Christmas song in the UK.
- Canadian music sales last week vs. this time last year: Total albums, -16.6%; digital albums, -22.8%; physical albums, -12.3%; CDs, -14.2%; vinyl, +22.5%; streams, +73.5%.
- Let’s see if you agree with this: The most overrated albums of 2017.
- Tinder has just hooked up with Spotify.
- Still with streaming, there’s a rumour that Tidal has just six months money left. Tidal denies it, of course.
- What is this mysterious hum generated that’s been recorded from deep inside the planet?
- Melissa Etheridge just quit a gig at Sirius XM over Steve Bannon.
- Interested in how artificial intelligence is creeping into the music industry? Then read this.
- Voice assistants are now used by 46% of Americans, mostly on their mobile phones.
- This guy once had a job making beats for Saddam Hussein. And you thought you hate YOUR job…
- A Christmas song resulted in another hippopotamus.
- Here’s a ranking of all 218 U2 songs from worst to best.
- INXS is getting its own museum. In Australia, of course.
- Here’s a fun gift guide for the musicians on your list.
- And here’s another gift guide from SOCAN
