2013 Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

CRTC Issues Annual Report on the Health of the Canadian Radio Industry

Despite what some may think, radio in this country is still in very good shape and a very profitable business.

This week, we’re seeing all kinds of deep analysis of music sales figures from 2013. And the big story is

Every year around this time, Billboard publishes the incomes of the top earners in music. Here’s the Top 10: 1.

Here’s what happened in Canada last year according to Nielsen Sounscan: Digital album sales: Up 9% (10.5 million units to

Clever. (Via Holy Kaw)

Let’s be clear: vinyl still represents at tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny slice of all the revenues from the sales of

It’s nice to see more people getting (back) into vinyl. According to Nielsen Soundscan, sales were up 33% over 2013–but

This handy list comes courtesy of the Houston Press. You can read the rationale for the picks here, but this

You have to do more than watch closely, too. This video uses YouTube’s annotations feature to embed stuff within the

Grantland looks back on 2013 as the year that failed to deliver any true musical blockbusters–or as I call it,