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Adele’s 30 album sells the predicted 838,000 units in the US in its first week

Is this news half-or half-full? It depends on your perspective. When Adele’s 25 album came out on November 20, 2015,

The biggest music industry story of the last few months has been the insane sales numbers being generated by Adele’s

Three days into the new work week and only two more days until the new Bowie album. But we’re getting

Adele’s 25 album was released on November 20, 2015, meaning it was in the marketplace for just 41 days. During

I’ve been summoned for jury duty. If I’m selected, I may not be around for a while. Pray for me.

This has been a long Christmas break for some. When the everything closed up on Christmas Eve (a Thursday), much

With just one more full sales week to go, will the music industry be able to at least pull even

Today’s music news report comes from the NE Caribbean Command Centre where a listening post has been set up. It’s

I’ll say it again: put aside anything you may think of Adele and her music. The narrative everyone should be

Happy Black Friday. Let us all engage in an orgy of rabid consumerism. And now, the music news. Speaking of

NOTE: I’ll be updating this post until the end of this sales week (Thursday night at midnight PT). Check back

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver