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Music Industry Music News 

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

November 27, 2021November 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 25, 30, Adele, Album sales

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

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All Artists Should be Streaming Their Music–Except Adele. Here’s Why.

January 7, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 25, Adele, Music Streaming

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

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Wednesday, January 06 2016

January 6, 2016January 6, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 25, Adele, Beatles, Connected Car, Diamond, Donald Fagen, Ford, Jack White, James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem, Motorhead, Phil Lynott, Rollins Band, Steely Dan, Thin Lizzy, Third Man Records, Toyota, Twitter, YouTube

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

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Music Industry 

How Many Records Did Adele Sell in the US? Here’s Another Way of Looking at 25.

January 5, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 25, Adele, Album sales, Digital Album Sales, Vinyl Sales

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

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Tuesday, January 5, 2016

January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 25, Adele, Apple, Bee Gees, Craig Strickland, Gold, Hamilton, iPhone, Manchester City, Music Canada, Music News, Noel Gallagher, Platinum, Robert Stigwood, Seinfeld

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

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Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, December 28, 2015

December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment 25, Adele, Deftones, Enrique Igles, Justin Bieber, Lenny Kravitz, Motley Crue, Muppets, Paul Simon, Pogues, Sir Lanka, Swaziland, Tommy Lee

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

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Music Industry 

Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 23 December 2015

December 23, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 25, Adele, Music sales

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

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, December 6, 2015

December 7, 2015December 7, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 25, Adele, Bono, Coldplay, Eve Hewson, Facebook, Ford Sync, Grammys, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Sinead O'Connor, Siri, Tunecore, U2

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

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The Final First-Week Sales Number for Adele’s 25

November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 Alan Cross 6 Comments *NSYC, 25, Adele, Burkina-Faso, Sales Records, Soundscan

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

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Friday, November 27, 2015

November 27, 2015November 27, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 25, Adele, Bang and Olufsen, Black Friday, Casey Kasem, Empire, Fox, Jean Kasem, Lip-syncing, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Pandora, Pogues, Record Store Day, Shane McGowan, Star Wars, Will Smith

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

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THURSDAY EVENING UPDATE: Let’s Bet on How Many Copies Adele’s 25 Will Sell In Its First Week

November 26, 2015November 27, 2015 Alan Cross 2 Comments 25, Adele, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Miss PIggy, NSYNC, Oasis, Shania Twain

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

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