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Canadian music sales and streaming stats: 29 November 2021 (The Adele Effect Edition)

Last week was the first week of sales for Adele’s 30 album. What kind of difference it did make in

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

When Adele released her 25 album, it sold 3.38 million copies in its first week in the US alone. Given

If you use Spotify, you may have nothings something different about its interface over the weekend if you wanted to

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Adele, the most famous and successful mononymous person in music since

Besides Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks, and maybe one or two others, Adele is one of the few artists on the

As part of the 5th annual BBC Radio Wales Music Day, there will be a celebration of the 30th anniversary

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