Random Music New for Wednesday, December 14, 2016
On this day in 1972, Eugene Cernan became the last person to walk on the moon. Why haven’t we been
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Record Sales
Should iTunes Tracks Go on Sale?
With both physical and digital record sales hitting new levels of suckage, the industry has to be freaking out over
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Random Music News for Thursday, July 7, 2016
What happened near Roswell, New Mexico, on this date in 1947? We still don’t really know. But I can tell
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61 Artists Have Sold 100,000,000 Records. How Many Can You Name?
Here’s another terrific infographic from Completely Ignored. A hard scour through Wikipedia suggests these 61 artists have sold more than
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Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 29 April 2015
Here’s what happened this past week starting with Canada. Overall album sales are up 2% over the same period in
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The Global Record Industry Falls to a New Historic Low
In all the time the record industry has been keeping track of global revenues, things have never, ever fallen below
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So Which Genre Sold the Most Albums in Canada Last Year?
The other day I posted about how rock sold more than any other genre in the US. Of all the
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Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis for 02 April 2014
Not much improvement this week with overall album sales still lagging 2013 by 7% with physical CDs down 7%, digital
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Don’t Worry About Metallica’s Finances. They’re Just Fine.
I’m sure you’ve been panicked about Metallica’s financial situation. After all, they’ve been telling us how much record sales suck
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