Sales Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Hell reaches highest-ever chart position

You’d think that an album that has sold somewhere beyond 45 million copies would have at one point reached #1

There is an inevitability in the music business. If the frontman of a huge band dies, sales and streams skyrocket.

Last year was a good one for the sales of vinyl in Canada. According to SoundScan, slightly more than one

Nielsen Music Canada has just released its summary of 2017. Amongst all the stats about sales, streaming and radio airplay

January 8, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Sales, Vinyl

It was another a good year for vinyl in Canada with sales up 22% over 2016. Here are the top

Warm weather is officially around the corner, which means it’s time for some summer tours! Plenty of international super stars

Let’s be clear: the iPod saved Apple. Sure, the company could have continued selling desktops and computers, but the world

February 9, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment Sales, Vinyl

According to Analog Planet, 30,799,783 vinyl records were manufactured in 2013. Broken down, that means: 40,541 LP titles 17,796 7-inch

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