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LAST SEPTEMBER, singer-songwriter Zach Bryan scored his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 without releasing any singles in advance. 'We decided we weren't dropping any singles for this [...]

Your album uses your first name as its title. Do you ever feel a conflict between Amelia and Mimi Webb, the pop star? 'Amelia is the countryside girl from Canterbury [...]

On 4 January, the BPI reported that sales of new music in the UK were up 2.5% over 2021. New vinyl LP sales rose 10% to 5.3 million units (23% [...]

Despite continuing disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK music industry posted another impressive quarter of growth in Q3. The impact of delayed releases, cancelled gigs and store closures [...]

Galahad Electric Company, the spin-off from neo-progers Galahad, have just released Soul Therapy, through Avalon Records. The 'unexpected' new album comes less than a year after When The Battle Is [...]

The music business enjoyed the benefits of the booming vinyl and streaming sectors in Q1 2016, with the total market seeing a 6.9% lift YOY to 23,744,884 units when using [...]

LAST THIS ARTIST CERTIFICATION Title PEAK WKS.ON WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING POS. CHART KABEL HOT 1 #1 THOMAS RHETT Center Point Road 1 1 SHOT DEBUT 1WK VALORY/BMLG 1 2 BILLIE [...]

If anyone had any doubt that touting is where the money is in the music business, a quick look at the 2008 Money Makers should hammer the pointhome. ¶ Regardless [...]

The music industry is passing through one of the worst slumps in its history possibly because of file sharing on the Internet or other technologies that make it easier to duplicate music faster but part of the blame is put on the creators who cannot think beyond the youth crowd. Reversing the trend of catering to teenyboppers, some albums are making waves on the circuit and are making a serious attempt to engage the adult listener.

POWER PLAYLISTS™ MOST PLAYED R&B TRACKS BET VP/Music Prog: Stephen Hill MD: Kelly G Viacom 212-716-5600 TW LW 1 Brandy, What About Us? 21 17 2 Busta Rhymes, Pass The [...]

Let the numbers do the talking Numbers are the most basic way in which to get a picture of any industry, though as Mark Twain pointed out, they can be [...]

Byline: Bernice Napach For much of this year, many advisors, market strategists and money managers have been complaining that the Fed's zero rate policy is hurting retirees and other savers [...]

Since the early '80s, 10 major recording artists have sold more thin 325 million CDs, cassettes, albums and single records in the U.S., according to figures obtained from the Recording [...]

German production of blank and pre-recorded discs, tapes, cassettes and CDs amounted to more than 2.2 billion German marks in 1994, with a volume of 577.5 million units. Total sales of records, pre-recorded cassettes and CDs reached 4.7 billion German marks during the year. Output of pre-recorded cassettes and vinyl record is declining to be replaced by increased CD production, which has accounted for most growth in the industry since 1985, although the CD market is beginning to mature and growth is slowing.

Nicki Minaj (below) is reportedly retiring, and the rapper's tweet on Sept. 5 announcing the news helps her back onto the Social 50, at No. 16. Minaj's 240,000 Twitter reactions [...]

HOT DANCE/ELECTRONIC SONGS[TM] 2 WKS. LAST THIS TITLE CERTIFICATION PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) AGO WEEK WEEK 1 1 1 #1 38 WKS HAPPIER (2) MARSHMELLO (S. MCCUTCHEON, D. SMITH, MARSHMELLO 2 2 [...]

HOT CHRISTIAN SONGS[TM] 2 WKS. LAST THIS TITLE CERTIFICATION Artist AGO WEEK WEEK PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL 1 1 1 #1 46 WKS YOU SAY (1) Lauren Daigle J. INGRAM, [...]

RADIO SONGS[TM] LAST THIS TITLE Artist WKS. ON WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/PROMOTION CHART LABEL 1 1 #1 6 WKS Jonas Brothers 14 SUCKER REPUBLIC 3 2 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas [...]

TOP ALBUM SALES[TM] LAST WEEK THIS ARTIST CERTIFICATION Title WKS. ON WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING CHART LABEL HOT 1 #1 1WK THOMAS RHETT Center Point Road 1 SHOT VALORY/BMLG DEBUT NEW 2 [...]

Joanna Lundy reports that she has wrapped up her solo horn project (p. 25 in the February 2018 issue of The Horn Call) with a solo CD that includes short [...]

While the decline in music sales is still inescapable, the slide of the singles and albums markets didn't gain any extra momentum in Q3 2014 compared to the previous quarter. [...]

Before 2007 is out, Eve, Missy Elliott, Foxy Brown, Trina, Shawnna and Remy Ma should have new albums in stores, setting the stage for a banner year in the world [...]

Nielsen Soundscan sister company, Billboard, has published 2013 music sales numbers, and the outlook from that vantage point is a continuation of the trends of recent years, with a notable [...]

POWER PLAYLISTS™ AIRPLAY LEADERBOARD THE STATIONS THAT BREAK THE HITS WKSS Hartford., CT (PD/MD: Vaughan/Brooks) Airplay Leader Designations: 5 #1 WKSS Hartford., CT (PD/MD: Vaughn/Brooks) Airplay Leader Designations: 5 #2 [...]

AIRPLAY LEADERBOARD THE STATIONS THAT BREAK THE HITS #1 WMFS Memphis, TN (PD/MD: Cressman/Killabrew) Airplay Leader Designations: 3 #2 WXEG, Dayton, OH (PD: Steve Kramer) 2 #3 KXTE, Las Vegas, [...]

AIRPLAY LEADERBOARD THE STATIONS THAT BREAK THE HITS #1 WDRQ Detroit, MI (PD/MD: Tear/Curry) Airplay Leader Designations. 11 #2 WBLI, Long Island, NY (PD/MD: Rice/Levine) 5 #3 KZZU, Spokane, WA [...]

AIRPLAY LEADERBOARD THE STATIONS THAT BREAK THE HITS #1 WDRQ Detroit, MI (PD/MD: Tear/Curry) Airplay Leader Designations: 9 #2 WBLI, Long Island, NY (PD/MD: Rice/Levine) 5 #3 KZZU, Spokane, WA [...]

AIRPLAY LEADERBOARD THE STATIONS THAT BREAK THE HITS #1 WDRQ Detroit, MI (PD/MD: Tear/Curry) Airplay Leader Designations: 9 #2 KZZU, Spokane, WA (PD/MD: Hopkins/Christopher) 5 #3 WXKS, Boston, MA (PD/MD: [...]

POWER PLAYLISTS™ MOST PLAYED R&B TRACKS BET VP/Music Prog: Stephen Hill MD: Kelly G Viacom 212-716-5600 TW LW 1 Tweet, Oops (Oh My) 22 9 2 Ashanti, Foolish 21 11 [...]

MTV Sr. VP/Music: Tom Calderone VP/Music & Talent Prog: Michele Dix VP/Music & Talent: Elli Cola Viacom 212-258-8000 TW LW 1 Puddle Of Mudd, Blurry 31 28 2 Hoobastank, Crawling [...]

* Classical album sales down 3.5% over past 12 months, compared to overall market dropping 5.2% * Genre singles sales drop 45.4% as up against Military Wives-boosted numbers from a year ago * Andre Rieu's Magic Of The Movies steals top-selling classical album spot * Ludovico Einaudi's I Giorni is leading classical single * Universal dominates both markets with 57.4% albums share and 48.1 % of singles sales, Surging digital demand is helping UK classical album sales to hold up better than the overall market. In the 12 months leading to this week's Classic Brit Awards the genre [...]

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart adds three new top 10s, led by Childish Gambino's 'This Is America,' which opens at No. 1 and concurrently debuts atop the Billboard Hot 100 [...]

'Meant to Be' by Bebe Rexha (above center) and Florida Georgia Line (above) leads Hot Country Songs for a 24th week. The track ties FGL's 'Cruise,' the debut hit for [...]