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Breaking: U.S Music Sales Are up in 2011
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Some bloggers overuse “breaking" in their headlines, but new Nielson stats that show music sales in the U.S. are up 1.6% in 2011 really is big news for the struggling recorded music industry. Or is it? Physical albums continued to decline compared to the same period in 2010, but digital album and track purchases thru May 8th went up 16.8% percent and 9.6% respectively. (Click on image to enlarge.) Digital retailers received more than half of all music transactions, propelling ...
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Every Album, Single, Download, Spin, and Stream in 2011...
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Digital Music News
The following is a detailed count of music transactions and plays in the United States, specifically between the dates of January 3rd and May 1st of this year. That includes albums (physical and digital), paid downloads (sorry, no P2P), on-demand and non-interactive stream, and traditional radio spins.
The tally was presented by Nielsen at the NARM conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and includes data from Yahoo, AOL, Napster, Rhapsody, Slacker, MediaNet, Guvera, Thumbplay, Vevo, Akoo, and others, with CD ...
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Can Concerts Save This Business? Check out These Stats...
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Digital Music News
Live music is a confusing place these days. At the top, mega-stars like Bon Jovi and U2 are making insane ransoms. Take a few steps down, and well-known artists like Imogen Heap are having difficult paying for the tour bus. Then, the stories from developing artists are frequently discouraging, and recession-weary concertgoers are showing more selectivity.
So where's this all going? Well, a new report out of Britain shows that touring revenues are not only making up for recording declines, ...
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Gamification - The Music Industry, Fan Clubs and Thinking Like a Game Designer
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As the music industry embraces gaming, from licensing to games featuring musician, it's easy to think of games as simply offering new revenue streams and marketing tools. Given the explosion of games on the open web, on Facebook and on mobile platforms, more money is a comforting concept in an industry struggling to survive decreasing sales. But the game industry also offers new perspectives and the emergent concept of gamification provides the opportunity to reaccess business in a digital environment. ...
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Labels Enjoying Non-Catastrophic Sales Decline...
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Digital Music News
Hey, this is about as good as it gets on the recording side right now . According to first-quarter, US-based stats published by Nielsen Soundscan, album sales declined a 'mere' 5 percentduring the first quarter (January through March). That figure aggregates physical and digital formats. Specifically, album sales landed at 77.8 million units, which compares favorably to year-2010 drops of 12.7 percent. Sounds like some oxygen, though picking apart the formats reveals some familiar danger signs. CDs dropped a less-catastrophic ...
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The Bigger Sales Picture in Canada...
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Digital Music News
Some of these stats were released at Canadian Music Week last month, though Nielsen Soundscan has now released a more complete sales picture for 2010. This covers the 52-week period ending January 2nd, 2011, though for whatever reason Nielsen just released the data this week.
Most of the trends resemble the US. At a top level, broader albums slumped 11 percent, despite a digital album sales gain of 25 percent. But a-la-carte downloads are also gaining (by 20%), leading to ...
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