"In 2008 there were 1500 releases that sold over 10,000 album units. Out of that there were only 227 of them that were artists that had broken 10,000 for the first time.
So in the whole year only 227 of the artists were artists that had broken what we call the “obscurity line." When you sell 10,000 albums, you're no longer an obscure artist; people know about you. You may not be a star yet, but you're in the game...
We looked at the 227 and identified that only 14 of them were artists doing it on their own and all the rest were on majors and indies; a little more than half were on indies."
So in the whole year only 227 of the artists were artists that had broken what we call the “obscurity line." When you sell 10,000 albums, you're no longer an obscure artist; people know about you. You may not be a star yet, but you're in the game...
We looked at the 227 and identified that only 14 of them were artists doing it on their own and all the rest were on majors and indies; a little more than half were on indies."
- Tom Silverman
of Tommy Boy Entertainment and The New Music Seminar in an interview on Musician's Coaching. Tom will be releasing the 2009 stat sat the LA New Music Seminar on February 2nd.
