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Two-Thirds of All Vinyl Records Are Sold at Indie Record Stores...
This is what indie retailers contributed to overall album sales in the US last year, according to stats shared by Nielsen Soundscan. And this is what indie retailers contributed to vinyl LP sales, a much smaller but rapidly-growing category. According to stats recently shared with Digital Music News by Nielsen ...
What Fans Are Really Paying for the Music They Love...
FREE. It's a term we toss around every day, yet the word is ultimately a misnomer. For starters, even 'free' Spotify users or file-swappers are paying for access, it's just that ISPs typically control the tollbooth. But even beyond that discussion, 'freeloaders' are paying with their time, even if everything feels like free. And 'time' often ...
Indie Labels Just 12% of 2011 U.S. Sales. Here's How the Major Labels Divided the Rest
Overall U.S. music sales rose 6.9% in 2011, as album sales increased for the first time since 2004, according to Soundscan. Digital powered the increase, with sales of album downloads up 19.5% over 2010. But for all the talk here and elsewhere about the ascendancy of independent music, indies accounted for just 12.1% of U.S. music ...
Two-Thirds of All Albums Purchased in the US Are Still CDs...
The flat, clunky, physical CD isn't going anywhere, at least not in 2012. According to year-2011 breakdowns just shared by Nielsen Soundscan, more than two-thirds of all albums purchased in the US were physical CDs. Out of a total of 330.6 million albums sold during the year—across all configurations—a healthy 223.5 million were discs, or 67.6 ...
Bandcamp Rings up $1 Million in December Sales. New Stats Prove Direct-to Fan's Potential
New numbers from Bandcamp show that in December alone artists using the site grossed more than $1 million in music and merch sales, bringing the total to-date to $12.6 million. But the most promising insight from Bandcamp is proof that more and more fans are paying for music that they probably set out to get for ...
Believe It, or Not: Major Labels Say Sales Improved in 2011...
Everyone loves a good fairytale for the holidays, so here's another one. Ahead of the official count, major labels are now claiming a slim 1 percent album sales increase over last year, based on preliminary stats from Nielsen Soundscan. The 'bottom' is being powered by heavy-sellers like Adele, Michael Buble, Justin Bieber, Jason Aldean, and Drake, ...
Does the Music Industry Spend Its Own Money on Music? [survey Results]
Intro: Two Mondays ago, I left work early with a migraine. After a long shower and a nice nap, I woke up completely in a daze like any time I nap. I was in the mood for something laid back. At that moment I got an email that Sigur Ros was doing a “Cyber Monday" email ...
What's Selling This Christmas? Christmas Music, That's What....
If you want to sell music this Christmas, try making it about Christmas. During the most recent sales week in the US, more than one-third of chart-topping albums were Christmas-themed, a ratio that could increase heading into the 25th. Actually, the numbers are better than that: 75 titles on thelatest Billboard 200—or 37.5 percent—were all about ...
