While the Super Bowl happened on the final day (Feb. 3) of the most recent Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking week, the game’s halftime performer — Beyonce — still sees some mighty sales gains on the charts. The diva headlined the CBS-broadcast festivities in New Orleans, where she performed eight songs and reunited with Destiny’s Child….
iTunes Crosses 25 billion Songs Sold, Now Sells 21 Million Songs a Day
Nearly a decade after Apple Inc. launched its iTunes music store, the company surpassed 25 billion songs sold. The online store, which has expanded its offerings in recent years to include digital books, games, applications, magazines, movies and TV shows, continues to be a dominant distribution channel for music, accounting for 69% of digital music…
FADER TV: Interview with Bangladesh
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOeE3c8hUXw] We talked to Bangladesh about his inspiration and where he gets his new beats from.
Into The Lair # 53 – Advanced Parallel Compression Techniques
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcXj6OMU0Gs] In the 53rd Into The Lair, Dave Pensado goes over some Advanced Parallel Compression Techniques using Bass and Vocals as an example
Josh Groban Predicted Next Week’s #1
Josh Groban will grab the #1 spot next week, as the crooner’s latest, All That Echoes, is set to be the soundtrack for many a Valentine’s Day romance. Here are this week’s key debuts: Josh Groban (Reprise) 130-140k Tim McGraw (Big Machine) 90-100k Now 45 (Capitol) 80-90k Red (Provident) 35-40k Coheed and Cambria (Everything Evil/Hundred Handed) 35-40k Joe Budden (eOne) 25-30k Speaking of…
A$AP Now With Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing signing A$AP Rocky thanks some of the pub execs who put the dollar sign in his name, and charged him 15% for the privilege, as he celebrates his recent chart-topping RCA album, Long.Live.A$AP. Pictured trying to get him to change his name to BYOB are (l-r) Sony/ATV Co-PresidentDanny Strick, A$AP Rocky, Chairman/CEO Martin Bandier and VP Urban Walter Jones. [HitsDailyDouble]
Q&A: Ex-Sony Music Chief Tommy Mottola on Life After $120M Buyout, ‘Idol’ and Ex-Wife Mariah Carey
Veteran music executive Tommy Mottola doesn’t hold back in his new memoir,Hitmaker: The Man and His Music (Grand Central). Of ex-wife Mariah Carey, the former Sony Music CEO says their relationship was “wrong and inappropriate.” Describing current Sony Corp. chairman Howard Stringer, who effectively served him his walking papers in 2003, Mottola likens his social skills to that…
Swizz Beatz Joins Monster as Investor, Board Member
Swizz Beatz announced on Wednesday he has joined the creative and marketing team at Monster Cable Inc., lending additional star power to the audio company’s already heavy line-up of celebrity backers. As part of the arrangement, Beatz, whose real name is Kasseem David Dean, has become an equity investor in Monster and is now a…
Justin Bieber Becomes First Artist With Five No. 1 Albums Before 19th Birthday
As expected, Justin Bieber achieves his fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as “Believe Acoustic” debuts atop the list with 211,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. With the arrival, he becomes the only artist to have notched five No. 1 albums before turning 19 years old. (He turns 19 on March 1.) He…
Spotify to Pay Rights Holders $500 million in 2013, Chief Exec Daniel Ek Says at Founders Forum Event
Above, L-R: Universal Music Group president of global digital business Rob Wells and Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek (Photo credit: Phil McCarten) Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek on Tuesday said his company expects to pay rights holders to the tune of half-a-billion dollars in 2013. Ek, speaking at a technology and media event hosted by the…
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