This morning, we bust out a snazzy new compartment containing the Top 10s in new-release marketshare and share including catalog. Republic nearly scores a double-double, missing by just seven-tenths of a percentage point, with four LPs in the Top 15: #2 Kid Cudi, #5 The Band Perry (on Republic Nashville), #8 Lil Wayne (on Young…

In today’s world, you need to be connected to Social Media, whichever platform you choose to use, because it is a direct access channel between artist-fan and businesses-customers. You have to use what works for you, of course. That doesn’t mean you need to do every single one, but rather the right one. But with…

One of the great things about the digital music revolutions is that it opened the doors for indie musicians to cheaply and effectively distribute their music to a wide audience, without having to invest in physical CDs and records. And yet, many have felt that the digital revolution has deprived albums of their visual and tactile…

Fuse, Trident and Twitter are teaming up for a new nightly countdown series, “Trending 10,” that will be the first television show to be built around real-time Twitter conversation spikes. The show’s 10 nightly stories will be compiled from Fuse’s Heat Tracker, a proprietary tool built off Twitter’s API that monitors the most-talked about music…

Glassnote Records founder Daniel Glass will receive the special “visionary award” at the SESAC Pop Music Awards, to be held May 13 at the New York Public Library. In a statement, SESAC pays homage to Glass’ “tireless dedication to songwriters and immeasurable contributions to the music industry,” and notes that the N.Y.-based exec “is being…

Iggy Azalea has had her fair share of label drama. The Australian-born rapper signed to Interscope last year but parted ways after she and the label didn’t see eye-to-eye on her management deal with T.I.’s Grand Hustle imprint. All the while, Iggy has continued to garner buzz, recently debuting her video for her “Work” single….