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- Digital-music sales sing 'Stayin' Alive'
- Digital-music sales sing 'Stayin' Alive'Soundscan numbers ignore the long tailSoundscan track by the UPC code allocated to the album,i.e. the barcode printed on the CD. That barcode number costs money and none of the long tail sites bother to buy it.In effect Soundscan sets a precondition to being counted that...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Digital media, Soundscan, UPC, long tail, digital music, sales
- Discussion threads 2006-10-05
- Album sales hit nine-year low in 2005
- Album sales hit nine-year low in 2005It's all junk...that's why!It is for a lot of reasons.Media is expensive.Music is awful.Pirates are plentiful.Drop the price of your music to about 7 - $9 a CD and 12 - $14 a DVD. Use volume discounts.Quit throwing those fruitcakes on stage sounding like...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Soundscan, piracy, sales, illegal download, music, UPC, Nielsen SoundScan, Nielsen
- Discussion threads 2006-01-05
- Top court mulls P2P 'pushers'
- Top court mulls P2P 'pushers'An AnalogyNuclear Power will give the people limitless power! Lets develop it! Ooops, HEY what's that you're making? A BOMB!?! BAD Nuclear power, BAD! Pile scorn on the developers of Nuclear power - for they are pushing WAR! Let's outlaw this! Those EVIL Iranians are breaking...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, P2P, Soundscan, RIAA, sales
- Discussion threads 2005-04-06
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- Music market shares in October 2008
- According to Nielsen SoundScan, Universal Music led the US music market with 35.12% in October 2008, followed by Sony Music with 22.79%, Warner Music with 21.12%, EMI Group with 8.35%, and the rest of the labels with 12.61%. SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Music market shares in October 2008", url:...
- Tags: AM
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- 220 mln ringtones sold for $567 mln in 2007
- There were 220 mln ringtone purchases in 2007 resulting in sales of $567 mln. During the last week of the year Christmas week, ringtone purchases increased by 22% over the previous week (consistent with sales spike during the last week of 2006). Mastertone purchases accounted for 91% of all ringtone...
- Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- Top-selling polyphonic ringtones in 2007
- Nielsen SoundScan listed the top-selling polyphonic ringtones in the US in 2007. Top-selling polyphonic ringtones in the US in 2007 Title/Artist Sales Super Mario Bros./ Koji Kondo 153,591 Candy Shop/ 50 Cent 126,196 Rockstar/...
- Tags: Nielsen SoundScan, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-27
- Top-selling mastertone ringtones in 2007
- Nielsen SoundScan published its findings on top-selling mastertones in 2007. Top-selling mastertones in 2007 Title/Artist Sales Buy U A Drank/ T-Pain 2,308,769 This Is Why I'm Hot/ Mims 2,101,723 Crank That Soulja Boy/ Soulja...
- Tags: Nielsen SoundScan, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-26
- Most streamed Internet songs in 2007
- Nielsen SoundScan published a list of top songs streamed on the Internet in 2007. Most streamed songs in the US in 2007 Title/Artist Streams Irreplaceable/ Irreemplazable/ Beyonce 11,002,278 Before He Cheats/ Carrie Underwood 10,554,700 ...
- Tags: Feat, Nielsen SoundScan, Song, Internet, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-25
- Top Internet music videos in 2007
- Nielsen SoundScan published its findings on most frequently streamed Internet music videos in 2007. Most streamed Internet music videos in 2007 in the US Title/Artist Streams Girlfriend/ Avril Lavigne 23,101,224 Beautiful Liar/Bello Embustero/ Beyonce & Shakira 14,500,809...
- Tags: Feat, Nielsen SoundScan, Internet Music, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- Most frequently played artists in the US in 2007
- Nielsen SoundScan published its findings on the most frequently played artists in 2007. Most played artists in the US in 2007 Artist Detections Nickelback 967,445 Rascal Flatts 871,064 Daughtry 859,785 ...
- Tags: Nielsen SoundScan, Artist, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-23
- Most frequently played songs in the US in 2007
- Nielsen SoundScan published the data on the most frequently played songs in the US in 2007. Most played songs in the US in 2007 Title/Artist Detections Big Girls Don’t Cry/ Fergie 380,742 Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’)/...
- Tags: Feat, Nielsen SoundScan, Song, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- 840 mln digital tracks purchased in the US in 2007
- More than 840 mln digital tracks were purchased during 2007; an increase of 45% over 2006. Digital album sales reached the 50 mln for 2007; up 53% over the previous year and accounted for 10% of total album sales compared to 5.5% in 2006. In 2007, there were 9 different...
- Tags: Album Sale, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
- 1.4 bln music purchases in 2007 in the US
- Music purchases in 2007 reached 1.4 bln, the third consecutive year music sales have exceeded 1 bln; 1.2 bln (2006) vs. 1 bln (2005). Music sales exceeded 58.4 mln in the final week of 2007, representing the biggest sales week in the history of Nielsen SoundScan. The previous record was...
- Tags: Music, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-20
- Top-selling US albums, 1991-2007
- Nielsen SoundScan published the list of top-selling albums in the United States for as long as SoundScan existed, 1991 to 2007. Top selling albums, 1991 - 2007 Come On Over/ Shania Twain 15,449,000 Metallica/ Metallica 15,077,000 Jagged Little...
- Tags: Nielsen SoundScan, Album, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-19
- Top-selling artists of the last two decades: Garth Brooks, Beatles, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion
- Nielsen SoundScan published the list of top-selling artists for the era that SoundScan existed, 1991 to 2007. Top-selling artists, 1991 - 2007 Garth Brooks 67,402,000 Beatles 55,695,000 Mariah Carey 49,937,000 Celine Dion 49,692,000...
- Tags: Nielsen SoundScan, Artist, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-18
- Top-selling digital albums in the US in 2007
- Maroon 5, Amy Winehouse and Kanye West were the musicians behind the top-selling digital albums in the US in 2007. Top-selling digital albums in 2007 It Won't Be Soon Before Long/ Maroon 5 252,000 Back To Black/ Amy Winehouse 241,000 ...
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- Top-selling digital tracks in the US in 2007
- Crank That, Big Girls Don’t Cry and Sweet Escape were the top-selling digital tracks in the US in 2007. Top-selling digital tracks in 2007 Title/Artist Units Crank That/ Soulja Boy Tell'Em 2,714,000 Big Girls Don't Cry/ Fergie ...
- Tags: Feat, Track, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- Top-selling digital artists in the US in 2007: Fergie, Timbaland, Rihanna
- Fergie, Timbaland and Rihanna were the top-selling digital artists in the US in 2007. Top-selling digital artists in 2007 Artist Units Fergie 7,537,000 Timbaland 5,933,000 Rihanna 5,547,000 Justin Timberlake ...
- Tags: Artist, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- Top-selling songs in the US in 2007
- Crank That, Hey There Delilah and Big Girls Don’t Cry were the top-selling tracks in the US in 2007. Top-selling digital songs in 2007 Title/Artist Units Crank That/ Soulja Boy Tell'Em 2,909,000 Hey There Delilah/ Plain White T's...
- Tags: Feat, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Top-selling artists in the US in 2007: Josh Groban, Hannah Montana, Eagles
- Josh Groban, Hannah Montana and Eagles were the-top selling artists in the US in 2007. Top-selling artists in 2007 Artist Units Josh Groban 4,835,000 Hannah Montana 3,854,000 Eagles 3,583,000 Carrie...
- Tags: Artist, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-13
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