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Allen, Wolk Take New Roles At ADA
July 07, 2008 - Retail | Indies
Mitch Wolk has been promoted to president of the Alternative Distribution Alliance. » Full Story
Glastonbury Shines On, Retailers Say
July 03, 2008 - Global | Touring | Retail
Glastonbury Festival may have closed its gates on another edition, but the goodwill from this year's June 27-29 event continues to flow at the tills. » Full Story
Mid-Year Sales Report: Top Sellers, Market Share And More
July 02, 2008 - Retail
Billboard crunched the numbers on the mid-year's sales landscape. Click through for the top-selling albums and tracks, market share for the majors and indies, the digital tally and more. » Full Story
Coldplay Scores Second Week Atop Album Chart
July 02, 2008 - Retail
The top three slots on The Billboard 200 remain static this week, as Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" starts a second week at No. 1. » Full Story
Opinion: Why Lowering Prices Could Save The Biz
July 01, 2008 - Retail
At Hastings, we're convinced that the CD business can continue to be a good, slowly declining and profitable product, exposing new and established artists to the marketplace in concert with digital distribution. » Full Story
HMV's Profits Rise As Chairman Symon Splits
July 01, 2008 - Global | Retail
British market-leading music and entertainment retail chain HMV Group Plc achieved a 25% rise in annual profit during the first year of its transformation strategy, and is now "ahead of where we expected to be," according to its CEO Simon Fox. » Full Story
Ne-Yo Unseats Coldplay Atop U.K. Singles Chart
June 30, 2008 - Retail
Ne-Yo scored his second U.K. No. 1 single yesterday (June 29), as "Closer" (Def Jam/Universal) climbed 2-1, while Coldplay started a third week atop the album chart with "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (Parlophone/EMI). » Full Story
NARM Urges Release Date Parity
June 26, 2008 - Retail | Digital and Mobile
The National Assn. of Recording Merchandisers have issued a statement urging that labels do not release digital versions of albums in advance of physical street dates. » Full Story
Coldplay Cruises To No. 1 On The Billboard 200
June 25, 2008 - Retail | Rock and Pop
As expected, Coldplay tops The Billboard 200 with "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," which shifted a whopping 721,000 first-week U.S. copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. » Full Story
AmieStreet Links With The Orchard
June 25, 2008 - Digital and Mobile
Pioneering variable pricing digital music service AmieStreet scored a big win today with the addition of The Orchard as a content provider. » Full Story
Capitol Gains: Perry, Coldplay Provide 1-2 Punch
June 25, 2008 - Record Labels | Retail
Capitol Records will succeed itself at the summit of the Billboard Hot 100 tomorrow for the first time in 32 years, as Katy Perry's cheeky "I Kissed a Girl" replaces last week's leader, "Viva La Vida" by labelmate Coldplay. » Full Story
Hastings, Giant Eagle Win At EMA Convention
June 24, 2008 - Retail
The Entertainment Merchants Association named Hastings Entertainment as chain entertainment specialist retailer of the year during its annual convention, held at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. » Full Story
Coldplay Bow At No. 1 On Huge Opening Sales
June 24, 2008 - Retail
Coldplay keeps the good times rolling at the top of The Billboard 200, as the new Nielsen SoundScan reports show the band leading U.S. album sales with an opening week of more than 700,000 copies. » Full Story
The Vines, Insound Seal Exclusive U.S. Deal
June 24, 2008 - Retail | Rock and Pop
The Vines' upcoming album, "Melodia," will be sold on CD exclusively in the United States by Insound beginning July 19. » Full Story
EMI Cuts Hit Capitol Nashville
June 24, 2008 - Record Labels
Capitol Records Nashville VP of A&R Larry Willoughby and VP of sales Bill Kennedy are among those who have exited the company as part of parent EMI's previously announced worldwide restructuring of its recorded music division. Denise Arguijo, a production manager has also reportedly exited the Nashville division. » Full Story
U.K.'s Zavvi Unveils First Product Promo Sale
June 24, 2008 - Global | Retail
Leading U.K. entertainment retailer Zavvi has disclosed plans for its first sale since rebranding from Virgin Megastores in Sept. 2007 following a management buy-out. » Full Story
HMV Gets Closer To Digital Future
June 23, 2008 - Global | Retail
HMV has lifted the wraps on its bespoke social discovery Web site, getcloser.com, which intends to help bridge the gap between the physical and online entertainment sales environments. » Full Story
The Orchard Wins TVT Bankruptcy Auction
June 20, 2008 - Digital and Mobile
Digital music distributor the Orchard has won an auction to take over the assets of bankrupt independent label TVT Records. Sources say that the Orchard will pay $6.05 million, with the acquisition expected to close by July 3. » Full Story
Brits Buy More Music, ERA Declares
June 20, 2008 - Global | Retail
The British music retail trade association has welcomed new findings which indicate Britons buy more CDs than any other country, and are bigger consumers of legal downloads than any of their European neighbors. » Full Story
Sheri Mount Dies
June 19, 2008 - Retail | Record Labels
Sheri Mount, wife of former WEA and LIVE Entertainment president Dave Mount, lost her battle with pulmonary fibrosis in Palm Desert, Calif. on June 17. » Full Story
Report: Global Music Sales To Slip
June 18, 2008 - Digital and Mobile | Retail
A new report from PriceWaterhouseCoopers says global spending on recorded music will fall from $33.4 billion worldwide in 2007 to $32.5 billion by 2012, a .6% compound annual decline. » Full Story
Lil Wayne Crushes The Competition To Debut At No. 1
June 18, 2008 - Retail
With the highest weekly sales figure since 2005, Lil Wayne crashes in at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 with "Tha Carter III. » Full Story
Bashkoff Upped At WEA
June 18, 2008 - Digital and Mobile | Record Labels
Warner Music Group's WEA sales and retail marketing division promoted Perry Bashkoff to VP of digital sales and marketing. » Full Story
Coldplay Headed To No. 1 On Billboard 200, Hot 100
June 18, 2008 - Retail
On the heels of Lil Wayne's 1 million-plus debut sales week with "Tha Carter III," Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" (Capitol) will post similarly lofty numbers and bow at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 next week. » Full Story
Lil Wayne Cracks 1 Million With 'Tha Carter III'
June 17, 2008 - Retail | RB Hip-Hop
Lil Wayne becomes the first artist since 50 Cent in 2005 to sell more than 1 million copies of an album in a single week, according to chart reports issued tomorrow morning by Nielsen SoundScan. » Full Story
 


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