[UPDATED] This weekly chart comes from The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), a collective of 50 independently owned record stores in 25 states throughout the U.S. CIMS Weekly Chart Week Ending 10/28/2016 Related articles Today Is Record Store Day. Get Off Your Ass And Go Buy Something Record Store…
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Open Music Initiative Adds 80 Top Music Industry Partners
The Open Music Initiative (OMI), a non-profit collective spearheaded by Berklee College of Music’s Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship (ICE) is working to promote open source standards for music. Their efforts got a major boost today with the addition of 80 powerhouse members. ______________________________________ The Open Music Initiative (OMI) of the…
Country Music Awards – Full List Of Winners
While most of America was watching the dramatic finale of baseball’s World Series, The Country Music Awards were celebrating Nashville’s 2016 success stories. Beyonce surprised with a Dixie Chicks duet of “Daddy Lessons,” a country inspired track from her “Lemonade” album.A complete list of Country Music Awards 2016 winners: __________________________…
Country Music Awards – Full List Of Winners
While most of America was watching the dramatic finale of baseball’s World Series, The Country Music Awards were celebrating Nashville’s 2016 success stories. Beyonce surprised with a Dixie Chicks duet of “Daddy Lessons,” a country inspired track from her “Lemonade” album.A complete list of Country Music Awards 2016 winners: __________________________…
Warner Music, Avenged Sevenfold Test The Sacred 7 Year Rule
After the band bolted from Warner Music to drop their latest album with Capital Records, the former company is suing Avenged Sevenfold on the grounds that they violated their contract and so broke the seven year rule. _________________________ Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 California has an interesting…
Warner Music Centralizes U.S. Financial Operations In Nashville
Warner Music is moving virtually all of its U.S. financial operations to Nashville. It’s a move that underscores both the livability and lower cost of doing business in the Music City. __________________________ Warner Music is shifting the lion’s share of its financial operations to Music City, where it is opening…
Non-Discretionary Pricing: Why Spotify Costs 63% More In UK Than US [Mark Mulligan]
The price of streaming music subscriptions is a contentious ongoing debate within the industry. Is $10 per month too much or too little. Would twice as many people pay if a subscription were half the price? It’s a complex question that the industry has answered badly with pricing that means…
Hollywood Back In Court: How Have Spinal Tap Creators Earned Only $81 In Merch Sales?
Hollywood has had a long tradition of avoiding paying royalties by claiming movies are "not profitable" as the result of an accounting loophole. This has resulted in a number of lawsuits over the years including, most recently, one by Harry Shearer of the classic film This is Spinal Tap. _______________________…
Shawn Mendes, Ariana Grande, Chance The Rapper Top Spotify 25 Under 25 List
Spotify has released a 25 Under 25 list featuring the most played under the age of 25 based on stats from the music streamer. Eighteen-year-old Shawn Mendes tops the list followed by Ariana Grande, Chance the Rapper, Martin Garrix and Justin Bieber. 25 Under 25 Shawn Mendes: Shawn Mendes started…
Universal Music, Avenged Sevenfold To Launch VRLIVE Virtual Reality Concert Platform
Live music has been largely unaffected by the radical shifts that shook the rest of the music industry. But that appears about to change with the adoption of virtual reality. Imagine going to a concert without ever leaving home? ___________________________________ Yesterday came word that 70’s superstars Abba are reuniting to…