Lady Gaga Launches Social Networking Site
Lady Gaga has launched her very own social networking site. Called Little Monsters, the new site was named in honour of the popstar’s fans. Little Monsters is the first venture from Backplane which is a company co-founded by Lady Gaga’s manager, with the aim of bringing Gaga’s fans into an online community to share their … Read more
iTunes Revenue Tops $6 Billion In 2011
Global iTunes sales rose to $6 billion for 2011, up roughly 55% from about $4.2 billion in calendar year 2011 (Apple’s first fiscal quarter is the fourth quarter of the calendar year). In the last quarter of 2011, ended December 31, global sales from iTunes came in at $1.7 billion. The figures released by Apple includes all content … Read more
Google Music Gears Up To Promote Unsigned Artists
Google Music has announced the launch of it’s new “Magnified” program, which will look to select artists from Artist Hub and given them extra exposure on Google Music. Artist Hub is a service from Google Music that allows Indie artists to sell their music directly from Google Music without using a digital distributor as an … Read more
EMI Partners With Stingray Digital
EMI Music has partnered with digital content provider Stingray Digital. Stingray Digital currently operates Galaxie Music, The Karaoke Channel, and video-on-demand Concert TV. The new deal will give Stingray Digital, full global rights access to EMI’s entire catalogue, which includes thousands of music videos and concerts from such names as Katy Perry, Coldplay, David Guetta, and … Read more
HMV To Stock More Vinyl
HMV has confirmed to NME, that they will stock more vinyl this year due to demand from customers. The announcement comes after HMV announced a significant drop of 8.1% in sales throughout it’s 252 stores over the Christmas period. HMV told NME today that: “A lot of customers have been asking us to increase the … Read more
Facebook Launches ‘Listen With Friends’
Facebook has launched the latest feature on it’s social networking site. “Listen With Friends” is a new service on Facebook that lets users listen along with any friend that is playing music. When a Facebook user is listening to a song, a music note will appear next to their name in the chat sidebar. The new service … Read more
EMI Enlarges Sync & Licensing Division
EMI has enlarged its Sync & Licensing Division through merging the staff EMI Publishing’s music sales team and EMI Music’s sync staff . The move is part of a global rights management strategy that aims to create greater cooperation between EMI Records and EMI Publishing. The new division in EMI will be given the task of … Read more
Sales Figures For UK Singles In 2011
A total of 164 million singles have been sold in the UK this year alone, with two trading weeks still left. The continuing increase in sales is part of a year on year trend which started back in 2004, with a mere 32 million singles being sold in the UK market. Since then, according to the … Read more
X Factor Admits Defeat In Battle For Christmas No.1
The man behind The X Factor, Simon Cowell, has admitted defeat in the battle for the coveted prize of Christmas No.1. The X Factor Christmas single has been ousted by The Military Wives Choir rendition of ‘Wherever You Are’, which has sold a staggering 242,000 copies in just two days, making it the fastest selling UK … Read more
HMV Announce Further Losses
HMV have announced half-year losses of £36.4 million. The retailer announced that total sales down 17.6%, falling from £442.7 million in 2010, to £364.9 million in the first half of this year. It is now suspected that HMV may consider selling it’s profitable live division, HMV Live, after it was placed under strategic review following … Read more
