It starts with some random feelings. It then morphs into a lie. Uneducated people hear about it and make up conspiracy theories. It all ends up a huge mess that creates a myth. This scenario happens day in day out. …
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An icon. Bob Marley’s global reach allows him to top 135 million equivalent sales (and still counting). Let’s review his success!
I know you wonder what you are doing here. If you will change your behavior, that’s most likely not me who’s going to tell you that. Well, I still will. Choices do not need to be conscious to happen. Streaming …
How streaming will change your way of enjoying music Read more »
Living species always need to adapt to their context in order to survive. For businesses, the situation is no different. As streaming is fully changing the music industry, its actors, both the labels as well as the artists need to …
Streaming is organically increasing. When I first wrote The Music Industry, an infinite journey way back in early 2014 I concluded the study with the chapter titled The Future, which determined how the industry would be by 2020. One section …
Not all elements can face the test of time the same way. Some will get erased within’ seconds, others will last forever. This samelogic perfectly applies to our favorite music tunes. As a music industry watcher, one of the most appreciated …
The only act with multiple independent releases topping the Hot 100, Macklemore is totalling over 21 million equivalent album sales as we start 2024.
With 22 million equivalent album sales, French singer Renaud has achieved a tremendous local success. Three stand-out albums on top of an otherwise rather consistent discography explain that.
Miscellaneous: List of artists studied (& links) Tracks Ranking: Raw sales – Physical singles Raw sales – Digital singles CSPC – #1 per year CSPC – Overall sales Albums Ranking: Raw sales – Studio albums CSPC – #1 per year …
Best selling artists, albums and singles of all-time Read more »
More than a year and a half ago, I introduced this blog by mentioning that our role was going to include three main
