The history will remind that Kendrick Lamar‘s Damn was the most successful album of 2017 in the US. Obviously, it isn’t the top LP since January, but it does lead the list from from late-November 2016 to mid-November 2017 which is …
Flashback Chart – When 4 females were simultaneously #1 in the UK Read more »
https://flic.kr/p/XmE2YU Now that I’m covering the nonsense which is being said here and there about Taylor Swift‘s mega-hyped new album let me point out more piece bad press on that subject. We can allow bloggers or small entities to make …
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. …
Rubbish Alert: the childish drama of Hits Daily Double Read more »
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.
