SONY GRAMMY BUMPS: With iTunes overnights in for Sony artists, comparing Saturday and Sunday post-Grammy sales bumps, Mumford & Sons and Justin Timberlake were the big winners on the album and singles side, respectively. Best Album winner Babel was up a whopping 350%, followed by Sigh No More (+142%), Carrie Underwood’s Blown Away (+250%), Alabama Shakes’ Boys & Girls (+311%), Miguel’s Kaleidoscope Dream (+854%) and Jack White’s Blunderbuss (+792%). On the singles side, Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” was up 288%, followed by Alicia Keys’ “Girl on Fire” (+97%), Underwood’s “Two Black Cadillacs” (+88%) and “Blown Away” (+341%), P!nk’s “Try” (+77%), Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger” (+379%), Miguel’s “Adorn” (+920%) and the remix with Wiz Khalifa (+3114%) and Miranda Lambert’s “Over You” (+570%). Some of the huge increases represent a fairly small sample size, but you get the idea. We’ll get you the UMG and WMG figures when our crack retail department crunches the numbers. (2/11a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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