NOTHING SELLS RECORDS LIKE DEATH: As for the posthumous Houston sales explosion in general, 91k digital albums plus another 10k CDswere sold in the 24 hours following her death, according to SoundScan, along with 887k tracks. Compared with the week before she died, Houston’s digital album sales increased more than 17,000%, sales of the greatest hits collection jumped by more than 10,000% and digital track downloads were up 5,730%, the L.A. Times pointed out. Before her death, “I Will Always Love You” got 134 spins at radio; now, you can’t get away from it on radio or TV. (2/15a)
LIVE NATION POSTS (ANOTHER) RECORD QUARTER
More butts in seats than ever before. (5/3a)
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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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