For a full chart, click here.
Other fascinating factoids:
-Percentage of total digital sales is up 6.7%, from last year’s eight-month mark of 21.5% to 28.2% this year.
-Indies’ share of the marketplace rises from 18.7% in 2005 to 19.5% to the same point this year, up .8%.
-Madacy remains the larg- est pure indie with a new release album share of (1.3%), followed by Koch Records (.7%) and Victory Records (.6%).
-If EMI and WMG had joined forces, they would have a combined total marketshare of 25.1%, which would put them ahead of Sony BMG’s 24% by 1.1%.
-Disney has the two top-selling albums of the year to date in High School Musical (3.0m) and Lyric Street’s Rascal Flatts (2.4m).
-Atlantic has two in the Top 10 in James Blunt (#3, 1.8m) and rapper T.I. (#9, 1.4m).
-The rest of the Top 10 includes Arista’s Carrie Underwood (#4, 1.7m), Geffen’s Mary J. Blige (#5, 1.6m), Columbia’s Dixie Chicks (#6, 1.5m), UMe’s Now 21 (#7, 1.5m), Roadrunner/IDJ’s Nickelback (#8, 1.4m) and Warner Bros.’ Red Hot Chili Peppers (#10, 1.3m).
-In all, UMG has five albums in the Top 10 year-to-date (including two from Disney), WMG has three and Sony BMG two.
-EMI’s best-selling album is Capitol Nashville’s Keith Urban at #33.
MUSIC REVENUE TOPPED $17B IN 2023: RIAA
Streaming subscriptions lead the charge. (3/27a)
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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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