Sales at the iTunes Store will be a major contributor to Viva La Vida’s sales tally, with the album expected to more than double the previous record total of first-week iTunes album downloads set by Jack Johnson earlier this year with 140k. Not a bad return for Apple's $25 million TV marketing campaign, which featured the title track from the album.
Meanwhile, “Viva La Vida” and Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” are the top two singles in the U.S., marking the first time Capitol has had the #1-2 slots in the same week since Sept. 2, 1967, when Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe” led the chart, and the Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” was runner-up.
Meanwhile, I.B. Bad notes that in another example of perfect timing, Jason Flom has scored again with the breakout of his discovery Katy Perry, whose debut album may hit this week's Top 10, and this timely reminder of his strengths at finding and nurturing talent has led to the possibility that Flom may stay on at EMI after all, possibly working with some of the developing artists he’s signed in a new venture, a la Clive Davis’ founding of J after exiting Arista. If so, will his longtime lieutenant Lee Trink be part of it?
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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