YOUR WEEKLY MARKETSHARE SCORECARD
Q: How tight is the 2015 marketshare battle? A: Tighter than a gnat’s tuchus, as these handy-dandy graphics illustrate.
In frontline, Republic and CMG are just a kiss away from each other—Team Barnett keeping it thisclose despite the fact that Monte’s Army has the #2, 3 and 4 albums totaling 138k. In TEA, by contrast, Columbia slips past both to land in the catbird seat, somehow accomplishing this move without a Top 10 album and with just one Top 10 single. To figure out how this occurred would require the curious to chase a very long tail—and we’d rather watch the ACC tournament.
One other point of interest: The Top 5 labels in frontline and TEA this week are the same, with RCA and IGA also represented. What’s more, the same labels comprise the Top 5 in TEA for the first two months and one week of the year (see TEA TIME)—plus they were the Top 5 finishers in marketshare for 2013, indicating a degree of consistency among the power players.
THE MUSIC OF CLIVE COMES ALIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL
That's what friends are for. (5/1a)
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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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JAMES KING: THE HITS INTERVIEW (PART ONE)
