Data & Research

One of the biggest topics at Midem this year is the effectiveness of DRM, and whether majors will abandon the technology in the near-term. Panel discussions and after-hours chatter have been incredibly heavy... Read More...

Album sales in the United States remained problematic during the recent week, and new lows emerged. Total sales dipped 14% from the comparable period last year, though the most concerning development surroun... Read More...

The Pirate Bay, a notoriously massive BitTorrent tracker, is now pondering the purchase of a small island. The evasive destination, currently based in Sweden, would use the purchase to position itself as a s... Read More...

EMI has just announced a massive restructuring, one that involves the departures of EMI Music chairman and CEO Alain Levy and vice chairman David Munns. "The Board thanks them both for their contribution to ... Read More...

A record, late-stage surge helped to boost year-end download totals past 581.9 million, a 65% jump over 2005 figures. During the last week of the year, consumers grabbed 30.1 million downloads from outlets l... Read More...

Album sales in the United States dipped 4.9% last year, according to figures published by Nielsen Soundscan. The total tally, which includes CDs, digital album downloads, and LPs, moved to 588.2 million unit... Read More...