Are CDs Coming Back? A Look at the Strange New Data on Discs
After flatlining into obscurity, is the CD format quietly staging a comeback?
U.S. CD Sales Are Down 19.1% Year Over Year, Billboard’s Luminate Data Breakdown Shows — A Stark Contrast to the RIAA’s H1 2024 Sales Stats
It’s a tale of two CD sales stats: Luminate is pointing to a 19.1% year-over-year falloff in the format’s stateside units moved – a stark contrast to the 3.3% YoY units-sold growth attached to the same catego... Read More...
Billboard Removes Vinyl Sales Figures From Its Site After Posting 33% Year-Over-Year Declines
What are vinyl record sales like in the US? Don't ask Billboard, which has now scrubbed its site of vinyl sales figures after reporting an extreme 33.3% year-over-year sales decline.
That shocking decline ra... Read More...
Vinyl Alliance Says “US Vinyl Sales Have Not Dropped 33% in 2024” as Luminate Dramatically Reverses Its Earlier Data — So What’s Going On Here?
Yesterday, Digital Music News reported on a severe year-over-year drop in US-based vinyl sales, based on data provided to Billboard by Luminate. Now, Luminate has clarified that sales have not dropped 33.3%, ... Read More...
Vinyl Sales Have Plummeted 33.3% Year Over Year — What’s Going On? (Updated)
After more than a decade of rising sales for the vinyl format, sales have fallen off a cliff this year with an estimated plummet of more than 30% year-over-year. What’s going on?
Update, Oct 16th AM: Luminat... Read More...
‘Screen-Free Audio Player for Children’ Yoto Announces $15 Million Raise, Eyes Aggressive International Expansion
Just months after revealing a $22 million injection, children’s audio platform Yoto has scored “a $15 million funding package” from HSBC UK and set its sights on an aggressive international expansion.
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RIAA Reports US Mid-Year 2024 Recorded Music Revenues Up 4% to $8.7 Billion — Though Paid Subscriptions Bump Just 2.7% Year-Over-Year
The RIAA has released its mid-year report for 2024, revealing that U.S. recorded music revenues rose 4% to $8.7 billion in estimated retail value. That's a record sum, according to the major label trade group... Read More...
SoundCloud Says ‘Streaming Isn’t Enough’ — Opens SoundCloud Store for Diversified Income Sources
SoundCloud says streaming isn’t enough for artists to survive, that’s why its launching the SoundCloud Store to diversify income sources for artists.
A select number of Next Pro artists can design exclusive ... Read More...
Love Bob Dylan? Like, 27 Live CDs Containing 431 Songs Worth of Bob Dylan? Then This Boxed Set Is For You
Bob Dylan fans’ dreams come true this fall with a 27-CD boxed set of his 1974 tour and live recordings, with 417 previously unreleased tracks.
Long have Bob Dylan aficionados begged for a more complete recor... Read More...
Liquid Death Taps Ozzy Osbourne for ‘Don’t Snort Death Dust’ Campaign
Ozzy Osbourne warns teenagers not to snort Liquid Death’s new Death Dust electrolyte powder in the brand’s latest ad campaign.
Liquid Death’s new Death Dust, an electrolyte powder you add to water, has appar... Read More...
Amazon Taps Megan Thee Stallion for Prime Day Blowout Ad, Complete with An Original Song
Amazon partners with Megan Thee Stallion for a Prime Day blowout ad, complete with an original song and music video for the sale’s tenth anniversary.
On Tuesday, June 25, Megan Thee Stallion unveiled an orig... Read More...
Bon Jovi or Non Jovi? — Fans Claim Autographed Albums Were Actually Autopenned
Fans claim autographed Bon Jovi albums were actually autopenned with a template of the frontman’s signature, accusing the band’s label UMG of deceit.
Some fans are accusing Universal Music of deceiving them,... Read More...
