Artists call for CD tax cut
BRUSSELS, Belgium (EU Commission news) - Hundreds of music artists from across Europe are calling on the European Union to cut VAT on CDs. More than 1,200 international stars including Sir Elton John, Chris de Burgh and Andrea Bocelli have signed a petition being presented to the EU in Brussels on Tuesday. ...
| Rock music edges ahead in US
NEW YORK (Rockonline magazine) - Limp Bizkit are one of the biggest rock bands in the US Rock music has held fast as the most popular music genre in the US, with the older generation as the biggest record buyers. Despite a struggling music industry, a survey by the Recording Industry Association of ...
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CD slump hits music industry
LONDON, UK (BBC) - The global slump in CD sales gathered pace in 2002, music industry figures have revealed. Sales dropped by 7% around the world last year after a 5% dip in 2001, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The industry's inability to beat what it ...
| RIAA And AFIM Strengthen Partnership For 2003
WHASINGTON (RIAA) - The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Association for Independent Music (AFIM) today announced a renewal of their commitment to work together on common interests. The RIAA continues to support AFIM's mission financially as well as to foster joint programs and ...
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US Radio stations start to suffer from the Internet!
NEW YORK (Top40-Charts.com) - Many artists are banned from US radio stations but they find a new way to communicate with their audience: INTERNET! Most of them join a growing list of recording artists releasing protest songs directly to the internet to bypass a cautious radio market. US radio stations ...
| Ben Folds signs deal with BMG
LOS ANGELES (BMG press realese) - Scott Francis, President, BMG Songs, has announced the signing of Ben Folds to an exclusive worldwide co-publishing agreement. BMG Songs is the U.S. division of BMG Music Publishing Worldwide. Under the terms of the deal, BMG Songs will co-publish Folds� 2001 Rockin� ...
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BMGs' all time sellers
NEW YORK (BMG Press Release) - Celebrating 14 years as the world's largest music club currently serving more than 20 million members announced their all time sellers today. The BMG Music Club sold more than 300 million cassettes and CD's in it's 14 years in business, and this month will honor the clubs ...
| Major slump for UK record industry
LONDON, UK (KPMG/BPI) - The British record industry has experienced its biggest sales decline in decades. Figures out this week will show sales of CDs and other recorded music were down almost 4% last year, says the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It is understood the figures will reveal the biggest ...
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Gloria Estefan has signed a deal with Universal Music
NEW YORK (Universal Press Release) - Universal Music has signed a deal with pop singer Gloria Estefan to administer the publishing of her music, the work of her producer-husband, Emilio, and the catalogs of their two independent labels. Universal, one of the world's top music publishing companies, assumes ...
| Sony choose NBC president Andrew Lack to replace Tommy Mottola
NEW YORK (SONY) - Sony chose Andrew Lack, NBC's president and chief operating officer, to take the helm of its music division on Friday, a day after Sony Music chief Tommy Mottola resigned to start a new label. The move was surprising, considering Lack has no experience in the music industry; a veteran ...
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Tommy Mottola quits from Sony and builds his own label
NEW YORK (Music Industry online magazine) - Sony Music chairman and chief executive Tommy Mottola, who was responsible for building the careers of Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and other superstars, announced Thursday he was leaving the company to start his own music label. The departure ends Mottola's ...
| 'Start Me Up' has licenced for a new ad campaign by Ford Motor Company
DETROIT (Ford Press Release) - The Ford Motor Company has licensed the Rolling Stones' 1981 hit "Start Me Up" for its new ad campaign, which kicked off with a 30-second spot just after midnight on New Year's Day (January 1). Ford and its advertising agency, J. Walter Thompson, have produced seven ads ...
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2002 Music Industry Report through sales of 12/22/02
NEW YORK (Nielsen) - Nielsen SoundScan, the entertainment industry's data information system which tracks point-of-purchase sales of recorded music product, has announced its 2002 sales research data through 12/22/02. A subsequent report will be release on 01/02/03 will include sales through 12/29/02. ...
| Album sales drop in 2002
NEW YORK (SoundScan) - A relatively healthy holiday buying season pumped up the volume of CD sales, but 2002's total dropped by an alarming 8.7% from last year's figures. CD album sales through Dec. 29 amounted to a rounded-off 649.5 million, compared with 712 million in 2001, according to Nielsen SoundScan. ...
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Music piracy in UK growths
LONDON, UK (BPI) - The circulation of pirated music in the UK has risen by more than 36% according to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The music industry watchdog said figures from 2001 showed a massive rise in the number of fake and pirated CDs seized in the UK. The figures are based on the ...
| AOL's Faith Hill 'Artist Of The Month' Campaign Most Successful Of The Year
NEW YORK (Marketing & Bussiness magazine) - The numbers are in and multi-platinum recording artist Faith Hill logged a record setting six million streams and AOL's "Artist of the Month" campaign proved to be its most successful in history. This news comes on the heels of Hill's nomination as Favorite ...
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RIAA develops the anti-Piracy campaign
NEW YORK (RIAA) - An anti-piracy campaign by the recording industry is threatening lawsuits to try to force stores to pull pirated music from their shelves. The Recording Industry Association of America said Monday it is demanding a halt to illegal music sales at gas stations, convenience stores, groceries ...
| 2002 marks great year for online music fans
WHASINGTON (Music Industry magazine) - The online music industry has exploded in 2002 providing more legitimate service offerings for consumers than ever before. The recent wave of new agreements between record companies and legitimate online music services caps a year of dynamic progress in which the ...
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The record industry is getting Scrooged
LOS ANGELES (Music Industry online magazine) - This year's double-digit slump in album sales doesn't mean consumers aren't listening to music. They just don't want to pay for it. And it's unlikely that the final stretch of Christmas shopping will pull 2002 out of a nose dive. Buyers have snatched up ...
| Labels add extras
NEW YORK (Music Industry magazine) - When The Strokes' Is This It landed in stores last year, the CD had 11 songs, and that was it. But this fall RCA rereleased the album, packaged with a bonus DVD of videos at the same price. Just in time for the holidays, a sleighful of limited-edition CDs, both new ...
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