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Nielsen has released its midyear music sales report and things are looking about how you'd expect: Streaming is way up, overall album sales are down, and the vinyl trend continues. Taylor Swift and Drake are among the few performers that can feel good about moving entire albums at this point. -
Billboard Charts Now Able To Reflect Bandzoogle's Sales Reports To Nielsen SoundScan
Bandzoogle, the leading website platform for musicians, will now report its direct-to-consumer sales to Nielsen SoundScan, giving artists a chance to impact charts, Billboard reports. The site allows bands to include a "store page" where they can sell their music directly to their fans without a middle man, putting 100 percent of the profits in the artists' pockets as Bandzoogle doesn't take a cut. As of publication time, there have been $16,483,745 in member sales through the company and counting. -
Nielsen Soundscan Quarter Three: No Performer Has Gone Platinum in 2014 and Downloads Down...Industry Prays to Taylor Swift and Garth Brooks
Nielsen Soundscan rolled out its third quarter report for the music industry last week and, as you may have guessed, things continue to look bad. -
Indie Classicalites from Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Punch Bros. (Not Andrea Bocelli & Lindsey Stirling) are Saving the Music Industry
No, classical music isn't dead. In fact, classical music has become the latest vanity endeavor for most contemporary musicians. -
Adele '21' surpasses 3 million digital album downloads, becoming first album to do so
Adele's monumental 2011 album 21 is still breaking records. Two years after its initial release, 21 has made a huge sales achievement. -
Alma Deutscher, 'Ellen DeGeneres' and 'Today Show' Child Composer, is Not a “Little Miss Mozart”
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