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New music industry figures prove what we've all known for a while, CDs are out and music streaming is in. U.S. CD sales plummeted 31.5 percent in the first quarter of 2015 while music streaming largely made up the difference with a 23 percent rise. -
Rihanna Named RIAA Best Selling Singles Artist Of All Time
Earlier today, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) declared that Rihanna is the highest selling singles artist in its history. The "BBHMM" singer became the first artist ever to ever cross the mind-boggling threshold of 100 million gold and platinum song certifications. Rihanna is a full 12 million ahead of her competition Taylor Swift, who has sold 88 million singles in the United States, followed by the "Bad Blood" singer's rival Katy Perry at 79 million. -
The Weeknd's '50 Shades of Grey' Single "Earned It" Goes Platinum
Just last week, The Weeknd took home two Juno Awards and he's already got another accolade to add to his list of musical accomplishments. His latest single "Earned It" has been officially certified platinum by the RIAA. -
RIAA Reports Streaming Service Revenues Brng in More Cash than CD Sales for First Time Ever; Digital Downloads Still Dominant
Music trends are often not as dramatic as we make them out to be. For example, the resurgence in vinyl still only accounts for 2 percent of all album sales...not exactly as earthshaking as coverage might suggest. Up until this point, streaming has somewhat been in the same boat, but a new report from the Recording Industry Association of America shows that during 2014, for the first time ever, revenues brought in from streaming accounted for more than the sales of CDs. Streaming services brought in $1.87 billion during 2014, compared to $1.85 billion for compact discs. -
2014 US Record Industry Earnings: Sales Dip; Streaming, Vinyl Up
Each year, the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) releases a recap for yearly earnings. They have generally been pretty doom and gloom with the overall industry bleeding money with sales from CDs dropping dramatically and the major players unable to capitalize and create new sources of revenue for themselves and their artists. The 2014 report shows that while total revenues did dip from $7 billion to $6.972, a .5% change, there are plenty of promising signs, notably in streaming. -
Tumblr Cracking Down on User Copyright Infringements, According to Reports from TorrentFreak
Tumblr has jumped on the bandwagon of social media services working to prevent copyright infractions from occurring on its pages, as TorrentFreak reports the service has become more aggressive in alerting users of violations and cracking down accordingly. -
J. Cole '2014 Forest Hills Drive' Goes Gold in Second Week
The holiday buying season has been kind to J. Cole. It has been so kind that he just received a large delivery of gold to his doorstep. That gold comes in the form of an RIAA-certified gold record, which reportedly is for his new, critically acclaimed album "2014 Forest Hills Drive."Last week, his album sold 371,000 copies and earned him the No. 1 spot on the charts, the third consecutive time he has done that. Second-week sales reportedly have dropped to 135,000, which is the fourth highest for the week and earns him his third gold record at more than 500,000 albums sold. The album sales include equivalents from album streams. -
Music Sales Down Five Percent Compared To 2013, Vinyl Sales Up
The music industry sales numbers for the first half of 2014 have been released and they show that the business is still suffering. -
Miley Cyrus 'Bangerz' goes platinum: new album joins Daft Punk, Kanye West and more with over 1 million sales
Miley Cyrus has gone platinum. We're not talking about her hair... she's been that way for a while. The "Adore You" singer's latest album Bangerz has been certified platinum by the RIAA, meaning it's sold over one million copies since its Oct. 8 release date. She joins One Direction, Kanye West and Lorde in the big sales monument. -
Justin Timberlake, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, One Direction and more receive Platinum record and single certifications from RIAA
Some of music's biggest acts are getting an early Christmas gift of gold and platinum. Today (Dec. 11), the RIAA released its list of songs and albums that have gone gold or platinum over the last two months, and the long list features both familiar names and some unexpected gems.
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