Justin Timberlake broke all the rules weeks ago when his third studio album The 20/20 Experience cam out and sold 969,090 units. It took him six years to push this baby out and he along with his manager Johnny Wright made sure that they could make the maximum impact. The 20/20 Experience debuted at #1 with a lot of help from Target. Mass Merchants made up 43% of the overall sales in this project.
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While it is true that CD sales have grossly declined, Billboard’s Senior Editorial Analyst Glenn Peoples report the numbers that prove there’s still profit in plastic. In almost every genre, when an album is release there is a chance that the heavier portion of sales will be physical. And while traditional music stores are not as plentiful as they use to be, there’s still a lesson to be learned here. Customers still like tangible music. One of my favorite lines from this article is “Where there is a marketing partnership, there is an opportunity for the CD to shine.” Now isn’t that just marvelous!!! Check out his detailed report below. Continue reading
The Dream finally talked about why he wore that crazy outfit to the Grammy’s and put way too much sugar in his coffee yesterday morning in this interview with New York’s Power 105 The Breakfast Club. Apparently Jay Z‘s joke about The Dream was just two friends kidding around with each other. Check out his interview with The Breakfast Club below.
Janelle Monáe paid tribute to Jimi Hendrix on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” last night. The CoverGirl was awesome as she performed the late legend’s “Little Wing” with some help from The Roots and her guitarist Kellindo Parker. Check out her stellar performance below. Continue reading
I love Bilal! I had a chance to see him rock Center Stage in Atlanta last week courtesy of my good friends over at the Muddy Water Group. His new album A Love Surreal came out few weeks ago and he’s now on tour. In between things he dropped a short film/video for a cut from the album “West Side Girl”. Check it out below. Continue reading
