Monthly Archives: October 2009
What happens at the Point of the sale.
It’s my job to sell music. But that is not how I look at my job. I have been very blessed to have been working in music retail for 14 years and my customers are more than just customers to … Continue reading
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Do Artists Make Bad Record Label Owners?
I have been in music retail for 14 years now and I can say with much certainty that the “artist turned label owner” trend is not working very well when it comes to sales. You want reasons…Oh Boy Do I Have … Continue reading
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WHTA Playlist Week Ending 10/25/09
WHTA-FM Playlist Rank Mediabase Sortable Stats™ Spins lw TW Artist Title Label TW lw Move 2 1 BIG BANK BLACK Try It Out f/Kandi Duct Tape Ent./IDJMG 74 78 -4 1 2 GUCCI MANE Wasted f/Plies Asylum/Warner Bros. … Continue reading
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WVEE Playlist Week Ending 10/25/09
WVEE-FM Playlist Rank Mediabase Sortable Stats™ Spins lw TW Artist Title Label TW lw Move 4 1 JAY-Z Empire State Of Mind f/A. Keys Roc Nation 54 43 11 1 2 DRAKE KANYE LIL WAYNE EMINEM Forever Interscope … Continue reading
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Urban airplay charts as compiled by Mediabase Week Ending 10/25/09
Urban Last Week This Week Artist Song Spins 3 1 GUCCI MANE Wasted f/Plies 3584 1 2 JAY-Z/RIHANNA/KANYE WEST Run This Town 3535 4 3 DRAKE KANYE LIL WAYNE EMINEM Forever 3377 2 4 PLEASURE P Under 3264 9 5 … Continue reading
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TRC’s Top 10 reasons why your 1st week numbers might be a little shady…
Just when you thought you were hot…those damn numbers came in and everybody is downloading your album and giving their review before you can make a sale. Now the question is do those numbers matter? The answer, well that depends on … Continue reading
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Mario…30,000 1st week for real???
So how does a song that is #5 on urban radio only sale a little over 30,000 copies in the 1st week of its release??? Mario’s release D.N.A. came out to very soft numbers last week as compared to other … Continue reading
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Hype is Everything, Sales are Nothing, but you want to create a BRAND
Welcome to the new music industry. Where everybody is somebody, anybody can make it, hype is everything, and sales mean nothing. That is until your 1st week numbers come in! Then the truth comes out and everybody is talking about … Continue reading
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