Posts Tagged ‘Lady Antebellum’

Q1 Market Share Figures Offer a Few Surprises…

Monday, March 29th, 2010

EMI Music has been trumpeting improved market share figures in 2010, thanks largely to a successful Lady Antebellum release. That is now supported by stats from both Hits Magazine and Nielsen Soundscan, both of whom are showing the improved percentages. Hits is showing an 11.8 percent year-to-date share for EMI (up from 8.7 percent at the same point in 2009); and Nielsen 11.74 percent year-to-date (up from 8.77 percent). (more…)

Report: Apple Urging Labels to Reject Amazon MP3 “Daily Deals”

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Apple has begun urging record labels not to participate in a discounted MP3 promotion offered by rival Amazon.com and withdrawing iTunes Store marketing support for some releases featured as Amazon “Daily Deals,” Billboard reported, citing sources. (more…)