Nielsen SoundScan

Rock Music Was The Dominant Genre Of 2013

by Paul Cashmere

Music fans purchased more Rock Music than any other genre in 2013.

Tagged as: Nielsen SoundScan, Rock Music

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Music Industry Summary 2013

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Nielsen Entertainment and Billboard have released their annual review of the music business for the period of December 31, 2012 through December 29, 2013.

Tagged as: Nielsen SoundScan

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Justin Timberlake Has Biggest Selling Album Of 2013 In USA So Far

by Paul Cashmere

Justin Timberlake’s ‘The 20/20 Experience’ is the biggest selling album of the year so far in the USA.

Tagged as: Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, Nielsen SoundScan, The 20/20 Experience

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Record Store Day Saw Increased Music Sales

by Paul Cashmere

Record Store Day has been declared a success after music sales for independent record stores across America were up 59% on the previous week and up 3% on the same day last year.

Tagged as: industry, Nielsen SoundScan, Record Store Day

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Metallica Metallica Remains Biggest Selling Album Of SoundScan Era

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica’s ‘Metallica’ album remains the biggest selling album of the SoundScan era and clocked up a further 110,000 sales in 2012.

Tagged as: Bob Marley, Metallica, Nielsen SoundScan, NSYNC, Santana, Shania Twain

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Rock Rocked In 2012

by Paul Cashmere

Rock was the biggest selling music genre of 2012.

Tagged as: Nielsen SoundScan, rock

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Jack White Bumps The Beatles To Have Biggest Vinyl Of 2012

by Paul Cashmere

Jack White’s ‘Blunderbuss’ was the biggest selling vinyl album of 2012 bumping The Beatles ‘Abbey Road’ from the top of the chart.

Tagged as: Abbey Road, Blunderbuss, Jack White, Nielsen SoundScan, The Beatles

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Gotye Has Biggest Selling Song Of 2012 In America

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s Gotye had the biggest selling song of 2012 in the USA.

Tagged as: Carly Rae Jepsen, Fun, Gotye, Kimbra, Nielsen SoundScan, Somebody That I Used To Know

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Adele Was Biggest Selling Artist Of 2012 In USA

by Paul Cashmere

Adele was the biggest selling artist of 2012 and ‘21’ was the biggest selling album in the USA, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Tagged as: 21, Adele, Nielsen SoundScan

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Music Sales Increase 3.1% During 2012 In The USA

by Paul Cashmere

Music sales have registered at 3.1% increase in the USA for 2012, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

Tagged as: 21, Adele, Nielsen SoundScan, Red, Taylor Swift

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2012 Music Sales Set To Break Record In USA

by Paul Cashmere

Music sales for the first nine months of 2012 are on track to break last year’s record figure in the USA.

Tagged as: Mumford & Sons, Nielsen SoundScan

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Adele 21 Tops US Mid-Year Chart

by Paul Cashmere

Adele ‘21’ is the biggest selling album of the year in the USA so far and the only album to have sold more than 1,000,000 units.

Tagged as: 21, Adele, Lionel Richie, Nielsen SoundScan, Scoop Marketing

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Gotye Has Third Biggest Digital Album Of Year In USA

by Paul Cashmere

Gotye ‘Making Mirrors’ is the third biggest selling digital album of 2012 so far, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Tagged as: Adele, Gotye, Making Mirrors, Nielsen SoundScan, One Direction, Scoop Marketing

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Gotye and Kimbra Have Biggest Selling Song Of 2012

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s Gotye featuring Kimbra ‘Something That I Used To Know’ is the biggest selling song in the USA for 2012 so far, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Tagged as: Carly Rae Jepsen, Flo Rida, Gotye, Kimbra, Nielsen SoundScan, Scoop Marketing, The Wanted

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Whitney Houston Has Had Almost One Million Sales Since Death

by Paul Cashmere

The death of Whitney Houston has generated a buying spree for fans. Since her death people have purchased over 100,000 Whitney Houston albums and almost 900,000 digital tracks.

Tagged as: BDS, death, Nielsen SoundScan, sales, Whitney Houston

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Adele 21 Had 5.1% Of New Music Sales In 2011

by Paul Cashmere

Sales for the Adele ‘21’ in the USA last year are stagging. The ‘21’ album accounted for 5.1% of all new release album sales during 2011.

Tagged as: 21, Adele, Nielsen SoundScan

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Metallica Maintains Biggest Selling Album Of Past 20 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica’s ‘Metallica’ is still the biggest selling album of the past 20 years but The Beatles ‘1’ is moving up the ranks.

Tagged as: Alanis Morissette, Garth Brooks, Mariah Carey, Metallica, Nielsen SoundScan, Pink Floyd, Shania Twain, The Beatles

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Universal Music Was The Biggest Music Label Of 2011

by Paul Cashmere

Universal Music maintained its position as the biggest music label of 2011 but it was close.

Tagged as: EMI, Nielsen SoundScan, Sony, Universal, Warner

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Retail Sold 69% Of All Music Sales In 2011

by Paul Cashmere

Despite the doom and gloom written about music retail 69% of all albums sold in America in 2011 were through retail outlets.

Tagged as: Adele, digital, Nielsen SoundScan, retail, sales, Top 40

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Rihanna Is Biggest Selling Digital Artist Ever

by Paul Cashmere

Rihanna has sold more digital tracks than any other artist.

Tagged as: Black Eyed Peas, digital sales, Lady Gaga, Nielsen SoundScan, Rihanna

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Adele Was Biggest Selling Artist Of 2011 By Far

by Paul Cashmere

We knew Adele was going to be the biggest selling artist of 2011 halfway through the year but just how big she was is staggering.

Tagged as: 21, Adele, Drake, Glee Cast, Jason Aldean, Justin Bieber, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, Michael Buble, Nielsen SoundScan, Taylor Swift

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The Beatles Abbey Road Tops Vinyl Sales For 2011

by Paul Cashmere

The biggest selling album on vinyl in the USA in 2011 was The Beatles ‘Abbey Road’.

Tagged as: Abbey Road, Black Keys, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Mumford & Sons, Nielsen SoundScan, Radiohead, The Beatles

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Album Sales Up For First Time Since 2004

by Paul Cashmere

Album sales in the USA for 2011 increased for the first time since 2004.

Tagged as: 20111, Adele, Album sales, Drake, Jason Aldean, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, Michael Buble, Mumford & Sons, Nielsen SoundScan, The Beatles

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Foo Fighters Awarded For 10,000,000 Album Sales

by Paul Cashmere

Nielsen Entertainment has awarded Foo Fighters for 10 million album sales in the USA.

Tagged as: 90s, Foo Fighters, Nielsen BDS, Nielsen SoundScan, rock, USA

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Jeff Tweedy To Join The Cast of Curb Your Enthusiasm

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy is expected to be a new face when Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm returns for a 10th season.

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Stone Temple Pilots Mark 25th Anniversary of Purple with Expanded Edition

Stone Temple Pilots ‘Purple’ will be given an upgrade for its 25th anniversary. The new edition will be a three disc set with the original album, a disc of demos and a live album recorded in 1994.

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