Music sales

Dan Sultan at the Age Music Victoria Awards photo by Ros O'Gorman

What If Music Sales Used The Box Office Format?

by Paul Cashmere

Imagine if the music chart was compiled the way it is done with movies titles … by box-office takings.

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Ed Sheeran Divide

Catalogue Now Outsells New Music Sales For First Half Of 2017

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The sales and listening of recorded albums continues to drop according to Buzz Angle Music but, of the LPs that have been purchased or streamed, almost two-thirds were catalogue product.

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Ed Sheeran Divide

Once Again The Death Of The CD Is Exaggerated

by Paul Cashmere

Once again stories about the death of the CD have been grossly exaggerated. A study of this week’s Australian Top 10 ARIA album chart by The Noise Network shows that most fans prefer the physical format over streams and downloads.

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Twenty One Pilots

twenty one pilots Had Biggest Selling Vinyl Album of 2016

by Paul Cashmere

twenty one pilots ‘Blurryface’ was the biggest selling vinyl album in the USA for 2016 but that old Beatles favourite ‘Abbey Road’ is still in the Top 10.

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Only Four Albums Sold More Than 1 Million In The USA In 2016

by Paul Cashmere

Only four albums sold over one million units in the USA during 2016 with Adele ‘25’ the biggest seller.

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David Bowie by Ros O'Gorman

2016 Music Sales Show Death Is Once The Ultimate PR Stunt

by Paul Cashmere

2016 has proven that the best PR you can do to drive music sales is to die.

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Prince Purple Rain

Bowie and Prince Prove Death Is Still The Best Marketing Tool

by Paul Cashmere

Death is undeniably the greatest promotional tool of the music industry as sales of Prince and Bowie attest.

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Adele 25, music news, noise11.com

Adele Clocks Up Another 65719 Sales In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Adele ‘25’ has sold a further 65,719 albums in Australia in the second week on sale bringing its tally to 191,782 sales.

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It’s Official, Streaming Slaughters Music Sales

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The day of the physical consumption of music may be ending sooner than we thought.

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Guy Sebastian Just As I Am, music news, noise11.com

ABC To Close 50 ABC Shops As Music Sales Plummet To Lowest Figure Ever

by Paul Cashmere

The ABC will close 50 ABC Shops before the end of the year just as music sales hit an all-time low.

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Pharrell Williams Happy Was Biggest Song Of 2014 In USA

by Paul Cashmere

Pharrell Williams ‘Happy’ sold 6,455,000 downloads in the USA in 2014 making it the biggest selling song of the year.

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Karise Eden from team Seal on The Voice images noise11.com

Karise Eden Sales Proves Why iTunes Cannot Be Used As A Chart Guideline

by Paul Cashmere

Karise Eden had a few seconds added to her 15 minutes of fame this week after appearing on the ABC’s Australia Story.

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Robin Thicke, Noise11, Photo

Robin Thicke Departs Australian Top 500

by Paul Cashmere

Robin Thicke ‘Paula’ has dropped out of the Top 500 album chart in Australia after its second week on sale.

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Robin Thicke, Noise11, Photo

Robin Thicke Debuts On Australian Chart At 207

by Paul Cashmere

Robin Thicke ‘Paula’ has shown up on the ARIA chart at no. 207 this week.

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Michael Buble Christmas

Christmas Generates Record Music Sales Week

by Paul Cashmere

Christmas week has proven to be the best week for album sales in Australia for 2013.

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