The O2 doing very well thank you very much
According to Music Week, The O2 has sold 1.4 million tickets this year, surpassing the 1.1 million sold by New York's Madison Square Garden over the whole year.…
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Mika and Winehouse top iTunes 2007 charts
Apple has released the most-downloaded singles and albums of 2007 from the UK iTunes Music Store, led by Mika and Amy Winehouse.…
Slade top Christmas song poll
Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody topped an MSN Music poll of favourite Christmas songs with 37% of the vote, ahead of the original Band Aid single.…
Mobile music worth 11 billion by 2011?
A report from Understanding & Solutions predicts mobile music will be worth $11 billion and a third of the music industry by 2011.…
Take That top Google poll
Take That were the most searched entity on Google in 2007, ahead of Dirty Dancing and Glastonbury Festival, according to the search engine's Zeitgeist list.…
Concerns expressed about new radio ratings system in US
US ratings firm Arbitron has delayed rolling out its portable people meter after clients raised concerns about lower figures, while RAJAR continues its own UK tests.…
Fox man down on Warner chief
Fox columnist Roger Friedman criticises Warner Music chief Edgar Bronfman Jr's diversification plans, including his $10 million investment in Irving Azoff's Front Line Management.…
Viagogo say Barbra Streisand tickets most overvalued
Secondary ticketing firm Viagogo has published its 2007 list of most and least valued tours, with The Verve topping the resale chart and Barbra Streisand the most overvalued.…
Leona Lewis has biggest selling single of the year
Leona Lewis's 'Bleeding Love' is the year's best selling single so far, and her debut album 'Spirit' is Amazon's most pre-ordered release of the year.…
Jay-Z equals Elvis chart record
Jay-Z's 'American Gangster' is set to top the US album chart, his tenth straight number one, equalling Elvis Presley's record.…
People like DRM free music, obviously
7Digital says MP3 downloads outsell DRM-protected formats four to one, and that 60% of its catalogue is now available DRM-free.…
French industry still in decline, Canadian industry sees nominal profit increase
French recorded music wholesale value fell 20.5% in the first nine months of the year, while a Statistics Canada report shows a slight rise in Canadian industry profits.…