UK artists shine overseas
BPI figures show UK acts sold around 27 million albums in France and Germany last year, with the Beatles' 'Love' album among the contributors.…
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Mobile music set to boom
Research firm eMarketer predicts mobile music sales will almost double to around $3 billion this year and reach $7.3 billion by 2011.…
Greeeen's Aiuta becomes first million-selling mobile download
The track Aiuta by Japanese band Greeeen has become the first to sell a million copies via mobile phone, according to Universal Music Japan.…
Weller biog planned
A biography of Paul Weller by his childhood friend, music journalist Paolo Hewitt, is reportedly set for publication in September.…
Secondary ticket sales generate £60 million a quarter
Research firm TixDaq says secondary ticket sales generated more than £60 million in Q2 2007, and director Marc Marot argues the industry should embrace resale.…
New book makes new claims about Jim Morrison's death
A new book by Sam Bernett, former owner of a Paris club, claims Jim Morrison died of a heroin overdose there and was left in a bath at his apartment.…
Live Earth US TV ratings also disappoint
Live Earth's three-hour US broadcast on NBC averaged 2.7 million viewers, putting it last of the four major networks, behind ABC's repeat screening.…
iPhone nano unlikely this year, analyst says
A JP Morgan analyst expects a cheaper iPhone nano before year end, but another analyst, Bill Shope, calls a near-term launch unusual and risky.…
BPI figures show UK record sales slide
BPI figures show UK CD sales down 10% in the first half of 2007, with digital growth failing to make up the shortfall in physical sales.…
Live Earth draws far smaller UK TV audience than Concert For Diana
Live Earth averaged 3.1 million UK TV viewers, well below the Concert For Diana, but the event drew 10 million online streams, according to MSN.…
Lots of Live Earth nonsense
Media opinion on the Live Earth concerts is mixed, with critics questioning the hypocrisy of wealthy artists, while Madonna faces scrutiny over her lifestyle.…
Bar code confusion affects Diddy classic sales stats
Sales of P Diddy's 'I'll Be Missing You' may not be counted on the singles chart because it shares a bar code with a Tyler James single.…