Cobain tops dead earners list
Kurt Cobain has topped Forbes.com's list of top-earning dead celebrities with around $50 million, boosted by a Nirvana catalogue stake sale to PrimeWave.…
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Oxfam poll finds Brits think they can write a number one
An Oxfam Oxjam poll suggests around 3.5 million Britons think they could write a number one single, and that gig attendance has risen sharply in five years.…
Hear this - you're all going deaf
A US study of 100 medical students finds listening to MP3 players at 80% volume for over 90 minutes a day can damage hearing over time, according to author Brian Fligor.…
DAB on the rise, apparently
The Digital Radio Development Bureau predicts more than half of UK households will have DAB digital radio sets by 2010, with around 300 models now available.…
IFPI figures show mixed fortune for global music business
IFPI figures show global physical shipments fell 10% in the first half of 2006, while digital sales rose 106% to $945 million, now around 11% of worldwide sales.…
Ringtone sales decline
Research firm MusicAlly says UK ringtone revenues will fall from £177.3 million in 2005 to £143.5 million this year, reflecting a market in decline.…
Beck album not eligible for UK chart entry
The Official Charts Company says Beck's The Information is not chart eligible in the UK because its sticker packaging gives an unfair advantage.…
Nearly three quarters of US have digital TV
Ofcom's quarterly Digital Television Progress Report says 70.2% of UK households now have access to digital television.…
Australian singles chart incorporates downloads
ARIA will include digital download sales in its main singles chart from 8 October, as digital now makes up 30% of singles sales in Australia.…
Sugababes are hittiest pop girls this century
According to British Hit Singles & Albums, the Sugababes have had more hit singles than any other all-female act this century, with 16.…
James Blunt tops funeral song poll
James Blunt's Goodbye My Lover is the most requested funeral song in this year's annual poll, ahead of Robbie Williams's Angels.…
British classical fans like to download
A Gramophone reader survey of 60,000 classical fans found 75 per cent use computers, MP3 players or digital radio, with over-50s downloading an average of eleven pieces last year.…