Interest in Cash on the rise thanks to biopic
UK sales of Johnny Cash records have risen 676% since the release of biopic Walk The Line, with 17 of his albums in HMV's country top 20.…
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More Amazon download chatter
Speculation at the Digital Music Forum suggests Amazon's download platform, and possibly an Amazon MP3 player, could use its clout to negotiate better terms with labels.…
Cash is top of the (dead) pops
Johnny Cash has been voted the best dead rock star in a survey by US magazine Blender, ahead of Notorious BIG, Elvis Presley and Tupac Shakur.…
iTunes sells billionth download
Apple's iTunes has sold its one billionth download, a Coldplay track bought by Alex Ostrovsky of Michigan, who wins a prize package and a scholarship fund is set up in his name.…
Supermarkets sell quarter of UK CDs
A TNS World Panel survey found supermarkets sell more than a quarter of UK CDs and DVDs, with non-food sales doubling over five years, as HMV blames supermarket competition.…
Baftas get low ratings too
The Bafta Film Awards drew just 3 million viewers on BBC1, its lowest audience since returning to the BBC four years ago.…
Brits ratings down
The Brits TV show recorded its lowest-ever ratings, with 5.3 million tuning in at the start and only 2.9 million watching to the end.…
Rock titles do well in ABC figures
ABC figures for the second half of 2005 show rock titles such as Kerrang! and Classic Rock growing, while dance and teen magazines like Mixmag and Smash Hits declined.…
British music doing very well thank you very much
The BPI says native acts took 49.4% of UK album sales in 2005, a 7% rise on 2004 and the highest number of albums sold by UK artists in a single year.…
Blunt still on the US rise
James Blunt's 'You're Beautiful' climbs to number two on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest placing for a British act since Elton John in 1997.…
Academics say music choices swayed by peers
Columbia University academics found that people are more likely to like a song when they think others do, based on a study of 14,000 participants.…
Idol beats Grammys
American Idol drew 28.3 million US viewers against the Grammy Awards' 15.1 million when the two shows went head to head.…