Universal still the biggest in new IFPI report
Universal Music holds 25.5% of the global market in the latest IFPI figures, ahead of SonyBMG at 21.5%, with independents combined at 28.4%.…
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TOTP audience continues to slump after channel shift
Top Of The Pops is averaging 1.1 million viewers in its new BBC Two Sunday slot, under half the 2.4 million it drew on BBC One on Friday evenings.…
Ringtone sales might be in decline
A Financial Times report suggests ringtone sales may be falling, with specialist ringtone firms squeezed as record labels sell real track clips directly to networks.…
Downloads will be worth $2 billion by 2010
A report from Informa Media Group forecasts pay-as-you-go downloads will earn the music industry $2 billion a year by 2010, a third of online sales.…
Live 8 helps BBC score online record
The BBC's Live 8 site recorded a record 14.6 million page impressions over three days, while its Glastonbury coverage drew 13.4 million.…
Jacko greatest hits struggles in US
Michael Jackson's new greatest hits compilation sold only 8000 copies in the US in its first week, and PR Max Clifford says the public has delivered its verdict.…
Blunt still selling well
James Blunt is expected to remain at the top of both the singles and album charts, with Crazy Frog's album threatening to be the highest new album entry.…
Latest research suggests filesharers are the biggest music consumers
A survey by The Leading Question suggests P2P filesharers spend more on legal downloads than non-sharers, while the BPI says file sharers' overall music spending is falling.…
IFPI upbeat about digital music growth
The IFPI reports 180 million legal downloads worldwide in the first half of 2005, tripling last year, and says illegal file-sharing rose only 3% since January.…
Qpass report says loophole costing ringtones industry millions
Digital media company Qpass estimates a loophole allowing free ringtones made from download previews could cost the music industry 50 million euros a year.…
Xfm online readers vote Muse as their supergroup, or do they?
Xfm Online readers voted Muse into each supergroup category, but the station has discounted those votes after finding a message board explaining how to vote multiple times.…
iTunes passes 500 million mark: are they unstoppable?
Apple's iTunes has passed 500 million downloads, with Amy Greer of Indiana winning a prize bundle, as the firm reports record profits and holds an estimated 80% of the US download market.…