PwC reckon music sector will grow thanks to digital platforms
PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts digital music sales will grow from $71 million in 2003 to $2.2 billion by 2008, with Asia Pacific the fastest-growing region.…
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Marvin Gaye tops New Nation best album poll
A New Nation survey of 100 artists, DJs and industry figures puts Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' top of its best album of all time list.…
Queen top another best song survey
A European best song survey by digital channel Music Choice places Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and John Lennon's 'Imagine' at the top.…
Wizard Of Oz track tops movie song survey
A survey of 1,500 Hollywood actors, directors and writers has ranked Judy Garland's 'Over the Rainbow' from The Wizard Of Oz as the favourite movie song.…
Euro-iTunes sells 800k+ tracks in first week
Apple says iTunes' European store sold over 800,000 tracks in its first week, 450,000 of them in the UK, claiming it outsold rival OD2 sixteen times over.…
Mrs Osbourne tops Kerrang! Rock Power poll
Sharon Osbourne tops Kerrang!'s poll of the most important people in rock, ahead of Clear Channel's Brian Becker, producer Rick Ruben and The Darkness' Justin Hawkins.…
Freeview in over 4 million homes
Freeview's free-to-air digital TV platform has reached around 4 million homes, growing by about 40,000 a week compared with Sky's 5,000.…
Stone Roses top OMM album survey
The Stone Roses' eponymous 1989 debut tops the Observer Music Monthly survey of the greatest British albums, ahead of Revolver and London Calling.…
EMI second biggest music player
According to IFPI figures, EMI became the second biggest record company in 2003, ahead of Sony, while the independent sector's market share grew to 25.3%.…
Nielsen to monitor Yahoo launch
Nielsen will monitor the music played on Yahoo's Launch service and publish the top tracks in its regular stats report.…
Coke shift half a million downloads
Coke's digital download service, launched six months ago, has sold over half a million tracks, with Keane among its most downloaded artists.…
Three footie songs to appear in top ten
Three football songs for Euro 2004 may reach the UK top ten, though none is expected to dislodge Mario Winans from number one.…