IFPI confirm another global sales slide
IFPI figures show global music sales fell 7.2 percent in value and 8.4 percent in units in 2002, a $32.2 billion revenue slump, with CD sales falling less.…
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Chart report
Atomic Kitten enter at number four while Room 5 stay top, and The White Stripes take the album chart, with Westlife slipping to nine.…
50 Cent best seller so far
Rapper 50 Cent is the best-selling artist of the year so far in the US, with over four million copies of 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' sold.…
Linkin Park top US charts
Linkin Park's 'Meteora' has topped the US Billboard album chart with 810,000 sales in its first week, while The White Stripes' 'Elephant' is tipped for the UK number one.…
Queen top Virgin album survey
Queen's 'A Night At The Opera' has topped a Virgin Radio listener survey for the ultimate album, ahead of The Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' and Oasis's '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?'.…
Glastonbury tickets sell fast
About 35,000 of the 150,000 Glastonbury tickets had sold by Monday lunchtime, with Michael Eavis saying sales are faster than last year.…
Chart report
Westlife enter the singles chart at number three with 'Tonight', while Room 5 hit number one, Linkin Park top the albums chart and Gareth Gates is at number two.…
Chart report
Gareth Gates and the Kumars stay at number one on the singles chart, while Norah Jones remains top of the albums chart.…
Survey shows teens have no problem with illegal downloads
A US Ipsos-Reid survey found only 9 per cent of teenagers see anything wrong with sharing copied music for free online.…
ITC reckon digital TV uptake will be bigger than internet
The ITC predicts digital TV take-up will overtake internet penetration in the UK later this year, citing the popularity of Freeview and Sky Digital.…
8 Mile tops 2 million in first week of video release
Early figures suggest the video and DVD release of '8 Mile' will pass 2 million sales in its first week, with soundtrack sales also rising.…
Major label valuations come in low
City estimates put Warner at $3-4 billion, Universal at $6 billion and EMI at around $1 billion, far below earlier valuations.…