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Post by mkarns on Nov 24, 2015 12:14:47 GMT -5
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Post by Jessica on Nov 24, 2015 14:06:45 GMT -5
Incredible, considering no one really buys music anymore. I don't even know the last time I bought a CD, must've been years. If Adele and Taylor Swift released an album every week, they could save the music industry.
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Post by palmer7 on Nov 26, 2015 0:09:00 GMT -5
This week, Adele's "Hello" at the top of Billboard's Mainstream Top 40, Adult Top 40, and AC charts *all at the same time*!
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Post by skuncle on Nov 26, 2015 10:36:14 GMT -5
The big thing with Adele is she isn't streaming the album. Why record companies think streaming is a good thing is beyond me. You can very easily record the stream and avoid paying for the album. How they don't see how this cuts into sales is inexplicable.
I am old school, I would much rather have the physical cd. I buy the cd and then will load it onto my iPod. But I want the actual disc. I guess I'm part of a dying breed.
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Post by Jessica on Nov 28, 2015 22:49:33 GMT -5
It's Official. Adele sold 3.38 million copies of "25" in one week!!
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Post by mkarns on Nov 29, 2015 2:37:54 GMT -5
The big thing with Adele is she isn't streaming the album. Why record companies think streaming is a good thing is beyond me. You can very easily record the stream and avoid paying for the album. How they don't see how this cuts into sales is inexplicable. I am old school, I would much rather have the physical cd. I buy the cd and then will load it onto my iPod. But I want the actual disc. I guess I'm part of a dying breed. This isn't a new issue. To cite one example, Mick Fleetwood has blamed the RKO radio chain for Fleetwood Mac's 1979 "Tusk" album not selling as well as it might otherwise have; RKO broadcast the entire album over the air prior to its release, allowing many fans to record it off the radio using cheaper blank tape (which was a popular scapegoat for reduced record sales in the late 70s and early 80s.) |
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Post by skuncle on Nov 29, 2015 3:38:05 GMT -5
This is true, however back then it was radio stations that played the albums. These days web sites like Rolling Stone promote that you can stream the albums. Sites like Spotify stream the album for free all the time. A one and done thing, like the 1979 broadcast of Tusk, has a limited audience. Today's streaming reaches a far greater audience. Also the recording of pretty much anything off the radio back then greatly reduced the audio quality. Today's digital streams are audibly satifisfying to the average listener who regularly listens to MP3's thru earbuds.
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