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| • "21" | Adele | 9x multi-Platinum |
• "Brothers" | The Black Keys | Platinum |
• "Tailgates & Tanlines" | Luke Bryan | Platinum |
• "Enjoy Yourself" | Billy Currington | Gold |
• "Up All Night" | One Direction | Gold |
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| • "Grenade" | Bruno Mars | 5x multi-Platinum |
• "We Are Young" | Fun. | 3x multi-Platinum |
• "In the Dark" | Dev | Platinum |
• "Somebody That I Used To Know" | Gotye | Platinum |
• "What Makes You Beautiful" | One Direction | Platinum |
• "Part Of Me" | Katy Perry | Platinum |
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| The Download on Digital Sales in 2011 In 2011, for the first time, digital music sales accounted for more than 50 percent of total music industry revenues, according to the RIAA's recently-released year-end stats. Year-over-year, total digital music sales increased nine percent, while downloads specifically grew 17 percent, and subscription services were up 18 percent. Additionally, sales of old-school vinyl albums continued to soar, up 34 percent versus the prior year, with more than five million units shipped. The RIAA's annual shipment reports track total recorded music industry sales in the United States dating all the way back to 1973. Get access to the figures on RIAA.com here. |
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White House Highlights Economic Contributions of IP A first-of-its-kind study on intellectual property industries' contribution to our national economy was released by the U.S. Commerce Department in April. Overall, the report characterized 75 of 313 American industries as "IP-intensive," finding that they directly employ 27 million Americans, add $5 trillion to the GDP, and account for $775 billion in exports (60 percent of total merchandise exports). Further, "copyright-intensive" industries, which include sound recording businesses, directly employ 5.1 million people, support an additional 2.5 million related support jobs, and account for 4 percent of GDP ($640 billion). |
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Record Store Day Boosts Music Sales
Music sales surged at independent retailers on America's fifth annual Record Store Day, held in April to encourage fans to rediscover their local music stores. Vinyl album purchases during Record Store Week were nearly double the levels of a normal week, and physical single sales doubled compared to Record Store Day 2011, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Check out RIAA's blog post on the event for vinyl music sales statistics and more. |
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| Facebook to Music Fans: Listen Here Facebook has unveiled a prominently placed "Listen" button on musicians' pages, allowing users to stream songs on Facebook supported music apps like Rdio, Spotify, MOG, Slacker, and more. Social networkers who haven't yet installed any Facebook music apps will be prompted to do so. |
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Internet Radio Rising The number of Americans listening to Internet radio on a weekly basis increased 30 percent from 2011 to 2012, according to a new report from Arbitron Inc. Average time spent listening to online radio sites – like Last.fm, Pandora, and Slacker – also grew, from 9.3 hours per week to 9.8. In related news, Pandora recently reported that it streams more than one billion listener hours per month, up 88 percent from one year prior. |
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| According to Billboard.com the top digital downloads for the week of April 28 are: # 1 – "Somebody That I Used To Know" Gotye feat. Kimbra
# 2 – "We Are Young" Fun. feat. Janelle Monae
# 3 – "What Makes You Beautiful" One Direction
# 4 – "Boyfriend" Justin Bieber
# 5 – "Call Me Maybe" Carly Rae Jepsen # 1 – "Tuskegee" Lionel Richie
# 2 – "Making Mirrors" Gotye
# 3 – "Up All Night" One Direction
# 4 – "All American (EP)" Hoodie Allen
# 5 – "Slipstream" Bonnie Raitt | | * Yahoo! Music recently became VEVO's syndication partner, adding to a growing list of sites like AOL, MTV, BET and CBS that stream VEVO music videos. * Amazon Music has launched a Tumblr blog featuring MP3 deals, new release info and more. * Rdio recently redesigned its music subscription interface to add a drag and drop feature, private playlists, and more. * The RIAA, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, will receive NARM's Presidential Award for Sustained Industry Achievement at NARM's Music Biz 2012 convention in May. * Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Donovan, the Beastie Boys, and more were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 27th annual ceremony in April. |
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| April: |
| | | | jackjohnsonmusic.com | | | | | • "Slipstream" | Bonnie Raitt | 4/10 |
• "Love Is a Four Letter Word" | Jason Mraz | 4/17 |
• "Best of Kokua Festival" | Jack Johnson & Friends | 4/17 |
• "California 37" | Train | 4/17 |
• "Blunderbuss" | Jack White | 4/24 |
• "Up All Night" | Kip Moore | 4/24 |
• "The Wanted" | The Wanted | 4/24 |
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| | | | norahjones.com | • "Little Broken Hearts" | Norah Jones | 5/1 |
• "Blown Away" | Carrie Underwood | 5/1 |
• "The Music of SMASH" | SMASH Cast | 5/1 |
• "Fortune" | Chris Brown | 5/8 |
• "Trespassing" | Adam Lambert | 5/15 |
• "Born and Raised" | John Mayer | 5/22 |
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