And so, of course, does mainstream country, as red-hot RLG launches another youngter into orbit in the comely form of Sara Evans, whose likely total of 125k-130k will give her the second biggest bow and just may be enough for #2 on the chart.
Hip-hop is represented among the 10/4 releases by
The week’s wild card is a hits package from Island/IDJ’s Melissa Etheridge (including a new cover of Tom Petty’s “Refugee”), whose present trend of 60k-70k could balloon following her imminent Oprah appearance. And as we’ve learned, when Oprah devotes an entire show to a musical artist, all bets are off.
Commingling in the 50k-60k sector are another pair of Atlantic acts—rockers Shinedown (who could get to 65k) and rapper Trina, plus Gospel artist Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul/ZLG).
In the week just ended, the music biz performed decently, relatively speaking, racking up total sales of 10.2 million units, an increase of 4.5%, or 447k, over last week. When we dolly back, however, the picture is less positive. The week’s number is 4.6%, or 498k pieces, less than the comparable week of 2004. What’s more, the year-to-date total of 414.7million units, represents a 10.4% deficit versus a year ago. That means consumers have bought 48.2 million fewer albums than they did from January through September of 2004.
THE COUNT: COLDPLAY IS HOT, COUNTRY'S COOKIN' IN THE U.K.
The latest tidbits from the bustling live sector (3/29a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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