p2pnet - rss feed: Albums sales up in 2004
p2pnet.net News:- Remember how the multi-billion-dollar music industry is being devastated by ‘criminal’ file sharers.
US album sales for the first half of 2004 are 7% ahead of last year’s midway point, with the first six months of 2004 at 305.7 million units, says Nielsen SoundScan, quoted in a Reuters story here.
That’s up up from 285.9 million sold from January through June of 2003.
‘Purchased’ digital downloads reached nearly 54 million during the first 26 weeks of this year and, "At that rate Internet song sales are on their way to cross the 100 million threshold by year’s end," says the story.
The paltry corporate online music sales figures result from the fact surfing music lovers continue to ignore Big Music supplied and supported sites in their millions, preferring p2p networks and independent sites with their wealth of material.
"According to a PriceWaterhouseCoopers report cited in Daily Variety, growth in recorded music is projected to continue over the next several years," says Reuters.
July 7th, 2004 at 4:40 am
Not if Big Music keeps Suing it’s customers and when the cd buying public finds out the Truth about how the major labels treat the artists and customers then I predict when the music fans do learn the truth, Big Music is finished!!!! Question ???? Why don’t the P2p sites have links on their front page to ALL the Anti Riaa sites on the net????? Under the heading of Learn More About The Music Biz Image all the millions of people who would Learn that their are People on the net who are Fighting and boycotting the Majors Labels for all the Sh*t they have started !!!!! Why no links????
July 7th, 2004 at 10:51 am
Perhaps it is because of file sharing that this trend is happening?
I’ll use myself as an example…
I hear a song on the radio, and I like it. In the old days I’d have to go buy the cd to listen to it.
Lotsa times the song I wanted was the only half decent song on the cd. I was basically bigtime ripped off!
Now, I can listen to other tracks. If they’re all just a remix of the one I want then to hell with it!
If there is good stuff, I’ll buy it. But I ain’t never gonna buy a cd based on one song ever again!
P2P lets a buyer listen to the other tracks, and decide for himself if he wants to buy the cd. If you’re a ‘one hit wonder’ then P2P isn’t in your favour.
If you are half decent, then people will listen to your songs, buy your cd’s, buy your shirts, and go and see you in concert!
July 7th, 2004 at 7:32 pm
Jamm,
I WONDER IF PEOPLE WERE REALLY LISTENING TO THE MUSIC THAT I GAVE AWAY,….. FETTY FROM CHICAGO,… SECRET IS EVERYBODY DOES WANT MORE AND I WANT TO GIVE THEM MORE BUT I NEED SOME MONEY TO LIVE WITH AND PAY MY DEBTS AND BILLS WHILE LOOKING AFTER THE TWO FEMALE TWIN FUTURE ARTISTS 7/7/04 FETTY LOVES TO LOVE YOU FOR LIFE,……..
July 7th, 2004 at 11:23 pm
Who cares about “Big Music” anyway? It sucks.
There are so many musicians (yeah, that’s right- musicians, not “artists”, not “entertainers”, not “stars”) out there making a living the old fashioned way, touring small clubs and theaters and making a name for themselves through word of mouth and freely traded music.
Many of them invite their listeners to tape and it’s not uncommon to see mike stands in the crowd.
I’ve gone to see a number of bands I had only heard a couple of tunes from and for the most part, I’ve been impressed.