April 27, 2012

Latest RIAA NEWS

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Albums:
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• “21”
Adele
9x multi-Platinum

• “Brothers”
The Black Keys
Platinum

• “Tailgates & Tanlines”
Luke Bryan
Platinum

• “Tonight”
TobyMac
Gold

• “Enjoy Yourself”
Billy Currington
Gold

• “Intimacy”
Kem
Gold

• “Up All Night”
One Direction
Gold

Digital Singles
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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
For RIAA’s latest monthly Gold & Platinum certification tally click  here

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.  

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).

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. 

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.

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. 


According to Billboard.com the top digital downloads for the week of April 28 are:


Songs:

# 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

Albums:

# 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’ssyndication 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 blogfeaturing 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 Awardfor 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 theRock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 27th annual ceremony in April.

April:
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• “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

May:
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• “Little Broken Hearts”
Norah Jones
5/1

• “Blown Away”
Carrie Underwood
5/1

• “The Music of SMASH”
SMASH Cast
5/1

• “Strangeland”
Keane
5/8

• “Fortune”
Chris Brown
5/8

• “Trespassing”
Adam Lambert
5/15

• “Born and Raised”
John Mayer
5/22

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LADY GAGA PORN SHOW / FRIDAY FUN

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Korean Christians aim to stop Lady Gaga's "pornographic" show   "HOW DO YOU BRAND YOURSELF"


SEOUL (Reuters) - Christian groups in South Korea called on Friday for pop icon Lady Gaga to cancel her concert here saying it was "pornographic" and promoted homosexuality.
South Korea's government has already bowed to public pressure and banned under-18s from attending the 26-year old's concert, but protesters gathered outside the venue said that was not enough.
"Some people can accept this as another culture but its impact is huge beyond art and debases religions. Even adults can't see her performance which is too homosexual and pornographic," said Yoon Jung-hoon, a reverend who organized the "Civilians Network against the Lady Gaga Concert".
The singer's hit song "Born This Way" celebrates the empowerment of gay men and women, something that many in South Korea, which is the second most Christian country in Asia after the Philippines, say is an immoral lifestyle.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, has been in Seoul for close on a week as she kicks off her Asian "Born this Way" tour.
"Nervous for tonight. Hope I make little monsters happy and proud," she Tweeted a few hours before the concert kicked off.
Yoon's group claims to have collected 5,000 supporters on Facebook against the concert and some have also called for a boycott of the sponsor Hyundai Card. The protesters have also threatened a boycott of its parent company, Hyundai Motor Co, South Korea's largest car-maker.
"The Christian Council of Korea with 12 million Christians and 55,000 churches will take all kinds of measures such as boycotting Hyundai Card to root out this kind of obscene culture," the council said in a statement.
Yoon said he would attend the concert to "monitor" the performance for homosexual content that could corrupt young people.
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