Adele’s ’21′ Continues To Top Charts, Chart Stacked With Seven New Releases

1 February, 2012 , 12:20 pm

The upper echelon of the chart has seven new releases, the most in eight months, including Tim McGraw, Lamb Of God, 2012 Grammy Nominees, Ingrid Michaelson, Kellie Pickler, Seal, and Kari Jobe. Since January has been a traditionally tough month for sales in the past several years, it's extremely welcome news that overall sales volume has climbed, with a 2% increase over 2011. Digital track sales are up even more at 6% compared to last year. Read More...

Epitaph Records Founder To Receive 2012 Independent Spirit Award

24 January, 2012 , 10:00 am

"Brett Gurewitz personifies the independent spirit, inspiring countless punk and indie bands through his work in Bad Religion and helping many of them reach their full potential at Epitaph Records ... His creative entrepreneurship and commitment to thinking outside the box make him a strong player in today’s music industry." Gurewitz will receive the award on May 9 during Music Biz 2012. Read More...

Music Sales Update: A Strong Start To The New Year

18 January, 2012 , 2:56 pm

After scoring the best-selling album and digital single of 2011, Adele continues to perform strongly in 2012, recording her 16th week atop the Billboard/Soundscan charts with her album "21" ... Overall album sales were up 6% compared to the same week in 2011, and up 5% compared to the year-to-date total in 2011. Digital track sales were also up 4% compared to this week last year and up 7% compared to the year-to-date total in 2011. Read More...

digitalmusic.org’s Music Start Up Academy Comes to San Francisco

17 January, 2012 , 11:27 am

Aspiring music entrepreneurs can learn some important lessons about music industry labels, publishing, content acquisition, business development, and operations at digitalmusic.org’s upcoming Music Start Up Academy sessions in San Francisco on Feb. 14 at the Rdio Headquarters. Read More...

President’s Message

12 January, 2012 , 11:29 am

NARM President Jim Donio highlights some of the Association's accomplishments of the past 12 months and encourages members to "continue to engage on every level possible to help make your association work for you." Read More...

SOPA, Antitrust & More To Be Debated At 3/1 CLE

10 January, 2012 , 3:27 pm

From SOPA to bankruptcy and copyright assets to licensing to antitrust ... all of the industry's most pressing legal issues will be the center of discussion at our first Entertainment & Technology Law Conference of 2012. Register by February 10 to save $50. Read More...

President Jim Donio Comments on 2011 Music Sales

4 January, 2012 , 5:49 pm

“Now that the final numbers are in, it’s official that the music industry has a significantly positive year in the record books for the first time in seven years! Album sales volume actually increased by +1.3%, a turnaround that is even more noteworthy since it comes after 2009/2010’s year-over-year decline of nearly -13%. And that’s just a part of the story. Both digital track (1.3 billion) and digital album (103 million) volume each reached new highs, with year-over-year jumps of +8.5% (up from just +1%) and +19.5% (up from +13%) respectively." Read More...

Buble Proving To Be A Big Holiday Hit, Overall Sales Volume Actually Up 4%

14 December, 2011 , 3:51 pm

While album sales volume was down 5% from the same week last year, overall album sales volume remains up 2% from 2010, with digital albums particularly up approaching 20%. With digital track sales increasing 6% over the same week in 2010, total digital track sales volume is up a strong 9% over last year. When factoring in all albums and track equivalents, overall sales volume is actually up by 4%. We'll certainly be keeping a close watch on sales as the holiday shopping frenzy reaches its peak over the next 12 days.” Read More...

digitalmusic.org Adds Nine Affiliate Partners

6 December, 2011 , 9:58 am

A2IM, AFTRA, BMI, HFA, ng Connect, The Recording Academy®, RIAA, SESAC, SoundExchange sign on to evolving hub for digital commerce. Affiliate Partnership affords organizations that are not directly engaged in music commerce the chance to play an active role and have a seat at the table in digitalmusic.org work groups, programs, and initiatives, creating a collaborative environment that will allow members to discuss and solve the complex problems currently facing the digital music industry. Read More...

Jim Donio Discusses Retail And NARM on This Week In Music

28 November, 2011 , 11:01 am

Jim Donio joins Ian Rogers via Skype to talk about how music retail has changed over the past 20 years. Since 1958, NARM has represented retailers, wholesalers, and now technology companies in selling recorded music. Jim and Ian speak about the evolution of that process over the past decades, as well as NARM’s future initiatives in working with new technologies. Read More...