New Member Profile Feature: Mozo Media, LLC

2 February, 2012 , 10:00 am

NARM's new Member Profile Feature is Mozo Media, an overstock product solution for retail that supplies retailers, etailers and wholesale trade with an extensive range of CD, DVD, Blu Ray and games, as well as consoles and other associated products. Read More...

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...

SXSW 2012 Music Panelist Spotlight: Bill Wilson

27 January, 2012 , 10:58 am

"This year I hope the Music Startup Academy sessions during the SXSW Accelerator help the next generation of great music apps get a kick start," says Bill Wilson in his interview with SXSW as he discusses his participation in this year's event. 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...

THE NIELSEN COMPANY & BILLBOARD’S 2011 MUSIC INDUSTRY REPORT

6 January, 2012 , 9:58 am

We've all read the reports that music sales for 2011 are up for the first time in seven years. Now see the numbers that back up these reports by downloading the Nielsen & Billboard 2011 Music Industry Report. 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...