For instance, Pharrell Williams single Happy had 36,159 paid downloads on iTunes within the last 24 hours. Katy Perry’s single Dark Horse had 29,265 paid downloads.
Key Track: Even In Your Doubt
The Story: Kings of A&R profiled singer-songwriter Jake Walden 2 years ago and he’s been active since. Nearly 200 of his fans pledged $24,000 through a Kickstarter Campaign to help this singer-songwriter record his 2nd album titled Same Something Different which was produced by Christopher Thorn (Blind Melon, Anna Nalick). He just came off a multi-city tour with his new album hitting #12 on the iTunes Charts and is now featured in the #1 spot in ‘New and Noteworthy’ Singer/Songwriter Section on iTunes.
Contact: jakewaldenmusic@yahoo.com
Alt/rock act Me Talk Pretty, still unsigned just released their debut EP “We Are Strangers” on iTunes and Amazon.
They also won the mtvU “Freshmen” and their video for their single “Wake up!” was added into rotation at mtvU during the summer. Also, won MTV VMA for Best Breakout Artist in NYC. They just wrapped up a tour with Neon Trees/Paper Tongues/CIvil Twilight. The band will embark on an upcoming January tour with Taproot.
Contact: jesse.beerdietz@hitsmagazine.com