The Beatles sold more than 450,000 albums and over 2 million songs in the first week since their music went live on iTunes.
The best selling songs were Here Comes the Sun, Let It Be, In My Life, Come Together, and Blackbird.
The best selling album is Abbey Road.
The Beatles are one of the best and most important bands in rock history, as well as having an interesting story.
Detroit indie/pop act Rocky Loves Emily has signed to Tooth and Nail Records.
The EP “American Dream” will be released through Hot Topic Stores and iTunes on November 23rd.
Check out the track Clueless.
Check out the tracks You Will Never Be and Airliner by unsigned singer songwriter
Julia Sheer.
She is selling 1,000 singles a week on iTunes, has 70,000+ subscribers on YouTube and
6 million views, and 28,000+ fans on Facebook.
Taylor Swift fans will love her.
Contact: Lawyer – Dan Friedman or greg@controlny.com
Country artist Logan Mize who we profiled last year has signed a publishing deal with
Big Yellow Dog Music. Logan’s self titled release is available on iTunes and Amazon.
Big Yellow Dog Publishing is Nashville based and they’ve had a ton of hits come out of their catalogue, including Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now”
Contact: Salvatore Entertainment
Google wants to enter the digital music business and the search giant is already in talks with music labels.
Apple’s iTunes is the leader in the digital download market owning about a 70% percent market share followed by Amazon’s MP3 store.
Google could be attractive based on the amount of traffic and expertise around search and browsing.