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Record deals come in all shapes and sizes, depending on the genre of music. Generally, record deals have become smaller due to illegal downloading, piracy, etc. Regardless, pop music is still an expensive business, especially with the cost of making a record and marketing to an audience. The above chart shows a breakdown of costs thanks to DMN. In summary, it costs approximately $1 million to break a new pop artist and roughly $4,650,000 is spent making and promoting a superstar album.

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Key Track: Just Don’t Matter

The Story: 19 year old pop artist Nicole Ferris hails from New Jersey and just finished recording two tracks with The Jam (Lady Gaga) in Los Angeles. The track ‘Just Don’t Matter’ quickly became a Kings favorite.

Contact: nicoleferris92@gmail.com

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1. Mickey ShilohPass Out
2. J TrillSo Bright
3. Danielle BarbeWango Tango
4. Glory DaysCan’t Get Enough
5. StampsATL to LA
6. Rob A!Wifey Material
7. Ryan McAllisterBell Tower
8. Vera MesmerBack From The Dead

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The Cost of Rihanna's Man Down
NPR broke down the overall cost to create a song that came off Rihanna’s recent album. These numbers look extremely high, but in reality, it’s not. When a music label rolls out new music from a superstar the budget is big and the cost is high. Although, it is interesting that it takes at least 40 songwriters to write a 3 minute hit song today.
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Key Track: Stay On Me

The Story: The 7 Song EP released in July was produced by Marc Swersky and mixed by
Mark Needham (The Killers). The acoustic video has over 100,000 hits on YouTube and the band will perform tonight at Highline Ballroom in NYC.

Contact: mdswersky@gmail.com

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