Top 10 iTunes Downloads

1. “We R Who We R” – Ke$ha
2. “What’s My Name” – Rihanna & Drake
3. “Like a G6” – Far East Movement, The Cataracs & Dev
4. “Firework” – Katy Perry
5. “Only Girl (In the World) – Rihanna
6. “Raise Your Glass” – Pink
7. “Just A Dream” – Nelly
8. “Just The Way You Are” – Bruno Mars
9. “Bottoms Up” – Trey Songz
10. “Whip My Hair” – Willow

Taylor Swift’s new album “Speak Now” could sell between 800,000 and 900,000 copies by Sunday, October 31. That’s impressive!

Even though most consumers choose to download digital singles, some artists still create the demand of a physical product. You could easily call those artists the anointed ones because many international stars cannot sell a million records within one week.

Top Digital Tracks – Sales

Taylor Swift ‘Back To December’ – 241,828
Nelly ‘Just A Dream’ – 1,353,692
Bruno Mars ‘Just The Way You Are’ – 1,861,349
Rihanna ‘Only Girl (In The World) – 858,854
Pink ‘Raise Your Glass’ – 145,290
Usher ‘DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love’ – 1,744,561
Taio Cruz ‘Dynamite’ – 3,048,017
Katy Perry ‘Teenage Dream’ – 1,805,835
Neon Trees ‘Animal’ – 837.992
Ke$ha ‘Take It Off’ – 1,440,054
Sugarland ‘Stuck Like Glue – 729,143
One Republic ‘Secrets’ – 812,165
Mike Posner ‘Cooler Than You’ – 2,006,030
Katy Perry ‘California Girls’ – 3,819,535
Maroon 5 ‘Misery’ – 851,644
Adam Lambert ‘If I Had You’ – 569,152

New Noise Music Conference runs November 4th-6th, 2010

New Noise Santa Barbara is a three-day music and digital media conference that will showcase emerging and established bands, host educational panels on the music industry’s hottest topics, present esteemed experts from all walks of the business, and serve as a place for players big and small to connect and plot the future of sound.

The line-up can be viewed here.

Berklee College of Music and Midem debut The Rethink Music Conference which runs through April 25th to 27th.

The conference will solicit white papers from educators, students and the public, dealing with the economic systems and business models for music copyright and copyright policy.
Berklee College of Music will award $50,000 to the best new music business model.