Billboard reveals how Michael Jackson changed the music business. In 1984, Epic Records was selling more than 1 million copies every month of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. As of today, Thriller remains the best-selling studio album in the United States, while selling more than 50 million copies internationally. The success of “Thriller” changed how the music […]

Check out these tracks from singer songwriter Amanda Ghost who hails from London. In fact, Ghost has now become the new head of Sony’s Epic Records, replacing Charlie Walk. Ghost will based in NYC and will join the company effective February 16, 2009 and will oversee management and the creative direction. Ghost is a pop […]

“Prince’s promise of three albums in 2009 and he is in negotiations with “a major retailer” to distribute the music and a highly interactive website will also provide an opportunity to buy. ” (Los Angeles Times) Prince also said he refocused on his playing while performing live dates with the singer Tamar Davis in 2006; […]

La Roux is a synth pop duo made up of Elly Jackson and synth player Ben Langmain. Will be supporting Lilly Allen on her next run. The next big thing? Or is the track ‘Quicksand’ a overly compressed pop track ala poor mans version of Princes ‘When Doves Cry’.

Major CD Distributor Calls It Quits: Major music distributor Handleman Corp. has announced that it is exiting the music business. “The Wal-Mart chain has been Handleman’s biggest CD customer. Handleman president/CEO Albert A. Koch said, “CD music sales have been declining at double-digit rates for several years, both industry wide and at our customers’ stores, […]