Bono urges the protection of intellectual property argueing that file sharing doesn’t benefit creators and artists.

Interestingly enough, not a single album since 2004 has sold more than 20,000,000. The biggest selling CD’s this year will be from Taylor Swift and Susan Boyle both achieving 5,000,000+ sales. In the past, sales easily topped 10,000,000. I blame it on illegal downloading and less-than-stellar talent.

Regardless, making music is the same as making iPods. It’s time sensitive and costly. You cannot walk into a store and walkout with an iPod without paying for it.

47 year old Susan Boyle sold 3 million records in 5 weeks. To put in perspective, Lady Gaga has sold 2.3 million records in 61 weeks. Here is the breakdown….

Susan Boyle ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ sold 510,166 copies this week while Taylor Swift sold 224,270 copies of Fearless with total sales of 5,269,466.

Lady Gaga ‘Fame’ (168,568)
Justin Bieber ‘My World’ (156,789)
Carrie Underwood ‘Play On’ (152,873)
Michael Buble ‘Crazy Love’ (136,628)
Owl City ‘Ocean Eyes’ (107,622)
Adam Lambert ‘For Your Entertainment’ (61,683) – Bad Press…

Omaha rock act Emphatic signs to Atlantic Records. For fans of Linkin Park and Flyleaf. Contact: danielrfriedman@aol.com

Tu Phace – rapper, singer, producer, songwriter, dancer, entertainer, or however you describe him just signed to Epic Records.
Contact: azia@silverfirm.com

A couple of artists changed perception, just when it looked like doomsday. Susan Boyle is selling hundreds of thousands of her CD a week and christian act Casting Crowns went gold with their new CD ‘Until The World Hears‘- just in 4 WEEKS! These record breaking numbers didn’t come from the usual suspects and aren’t your typical homogenized top 40 artists. Also, people bought CD’s not .99 cent singles. This means that an artist’s ‘body of work’ is still warranted under the right conditions. Once again, the record breaking numbers DID NOT come from the usual suspects. This could mean an artistic revolution is around the corner….

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