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The 50 best-selling albums of all time
We compiled the RIAA's data for the best-selling albums in history (measured in "certified units" s…
John Lynch
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The music industry has made more money in 2015 from a century-old technology than ad-supported streaming
Paid digital subscriptions, on the other hand, dominated both vinyl and ad-supported streaming in t…
Dan Turkel
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Adele's album '25' was just certified diamond for selling more than 10 million copies in less than a year
It took 45 weeks for "25" to become certified diamond. The only albums that have sold as …
John Lynch
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South Korean boy band BTS beat out Taylor Swift for the biggest video debut in YouTube's history
BTS' video for its single "IDOL" earned a record 45 million views in the first 24 hours of its rele…
John Lynch
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The 20 best-selling music artists of all time
From Michael Jackson to Bruce Springsteen to Whitney Houston, this list of 20 of the most successfu…
John Lynch,Anaele Pelisson
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YouTube's Lyor Cohen says to forget about YouTube's rocky past with the music industry because the real threat is Spotify and Apple
Cohen says this even though Spotify and Apple Music have been credited by the labels with helping t…
Greg Sandoval
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The 30 best-selling music artists of all time, ranked by platinum albums
When an artist achieved platinum status back then - selling a million or more physical copies of an…
John Lynch
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YouTube has paid over $1 billion to the music industry from advertising alone in the last year
"In 2015, fans listened to hundreds of billions of audio and video music streams through on-demand …
Nathan McAlone
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The history of disruption in the recording industry in one chart
Print publications, books, movies, and television all face the same kind of disruption. The outcome…
Matt Rosoff
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Rap superstar Kendrick Lamar could reportedly make $20-40 million in a new deal for his music
Sources told the outlet that Lamar's label, Top Dawg Entertainment, is shopping around for a publis…
John Lynch
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There's an easy way to download the new Jay-Z album for free - legally
"4:44" has received critical acclaim since its release. Less than a week after its debut, the album…
John Lynch
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The 50 best-selling albums of all time
We compiled the RIAA's data for the best-selling albums in history - measured in "certified units" …
John Lynch
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Music streaming has saved the music industry
Revenues from streaming come from a variety of sites and types of services. As we can see in this c…
Caroline Cakebread
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The 20 best-selling music artists of the digital era
The sales data takes download and streaming figures for individual songs into account, and the resu…
John Lynch
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Nicki Minaj just won a major fight for streaming that will change the music industry
Nicki Minaj has been one of the most vocal proponents of counting streaming toward an artist's sale…
Paul Schrodt
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It Looks Like Pandora Has Actually Stolen Business From iTunes
Streaming music services are responsible for the increase in digital sales, which saw revenues of $…
Megan Rose Dickey
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Streaming services aren't the future of music - they're the new normal
A couple of noteworthy things have happened in the music streaming world this week. First, streamin…
Jeff Dunn
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Jay-Z scored his 14th No. 1 album - and he's second only to The Beatles
"4:44" went platinum five days after its release last month on the strength of a deal between Tidal…
John Lynch
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Justin Bieber just broke a new streaming record with 10 billion video views
In November, Bieber broke a Billboard record for having 17 songs on the Hot 100 at a time. Hi…
Anjelica Oswald
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Here Is What A Record Label Sees When It Looks At Chris Brown
They'll be putting out his new album, "X," sometime this summer (some reports say it's coming out t…