krj
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Jan 23 19:25 UTC 2002 |
vh1.com has different sales numbers for the GLITTER album, though
I suspect VH1 used USA sales and Reuters used world sales.
From VH1.COM:
> The news comes on the heels of much industry speculation
> that the singer would be axed from the label, since her first
> Virgin album, Glitter, is considered to be one of the biggest
> commercial disappointments in recent years. The LP has sold
> just over 500,000 copies since its release September 11,
> according to a paltry figure compared to some
> of Carey's previous albums for former label Columbia. By
> comparison, 1999's Rainbow sold more than 2.9 million copies,
> 1997's Butterfly sold more than 3.6 million and 1995's
> Daydream sold nearly 7.5 million.
Geez, what did the execs at EMI think when they looked at her sales
trend for the late 1990s? No wonder former EMI head Ken Berry got sacked.
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mcnally
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Jan 23 21:41 UTC 2002 |
Wow.. Even using the higher sales figures (2 million copies)
that's still $24.50 she's receiving per CD she actually sold.
To put it another way, if EMI sells half a billion records this
year, they'll essentially have to slap a ten cent Mariah Carey
tax on every one of them.
Better get shopping kids, the record companies are in trouble
and they need your help!
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krj
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Feb 22 23:40 UTC 2002 |
Distribution North America (DNA), which I believe to have been the
leading distributor of indie rock CDs, has gone bankrupt.
Ugh. When the leading indie distributors went *boom* ten years ago,
some stuff went out of print, and some labels went away because they
couldn't absorb the loss of income they were due from the distributor.
Here's a story from the MSU State News:
http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=8889
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