MBW takes a deep dive through Universal's latest in-depth financial report Source
Combined revenue sales total 337.2 billion yen // The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) released its Statistics and Trends: RIAJ Year Book" report
Japanese home video sales down 0.4% from 2022 // The Japan Video Software Association (JVA) released this month its report on home video sales from January
Another Taylor Swift album cycle, another barrage of broken records for music’s conquering titan. According to Variety, Swift has already sold 700,000 vinyl copies of The Tortured Poets Department, breaking the record for weekly vinyl sales in just three days. By the time the week is out, she’ll have broken the previous record of 693,000 copies set by Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which toppled the previous record of 570,000 set by Taylor Swift’s Midnights. These sales figures are...
The new arrangement defuses a controversy over how Luminate collects data on physical music sales at indie stores Source
Asante Kotoko secured their first win in eight games on Sunday afternoon after beating Samartex at the Baba Yara Stadium.
Saturday marks Record Store Day, an annual celebration of independent
Search continues to account for the largest share of digital ad spending. Search revenue grew 5.2% year on year.
By Robin Millard Asia was the world’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, with floods and storms the chief cause of casualties and economic losses. Global temperatures hit record highs last year, and the UN’s weather and climate agency said Asia was warming at a particularly […]
Record Store Day celebrates indie retail music sellers as they ride vinyl's popularity wave
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Record Store Day celebrates independent retail music sellers who have endured long after megastores like Tower Records closed. The holiday invented at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees in 2007 will be observed Saturday. Each establishment celebrates in its own way. Most stores offer
PHOENIX (AP) — Special LP releases, live performances and at least one