iTunes is over! U.S. Music Industry Sees Growth Thanks to Streaming

[GagaTheExplorer 3,053]

26 minutes ago, petedagrk said:

but Adele outsells them all by  6 mil more, but how?  lol

Adele has the sales force from like over 15 yrs ago

I can see Adele selling like this with her upcoming albums:

4th album 10M ww

5th album 7M ww

6th album less than 3M ww since people will find she sings the same record over and over an over...

[PeterPan 0]

Just now, GagaTheExplorer said:

I can see Adele selling like this with her upcoming albums:

4th album 10M ww

5th album 7M ww

6th album less than 3M ww since people will find she sings the same record over and over an over...

Didnt 25 sell 8 m just in US

[just another gay 836]

Has Spotify started to gain profits finally?

[GagaTheExplorer 3,053]

29 minutes ago, petedagrk said:

Didnt 25 sell 8 m just in US

yup, that's why I think it will sell 5M with her 4th

3M with the 5th and 1.5M with her 6th

[AddMeOnMYSPACE 2,049]

That sucks, I hope this won't kill CDs cause i still use them and i support record stores.

But lately I've been using spotify more than my ipod

[HOTNebraskaGuy 19,547]

1 hour ago, Gaga Monster said:

There goes Gagas future. I told everyone that PI was the biggest mistake Gaga ever made because it is anti streaming and did nothing to repair her relationship with Spotify. Everyone said I was wrong but I told them just wait a few months and you will see, and look what happened today

Your post in a gif: 

[HOTNebraskaGuy 19,547]

6 minutes ago, AddMeOnMYSPACE said:

That sucks, I hope this won't kill CDs cause i still use them and i support record stores.

But lately I've been using spotify more than my ipod

I love CDs but I think they're gonna be a thing of the past sooner than expected. Then music collectors will just buy Vinyls, those are making such a comeback.

[Edonis 28,950]

Gaga's team needs to stop feeling like they're always the exception to things and actually put the effort into her streaming power. They clearly want a hit but stay true to her artistic vision. I'm not saying abandon sales efforts at all, but rather shift their efforts into getting streaming power. 

And no more Apple exclusives. 

She has great sales prowess for 2017; she needs to collect that streaming power as well (and reclaim her digital streams on YouTube too).  

[NintendoMONSTER 2,526]

Great! Spotify is already helping Gaga! 

[Lion Heart 15,041]

Gaga is finished. 

[kvnrp 48,353]

I don't expect any new artist to get on the same exposure level as Gaga, Bey or Rihanna anytime soon tbh.

We might be in the last batch of big pop girls

Streaming is killing the industry because the artist earns next to nothing from it and you'd need to be a real touring power to get people into your show.

But iTunes or Amazon won't die from this. Even though it's just as easy to buy a song for a dollar as it is to stream a song, peopletend to take the free thing, even if the quality is worse.

Too bad that with streaming so easily available, trash can float to the top much easier

[SMILE2NE1 3,566]

Just realised what a tiny industry it is 😱

[JevyDuty 2,961]

She'll get through this. She'll figure this all out.

[JustinTrudeau 2,419]

I understand the appeal of streaming, but I prefer downloading songs because I don't have unlimited data so I can't listen to streaming music when I'm out (commuting, shopping, etc) in places that don't have wi-fi. 

How does people stream a lot, I'm curious. Just by being in places with internet? Clearly I'm still clueless about this 

[OBEY 57,109]

1 hour ago, JustLikeHoney said:

I can't tell how many arguments I've had on the charts thread...about how important streaming is. People are just stupid if they think pure sales means anything anymore. No one in the industry cares; it's all about units now. The only people that care about pure sales are forum stans. 

Gaga fans hold on to sales cause joanne gave them good sales thats all