Category Archives: Music Industry

So, You Want to Work in Data in the Music Industry…
The music industry has no roadmap, especially in data…

Everything I Did That Didn’t Get Me a Job as an Ex-Pat in Sweden
I thought it would take me 6 weeks to find a job once I arrived in Stockholm. My husband said it would take 6 months. It took 6 months.

How an Album Goes Platinum Before It Goes On Sale: How to Market Media in the 2010s
The album would be available for free but only to the first one million Samsung Galaxy phone users, via a Jay Z branded app.
Are The Grammys Still Relevant?
Are the Grammys only as significant as the live performances, thus pushing the actual winners list to afterthought rather than purpose?

Nielsen SoundScans
Back in the record label hay day, the highest one-week album tally recorded during the Soundscan era was 900% higher at 45.4 million albums, in late December 2000.