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George Strait Earns 32nd Platinum Album
You can add another jewel to his crown. The King of Country Music has received his 32nd platinum album certification for It Just Comes Natural, which was released in October. This certification follows on the heels of a platinum certification for Fresh Cut Christmas, a holiday album Strait recorded for Hallmark, which sold over a million copies in only one week. (05/12) ReadYou may also like
Musician Jay's music is given life after his death
WalesOnline | 30/06/08 
A YOUNG musician is to release an album from beyond the grave.
Singer-songwriter Matthew Jay, who drew comparisons with folk legend Nick Drake, died ... More
Can bad TV save a bad music career?
Times Colonist | 23/06/08
Janet Jackson will soon be roaming the backstreets and church choirs of America on the hunt for "the next big thing" in pop. Naturally, it's all for ... More
Cops on song, criminals face the music
Times of India | 11/05/08
Tirhut range DIG Arvind Pandey does not find fighting crime and music contradictory. "A recent report in America suggests that music makes police officers ... More
When DRM detonates your music collection
Timesonline | 11/05/08
Imagine if you had a bedroom full of CDs and decided to buy a new player one day, only to discover that none of your albums would play on the new system. ... More
Amazon's CreateSpace Puts Out-Of-Print Music Back On The Market
InformationWeek | 06/05/08
CreateSpace, a subsidiary of Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), on Monday expanded its print-on-demand CD publishing service in an effort to put an end to the concept ... More
Guitar Hero Band Releases First Full Album
Wired News | 02/05/08 
Plastic ax-wielding players of Guitar Hero II surely remember the dub/metal hybrid "Elephant Bones" by a band called That Handsome Devil. The song managed ... Read
Thom Yorke: Radiohead's stunt was 'one-off'
The Globe and Mail | 01/05/08
They turned the music sales model on its head, but indie rockers Radiohead won't be repeating their decision to let fans choose what to pay for their ... Read
“American Idol” Contestant David Cook Tops Amazon MP3 Chart, Then Vanishes
Rolling Stone | 23/04/08
After enjoying last week as the top-selling album at the Amazon MP3 store, American Idol contestant David Cook's 2006 album Analog Heart was pulled from ... Read
Anti-Piracy Voice-Overs to Prevent CDs from Leaking
Torrentfreak | 16/01/08
This is the message printed on the cover of protected CDs. Most filesharers are probably familiar with the “for your consideration” messages displayed ... Read
Radiohead top UK album chart
The Register | 07/01/08
Radiohead's In Rainbows has climbed straight to the top of the UK album chart in the week following its physical release on CD and vinyl, apparently proving ... Read
Reznor Reveals Sales On Saul Williams Project
Billboard | 05/01/08
Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has posted the download and sales numbers for "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust" the Saul Williams ... Read
Yorke Addresses EMI Renegotiation Report
Billboard | 01/01/08
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has responded to a report that his band demanded an exorbitant advance from EMI for its next album as well as control of ... Read
Freed OiNK Admin Posts Google Link to Music Sharing Alternatives
Wired News | 30/10/07
The site administrator of OiNK.cd, having been released from custody after his arrest last week for running a torrent tracker site that specialized in ... Read
Chavez releases his first CD
Novosti | 02/10/07
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has released his first CD of traditional Venezuelan and Mexican music, entitled Canciones de Siempre or Songs for all ... Read
Nine Inch Nails' Open Source Remix Album Available as Free Torrent
Wired News | 11/09/07
Over the past few months, "multiple judges" at 9inchnails.com listened to over 200 submissions to the Nine Inch Nails open source remix contest and the ... Read
Music, sex and murder
Jamaica Gleaner | 16/06/08
Like businesses, countries have their competitive advantages, things for which they have a particular propensity. And what Jamaica excels at, or at least ... More
'Nashville Star' lassos NBC
The Arizona Republic | 09/06/08
John Rich, half of the country music sensation Big & Rich, achieved stardom the old-fashioned way: He earned it.
The Texas native, with pal Kenny Alphin, ... More
Music is more than just entertainmnet
Ghanamusic.com | 07/06/08
Hiplife artiste Bice Osei-Kuffour aka Obour has urged all Ghanaians to stop viewing musicians as mere entertainers, but rather as social activists who ... More
Music City can turn a citified girl into a country-hummin' gal
Kansascity.com | 18/05/08
The last time I listened to country music was the summer after my senior year of high school when I worked in a sweatshop in Tyrone, Pa., sewing seams ... More
Dolly Parton and Lessons on Bad Branding
Wall Street Journal | 04/05/08
There is nothing wrong with the product. But boy, the branding bites.
That's what I thought last night at Radio City Music Hall as I watched one of ... More
Music in China: The Inside Story
The Register | 02/11/07
How To Do Business In China, China CEO, The New Chinese Consumer... my shelves here in Beijing are stacked full of such books, all trying to throw some ... Read
Why Nazis and spies make such sweet music
Independent online | 17/11/07
Improbable Frequency, the musical by Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter, is halfway through a country tour at the moment and opens in the Pavilion Theatre, ... Read
Will The Music Industry Pin Its Hopes On Vinyl Records (Or Player Piano Rolls)?
Idolator | 30/10/07
Wired thinks that vinyl is about to "re-enter the mainstream, or at least become a major tributary" thanks to the "uniformly optimistic picture of the ... Read
Banking on a 'Disco Inferno'
Valide FR Valide EN | 18/05/07
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is proving you can boogie and finance at the same time, buying the 1976 Trammps hit "Disco Inferno" and the ... Read
Idol star sweeps country awards
BBC | 17/04/07
The singer picked up video of the year and female video of the year for her revenge anthem Before He Cheats. Director Roman White also won a prize for ... Read
Carrie Underwood: Hacked!
TMZ | 06/06/07
Holy biscuits and gravy! Country music sensation Carrie Underwood's MySpace page has been hacked! One of our staffers, a huge Underwood fan, has been ... Read
EMI Math: Graph Of A Digital Sales Increase
Wired News | 11/07/07
One month after iTunes Plus introduced the country to unprotected EMI downloads, there is some proof that the change has been beneficial to EMI's digital ... Read
A scare for McCartney as fan breaks through security
PR-Inside | 03/04/07
SIR PAUL McCARTNEY suffered a scare at his country estate in England after a fan crashed a speeding car through entrance gates on Friday (30MAR07).
The ... Read
Why Does Avril Lavigne's Label Have To Make Things So Complicated?
Idolator | 27/04/07
Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing may be the No. 1 record in the country this week, but were her sales numbers inflated by listeners' desire to hear ... Read
Songwriter's family fights after his death
The Columbus Dispatch | 16/01/07
The children of a hit country music songwriter accuse their evangelist aunt of promising to use her healing powers to cure his cancer and then stealing ... Read
In Elvis we trust
The Telegraph | 09/01/07
Canada has a proud claim: it's the only country in the world other than the United States where Elvis performed in concert. In the spring and summer of ... Read
Madonna Sells Her Maverick Label
Gossip Girls | 23/08/07
Back in 1995, a fledgling record label called Maverick Records released a then-unknown artist's (Alanis Morrissette) debut album “Jagged Little Pill.” ... Read