Weekly Register: Sales Departments Are A Worrisome Lot
Sales departments are a worrisome lot, always measuring what lies around the corner and how it might compare with the previous year’s offerings […]
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Weekly Register: Country TEA Continues Downward Trend
Why is country’s TEA index shrinking while the format’s album and track sales both show YTD gains? And is that a bad omen? […]
Weekly Register: A Softer Rate of Descent
Last year, and for the past few years, country albums were very likely to drop from 60-65% in the second week of release. This year’s recent chart behavior shows that a new trend might be developing, lowering that second week drop to somewhere in the range of 50-55%. […]
Weekly Register: Underwood Sales Cover The Charts
Carrie Underwood has Blown Away everyone on the charts […]
Weekly Register: Discounters Create Sales Iceberg
This week’s quick take away is—the sky is not falling (any faster than it was last week) […]
Part 2: Houchins Busts Average Joes Out Of The Box
“But the majors only have Plan A, a full blown radio campaign, there is no Plan B. We rarely start with Plan A.”
Houchins Busts Out Of The Box With Average Joes Biz Model (Part 1)
When Shannon Houchins quietly moved Average Joes Entertainment to Music Row a few years ago, he already had a successful career. The only problem was he didn’t exactly know how it worked on the Nashville side of the tracks…
Weekly Register: Lionel Richie Rides High
This week in sales again belonged to Lionel Richie who topped the country album sales chart with over 128k units driving Tuskegee’s 3-week sales to a lofty 423k. […]
Weekly Register: TEA Index Holds Firm
Labels look forward to receiving healthy sales bumps generated by network TV Award shows like the CMAs, Grammy’s and last week’s Academy of Country Music Awards. Unfortunately, marketers may have to retool their expectations […]
Lady A Backstage: Going To Kansas City
Superstar tours move from city to city like small self-contained armies equipped with a caravan of 18-wheelers, a cast of technicians, musicians, engineers and full-blown catering.