Industry Ink (6/23/14)

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Brett Eldredge

Brett Eldredge


Brett Eldredge recently signed with Sony/ATV Music.
Eldredge co-wrote his chart-topping debut single, “Don’t Ya,” as well as his current hit single, “Beat of the Music,” co-written with Ross Copperman and Heather Morgan.
 
 

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Outshyne

Outshyne


Country band Outshyne has signed a music distribution deal with Sony RED. The company will assist in the distribution of Outshyne’s project Startin’ Over, which includes the single “Moonlight Crush,” penned by Marv Green, Rodney Clawson and Blake Wise.
“I have been a huge fan since the first time I heard them back in October 2013,” said Dewayne Brown, Southeastern Director of Artist & Label Development at RED Nashville. “The song ‘Moonlight Crush’ is written by some of the most unbelievable songwriters here in Nashville, and Waylon [Owings]’s vocal blew me away. But it’s not just Waylon, I love what the boys – Josh, Casey, Jason and Smiley – bring to the party.”
 

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yep11Young Entertainment Professionals (YEP) will hold a YEP Mixer on June 30 at Nashville’s Bar Louie from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Bar Louie is located at 314 11th Ave. S.

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umgUMG’s Fount Lynch and his wife welcomed daughter Cordi Ki Lynch, born June 20 at 5:15 a.m. Cordi was 21 inches long and 9 lbs, 5 oz.
 
 

SoundExchange Pays Artists, Labels $162.4 Million

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soundexchangeAccording to figures released yesterday (June 19) from SoundExchange‘s first Digital Radio Report, SoundExchange paid $162.4 million in royalties to artists and record labels in the first quarter of 2014. This marks SoundExchange’s largest Q1 payment to artists and labels to date, and a 38 percent increase from Q1 2013 to Q1 2014.
Other statistics shared within the Digital Radio report include:

  • The U.S. recorded music industry earned a total revenue of $7 billion in 2013.
  • SoundExchange accounts for 8.4 percent of the U.S. recorded music revenue, as well as 41.3 percent of total U.S. music streaming revenue in 2013.
  • Twenty-eight percent of music revenues in 2013 came from streaming.
  • SoundExchange claims 2,500 digital radio providers now use the statutory license that SoundExchange administers, up from 2,200 in 2012.

The Digital Radio Report will share payments statistics, as well as a quarterly state of digital radio streaming for artists and labels.

Weekly Register: Miranda Lambert Hangs at No. 1

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Did you know Lambert’s Pink Pistol store has a temporary Music City outpost on 3rd Avenue?

Miranda Lambert stayed put at No. 1 on Soundscan’s Country album chart during Platinum’s second week of release. After a 65 percent drop, the project sold 62k this week.

WeeklyReg0618142Nashvillian Jack White comes in at No. 1 overall with his new album Lazaretto selling 138k. But lately White’s personal life has made as many headlines as his music.
Elsewhere on the Country albums list, Average Joes artists Demun Jones and Danny Boone debuted with 1.9k each.
Rounding out the Country Top 5 are Lambert, Brantley Gilbert (40k), Now That’s What I Call Country 7 (22k), Luke Bryan (19k), and FGL (17k).
Tracking Tracks
It’s a summertime party in the Top 5 Country tracks. Leading the way are party kings FGL with “This Is How We Roll” 106k, followed by Luke Bryan “Play It Again” 65k, Jake Owen “Beachin’” 64k, Dierks Bentley “Drunk on a Plane” 58k, and Lady A “Bartender” 52k.
Also of note, Big Loud Mountain artist Chris Lane debuted with 11k downloads.

Music Drives Honda's New Marketing Campaign

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Screen shot 2014-06-11 at 2.40.15 PM1American Honda has partnered with Clear Channel Media and Entertainment (iHeartRadio), Live Nation, REVOLT, Vevo and YouTube to produce and distribute music content available under the new Honda Stage name, through dozens of live events and exclusive online content. The company estimates that millions will be spent on using music to reach more than 1 million younger consumers at more than 200 live events.
“Breaking through the clutter and reaching younger buyers through traditional advertising is proving more and more difficult in this always-on, digital generation,” said Tom Peyton, assistant vice president of Advertising and Marketing for American Honda Motor Co., Inc. “Honda is making an even bigger investment in music than ever before. To bring this type of experience to music lovers we had to assemble a program from scratch bringing together both live and online elements that can only be found through Honda Stage.”
Honda Stage will offer music fans access to custom online music programming and performances via a new YouTube channel.
Additionally, the Honda Stage at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles will offer a concert series to be promoted via Clear Channel radio stations. Additional custom Honda Stage concert events, produced by Live Nation, will be held throughout the U.S.
Honda Stage at REVOLT Studios Hollywood will deliver regular live interviews and in-studio performances, which will be broadcast via REVOLT TV, the iOS and Android REVOLT apps, and the Honda Stage YouTube channel.
“This just pencils out as a smart program due to the massive content distribution platforms. With an expected reach of billions of music fans, the Honda Stage program will reach potential customers far beyond traditional TV advertising,” said Peyton.
Initial artists included in the campaign are pop act American Authors, as well as alt-rockers GroupLove, and Portugal.

Weekly Register: Platinum Perfect

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miranda-lambert-album-platinum-2014-400px“Platinum, irrefutably, looks as good on records as it does on me.”
That’s a lyric from the title track to Miranda Lambert’s new album Platinum, which is irrefutably the top album in the country this week. Her fifth studio effort sold 180k (46% digital), to lead the Country album chart as well as the Top 200 overall, according to Soundscan.
This means Lambert scored one of the top selling Country debuts of the year, behind Brantley Gilbert’s Just As I Am which sold 211k units (48k this week), and Eric Church’s The Outsiders, which moved 288k its first week.
WeeklyReg061114The Platinum princess leads a slew of Country album debuts this week, including Now Country 7 (30k), Lucy Hale Road Between (18k), Big Smo Kuntry Livin’ (8.7k) and an EP by twin sisters Megan & Liz Simple Life (1.6k). Smo’s A&E TV series debuts tonight.
Performances on the CMT Awards gave a boost to track sales. The new version of “This Is How We Roll” from the show (FGL ft. Luke Bryan and Jason Derulo) sold 72k. The track (all versions combined) sold 130k TW for a RTD total of 1.450 million. Little Big Town’s latest “Day Drinkin'” debuted with 48k, and Eric Church’s “That’s Damn Rock & Roll” entered with 11.8k.
Also experiencing an uptick in downloads were Jake Owen’s “Beachin'” (72k), Dierks Bentley’s “Drunk On a Plane” (63k) and Lady A’s “Bartender” (62.5k). Luke Bryan’s “Play It Again” held steady with 77k.

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Lisa Marie and Priscilla Presley check out Lambert’s new song “Priscilla,” written by Nicolle Galyon, Jimmy Robbins and Natalie Hemby.

RIAA Presents Gold and Platinum Awards

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He presented Miranda Lambert with a special album achievement award celebrating her four Platinum albums during her visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

RIAA Chairman and CEO Cary Sherman presents Miranda Lambert with an award celebrating her four Platinum albums during her recent visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.


The RIAA presented several Country artists with Gold and Platinum awards during May.
Capitol Nashville singer Luke Bryan’s Crash My Party album reached 2x multi-Platinum, while four songs from the project secured RIAA Digital Single Awards: “That’s My Kind Of Night” and “Crash My Party” were certified 2x multi-Platinum, and “Play It Again” and “Drink A Beer” notched Platinum. Florida Georgia Line ft. Bryan’s “This Is How We Roll” earned Platinum certification.
Brantley Gilbert earned his first Platinum album award for Halfway To Heaven (The Valory Music Co., 2011). He also saddled up to his third Platinum Digital Single Award for current hit “Bottoms Up.”
Earning their first Gold singles for more than 500,000 downloads and on-demand streams were Frankie Ballard for “Helluva Life” (Warner Bros. Nashville), and three Christian acts: Jamie Grace’s “Hold Me” ft. TobyMac (Gotee Records), Grits’ “Ooh Ahh” ft. TobyMac (Gotee Records) and Newsboys’ “God’s Not Dead (Like A Lion)” (Inpop Records).
Eminem is the first artist to earn two RIAA Digital Single Diamond Awards. He received the second Diamond certification in recognition of “Not Afraid” (Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records) surpassing the 10 million threshold counting song sales and streams. Eminem also holds an 11x multi-Platinum Digital Single Diamond Award for “Love The Way You Lie” ft. Rihanna (Aftermath/Interscope).
Bob Marley & The Wailers earned May’s top album certification. Legend (Island, 1984) was certified 15x multi-Platinum in time for the iconic album’s 30th anniversary re-release.
Cary Sherman, Chairman and CEO, RIAA presented plaques to LeAnn Rimes with a Gold & Platinum Program career award commemorating more than 22 millon certified music sales in the United States recently in Washington D.C.

Cary Sherman presents LeAnn Rimes with a Gold and Platinum Program career award commemorating more than 22 million U.S. music sales recently in Washington D.C.


 

Weekly Register: Waiting On 'Platinum'

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WeeklyReg060414It’s release week for Country darling Miranda Lambert, so chart watchers will have to wait until next week to find out the tally for Platinum.
With no huge debuts, this week’s sales chart is fairly static, with Coldplay and Brantley Gilbert retaining their first and second places, respectively, on the all-genre album chart. Both in their second week of release, the Brit rockers moved 83K (down 78% from last week) and Gilbert sold 65K (down 69%).
Mariah Carey’s latest was the week’s top debut selling 58k and landing at No. 3. The top Country debut is courtesy of Jamie Lynn Spears with 2.1k.
The top five Country albums belong to Gilbert (65k), Rascal Flatts (17k), Luke Bryan (14.5k), Florida Georgia Line (14k), and Eric Church (7.5k).
Tracking Tracks
Bryan’s “Play It Again” is playing along in the No. 1 position on the Country tracks chart, selling 76.5k TW (1.228 million RTD). That is followed by Jake Owen’s sunny “Beachin'” (59k), FGL and Bryan’s “This Is How We Roll” (57k), Lee Brice’s “I Don’t Dance” (46k) and Dierks Bentley’s “Drunk on a Plane” (45k).
Jana Kramer’s “Love” is the best selling Country debut single, with 15.5k.
Check back after CMA Music Festival to see how this week’s new releases fared: Lambert, Lucy Hale, Big Smo, Native Run and Now That’s What I Call Country Vol. 7.

SAG-AFTRA, SoundExchange Team To Distribute Unclaimed Royalties

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soundexchangeMedia and entertainment union SAG-AFTRA and SoundExchange, the independent organization that collects and distributes royalties for the streaming of sound recordings on digital radio, have teamed up. Together they identified SAG-AFTRA members who may have a cumulative $2.3 million in unclaimed royalties for the use of their recordings from 2,500+ digital radio services.
sag aftra logoSAG-AFTRA and SoundExchange conducted an extensive crosscheck between their two databases to identify nearly 2,000 union member performers who are potentially owed royalties. A large number of those identified as potentially having royalties collected by SoundExchange on their behalf include actors and comedians, who are likely unaware they are owed money. All members identified are receiving communications via U.S. mail and email alerting them to the waiting money, and directing them to SoundExchange’s simple (and free) online registration.
“While we are best known for our focus on music, SoundExchange also collects royalties for actors, comedians and spoken word recordings,” said SoundExchange President and CEO Michael Huppe. “The match with SAG-AFTRA allows SoundExchange to reach all of these important performers (both music and non-music) who are entitled to their share of royalties from streaming radio services.”
For details or to register visit www.soundexchange.com or call SoundExchange at 800-961-2091.

Audiam Expands To Music Services

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audiamAudiam, which has long worked with YouTube, has expanded its reach to include many music services so that music publishers can find their copyrights being performed and received payments. Audiam is now on Spotify, Google Play, iTunes Match and more (see full list below).
Audiam’s proprietary music database technology finds and cross references all necessary music meta-data required by music services to identify and administer all earned and un-allocated royalties regardless of origin, format, or country.
Jeff Price CEO/Founder of Audiam says, “The trick to finding and collecting money in the new digital music industry is matching metadata points, database architecture and copyright law. The existing mess of missing and bad data has misallocated or stopped the payment of hundreds of millions of dollars owed to music publishers and artists. By fixing this problem, we are able to find, unlock and administer huge amounts of money our customers would otherwise not have gotten, all while removing liability for the new music services.”
Audiam was founded and is led by TuneCore founders Price, Peter Wells and former TuneCore CTO David Willen.
List of Additional Music Services:
Interactive Streaming
Rdio
Microsoft Xbox
Spotify
Deezer
Rhapsody
Beats Music
MySpace
Medianet
7digital
Google Play
Guvera
Nokia
Sony Music Unlimited
Verve life
Scan & Match
Google Scan & Match
Amazon Scan & Match
Apple Scan & Match
Miscellaneous
iTunes Radio
Amazon Prime
Muve Music (aka Cricket)

Weekly Register: Big Debuts By Rascal Flatts, Black Keys

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Nashville is well represented on today’s (May 21) sales charts. Turn Blue, the new album from Music City-based rock stars The Black Keys claimed the No. 1 slot overall by moving 164k units, and Country mainstays Rascal Flatts sold 61k of Rewind to debut at No. 1 Country and No. 5 overall.
Icon Dolly Parton moved a very respectable 37k units of her latest Blue Smoke to slide in to No. 2 Country and No. 6 overall.
Further representative of the numerous genres thriving in Nashville is CCM stalwart Michael W. Smith’s Sovereign debuting with 16k.
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Also noteworthy is new product from late superstar Michael Jackson. Xscape sold 157k.
To show how sales have entered free-fall in the last 12 months, consider that this week last year the No. 1 Country debut was George Strait’s Love Is Everything selling 120k.
Here’s a look at the digital percentage of total album sales of each of these new releases: The Black Keys (58% digital), Michael Jackson (34%), Rascal Flatts (30%), and Dolly Parton (15%).
Keeping Track of Tracks
Luke Bryan broke the 1 million download mark with his hit “Play It Again,” selling 85k this week.
The Voice contestant Jake Worthington scored the top Country debut track with 48.5k of “Heaven.”
Brantley Gilbert’s “Small Town Throwdown” featuring BMLG labelmates Justin Moore and Thomas Rhett entered with 29k.
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