20 years ago...
TOP STORY NAP TIME
Bertelsmann e-commerce group CEO Andreas Schmidt defied sceptics by predicting that major labels would co-operate with former industry nemesis Napster within a “couple of weeks”, following the file-sharing company’s efforts to start charging its users. At the time, Napster was facing legal action from all five major record companies. Less than six months later the site, as a file-sharing platform, was forced to close...
EMI OF THE TIGER
EMI Music Publishing secured a complete clean sweep of 2000’s Q4 marketshares, courtesy of one particularly optimistic DIY enthusiast. Yes, the company claimed 100% of Bob The Builder’s Can We Fix It? which was both the biggest hit of the quarter, and the year as a whole. EMI secured an overall 5% victory, with 21.6% of the marketshares, and also led the albums listings with 18.4%.
STATE OF THE STATION
It was a rough month for BBC Radio 1 10 years ago, as the latest RAJAR results revealed the station had lost almost 750,000 listeners. It was the network’s poorest performance since Q4 in 1998. They were not alone in bearing bad news, as Virgin AM also took a hit – losing 500,000 listeners in a year to end up on 2.6m. It was a much better story for BBC Radio 2, however, which notched up a record market share of 13.6%.
Also inside... Top Of The Pops was preparing to enter a new era via a move to Hammersmith’s Riverside Studios... Arista was hoping to duplicate Interscope’s success with Limp Bizkit by marketing the new Run-DMC album Crown Royal to a younger audience... London Records was gearing up for Sugababes’ first promotional visit to the US... Atomic Kitten’s Whole Again sold 69,000 copies to debut at No.1 on the singles chart, while Dido’s No Angel held on to the top spot on the albums pile...
10 years ago...
EMI CEO Roger Faxon told Music Week that the breaking up of the major – despite its acquisition by Citigroup – made “no business sense”... Even before the 2012 London Olympics, the Olympic Stadium was already planning to muscle in on the live market... Don Black mourned the loss of his legendary songwriting collaborator John Barry... MTV went back to basics by launching a dedicated music channel... Jessie J and B.O.B.’s single Price Tag debuted at No.1, while Adele’s 21 topped the albums chart...
40 years ago...
Island Records’ One Plus One campaign – which sold pre-recorded cassettes with one side blank – provoked condemnation from the BPI... Bill Haley & The Comets sales rocketed in the wake of the Texan star’s death... Joe Dolce’s Shaddap Your Face was the No.1 single, while Phil Collins’ Face Value ruled the albums pile...
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