4 Music Week 21.11.14 NEWS NEWS IN BRIEF


n BITTORRENT: BitTorrent has opened its Bundle paygate model to all, as Diplo becomes the next high-profile artist to release music on the service, following Thom Yorke’s Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, which has been downloaded 4.4 million times. n SPOTIFY: Uber and Spotify have confirmed a partnership that will see the integration of the two companies’ applications. The service will initially be rolled out in ten cities around the world, including London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Nashville, New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney and Toronto. n VEVO: President and CEO Rio Caraeff will leave the company at the end of 2014. Vevo’s chief financial officer Alan Price will act as interim CEO effective as of January 1, 2015. n SFX: EDM promoter SFX


Entertainment has posted its financial figures for Q3 2014, managing a net income of $2.8 million as a result of a packed festival calendar. Of its 82 festivals held in 2014, 30 were held in Q3, including TomorrowWorld, whose attendance grew 25% to more than 150,000. n BASCA: The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors has joined in the debate over remuneration from streaming, asking for a fairer split in the payouts to record labels versus publishers and songwriters. n Sony/ATV: Sony/ATV Music Publishing chairman and CEO Martin Bandier will be honoured at the 2015 Grammys Salute To Industry Icons ceremony with the President’s Merit Award. The event takes place on Saturday, February 7, 2015 in California the evening before the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. n VICE: Live Nation Entertainment and VICE Media have partnered to develop and launch a new live music platform for mobile, web and TV in 2015. The platform will be available in all major markets across the world in nine different languages and aims to deliver original artist-driven live content from the stage to the studio. n SOUNDCLOUD: Co-founder Eric Wahlforss has said that the platform is “not dependent on a full catalogue” of licensed music to operate successfully as a music streaming service. “We have a lot of creators on the platform and only a tiny fraction of those are signed to major labels,” said Wahlforss.


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.com RHINO’S DAN CHALMERS SETS SIGHTS ON CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS


’Pink Floyd finale had to be No.1’ R


RELEASES n BY TOM PAKINKIS


hino boss Dan Chalmers wouldn’t have settled for anything less than the


No.1 spot when it came to Pink Floyd’s final LP, The Endless River, and with the album now having achieved the third highest opening week of the year so far, Chalmers’ sights are firmly set on making it one of the biggest- sellers this Christmas. Pink Floyd’s 15th - and


apparently last - studio album was billed as Rick Wright’s ‘swansong’ as, six years after the keyboard player’s death, it makes use of sessions recorded during the making of 1994’s The Division Bell. The new LP made an


impressive No.1 debut at the weekend on sales of 139,351 - the third highest of the year, trailing only the 182,427 that Ed Sheeran’s X sold on debut 20 weeks ago, and the 168,048 copies that Coldplay’s Ghost Stories sold when it debuted 25 weeks ago. The week one performance


denied Foo Fighters their fourth No.1 album, with their eighth studio LP Sonic Highways settling for a No.2 debut on sales of 88,637 copies - the highest tally for a runner-up this year. Released on Parlophone,


The Endless River’s marketing


“Pink Floyd are a band who are indelibly woven into the patchwork of rock ‘n’ roll. The Endless River is a worthy addition to their legacy” PAUL FLETCHER, HEAD OF CATALOGUE, MARKETING, RHINO UK


and distribution was overseen by Rhino. Speaking to Music Week, Dan Chalmers (pictured, right) said that the magnitude of the campaign had to match that of the release itself. “We had an indication from


the pre-orders that this was an album that was resonating incredibly well, not just with the fans, but with the wider market,” he said. “I think we’ve seen through the sales that this really crossed over outside of the fanbase and has become one of the biggest event records of the year. The goal was to create a


campaign of scale that married with the enormity of the band, given that it’s the last ever album for Pink Floyd, it really couldn’t be anything other than No.1.” Head of catalogue, marketing,


Rhino UK, Paul Fletcher, added: “The fans reaction to The Endless River has been fantastic. I don’t think many of us thought we’d ever see a new Pink Floyd album and for it to be received so well shows that support for the band is as strong as ever. Pink Floyd are a band who are indelibly woven into the patchwork of rock ‘n’ roll and


The Endless River is a worthy addition to their legacy - it’s a fitting tribute to the talent and memory of Rick Wright that it hit No.1.” But Chalmers isn’t going


to stop stoking the fire just yet. Rhino will be sustaining a heavy above the line marketing campaign including TV, online and outdoor advertising in the run up to December 25. “It’s definitely not job done,”


said Chalmers. “We’ve seen a terrific performance across the UK and Europe with multiple No.1s. We now want to translate that into one of the biggest gifts in the Christmas period. We feel confident, with the partners and tools that we have, that we can achieve just that. We’ll be focused on maintaining this trajectory.”


Christmas boost for indie retailers UNIVERSAL MUSIC REVEALS SPECIAL SEASONAL RELEASE CAMPAIGN


such as a heavyweight etched and numbered 7” of The Who’s Be Lucky – never previously available on vinyl – and a limited release of The Beatles’ Long Tall Sally, which is back on 7” vinyl 50 years after it was first released. Around half the releases


Universal Music UK is offering independent music retailers 12 exclusive vinyl releases to roll out onto their shelves from December 1. The 12 Days of Christmas


initiative includes releases from the Universal Music catalogue


are being brought into the campaign via the US Black Friday promotion, but the rest are exclusive to the UK. More than 120 independent High Street music shops across the country are expected to participate in the promotion, which comes at a time of strong sales for vinyl in the UK, which are up 56% so far this year. Universal Music UK’s


commercial division MD Brian Rose said: “At a time of the year when many retailers are focused on high volume Christmas releases, we thought it was important to do something special for the indie stores who are important to us 52 weeks a year. “We have an excellent set


of independent music retailers in the UK and while we realise the High Street is a tough place to trade, particularly for independents, we are seeing some really encouraging signs this year. The range of releases we’re including in this promotion reflects vinyl’s appeal to all kinds of music fans. We hope


the 12 Days Of Christmas promotion will provide a boost to specialist music shops on the High Street at what can be a quiet time for them ahead of the Christmas rush.” Director general of the Entertainment Retailers Association, Kim Bayley, commented: “Universal have delivered a fantastic line-up of vinyl gems for the 12 Days of Christmas. It’s a welcome recognition of the pivotal role indie stores have played in the revival of vinyl and a reminder that these stores are not just there for Record Store Day but provide a year-round service to music fans.”


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