A total of 1bn downloads have been sold in the UK to date, based on Official Charts Company data from 2004 to 2013. To get a sense of the gathering momentum, an average of 500,000 sales were happening...
August 3rd, 2012 by Stuart Dredge
The BPI is trumpeting another digital milestone for the UK music industry: 100m sales of digital albums since records were first recorded in 2006. The music body notes that it took four years to reach...
June 27th, 2012 by Music Ally
Expect to see Rolling In The Deep and Someone Like You popping up in your Facebook news ticker lots in the coming weeks.
May 4th, 2012 by Music Ally
The march of Adele's 21 continues, with the Official Charts Company revealing that the album has now outsold Michael Jackson's Thriller.
March 20th, 2012 by Music Ally
The UK's Official Charts Company has provided more figures on the phenomenal sales of Adele's '21' album, which has now sold 4.14m copies in the UK.
March 7th, 2012 by Music Ally
There was even some hard news, with Beggars Group's David Emery revealing that Adele's official iPhone and Android app is now past the 1.5m downloads mark.
March 6th, 2012 by Stuart Dredge
The next session at our Music Apps: Beyond the Hype event tonight focused on case studies from three labels: Beggars Group, WMG subsidiary Atlantic Records UK and EMI’s Virgin Records. David Emery...
February 23rd, 2012 by Music Ally
Adele's '21' has become the first album to go double-platinum on the US iTunes Store, selling 2m downloads in the year since its original release there.
February 13th, 2012 by Music Ally
XL Recordings launched an official iPhone app for Adele back in September 2011 (Bulletin, 9-Sep-11). It's been one of the only artist apps to make any sort of impact on the App Store charts, reflecting...
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