全球非官方銷售估計
Worldwide ESTIMATIONS - DURING 2009 - Update 17/04/09
Are Estimations, so nothing "official".
Consider the data as "Points", not pure sales data.


U2 No Line On The Horizon 2.408.000
Lady Gaga The Fame 1.360.000
Bruce Springsteen Working On A Dream 1.344.000
Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 1.304.000
Kings Of Leon Only By The Night 1.279.000
Soundtrack Twilight 1.271.000
Taylor Swift Fearless 1.215.000
Pink Funhouse 995.000
Nickelback Dark Horse 963.000
Britney Spears Circus 951.000
Soundtrack Mamma Mia! 884.000
Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends 868.000
Seal Soul 822.000
Lily Allen It's Not Me, It's You 762.500
Duffy Rockferry 755.000
Kelly Clarkson All I Ever Wanted 755.000
Katy Perry One Of The Boys 735.000
The Killers Day & Age 726.000
Jason Mraz We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. 715.000
AC/DC Black Ice 705.000
Akon Freedom 694.000
Kanye West 808s & Heartbreaks 691.000
The Fray The Fray 623.000
Soundtrack High School Musical 3: Senior Year 563.000
Soundtrack Slumdog Millionaire 542.000
The Prodigy Invaders Must Die 533.000
Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 510.000
Soundtrack Hannah Montana: The Movie 506.000
Franz Ferdinand Tonight: Franz Ferdinand 501.000
T.I. Paper Trail 500.000


Are Estimations, so nothing "official".
Consider the data as "Points", not pure sales data.

No Japanese acts in list, sorry.


Google & Universal Announce VEVO Channel
2009/4/10

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Universal Music and Google have announced that the label group and YouTube will launch VEVO, a music and video site featuring UMG content later this year. UMG and Universal Publishing also renewed their worldwide deal with YouTube. Rival Sony has already renewed its  ouTube deal; but WMG  ahs pulled all content during contentious negotiations.

VEVO is billed as a "premium online music video hub". YouTube will provide the infrastructure and Universal will provide exclusive content via VEVO.com and a new branded player. UMG’s YouTube channel has more than 3.5 billion views, making it the most watched on the top rated video site.

From the press release:

“VEVO will bring the most compelling premium music video content and services to the world’s single largest online video audience,” stated Mr. Morris. “We believe that at launch, VEVO will already have more traffic than any other music video site in the United States and in the world. And this traffic represents the most sought after demographic for advertisers, especially as advertising dollars continue their shift from old media to new. VEVO will be uniquely positioned to monetize this opportunity and a host of others as we grow it to become “the” destination for premium music video content online. For music lovers who want the best in music videos, the VEVO experience will be second to none.  At the same time, VEVO will expand the premium video marketplace, generate new revenue streams for content creators, and provide brand advertisers an unprecedented opportunity to get in front of a highly engaged audience. We couldn’t be more excited about the huge potential we see in the VEVO service.”

“Technology has allowed fans to discover music in endless ways while creating new business opportunities for artists and labels alike,” said Mr. Schmidt.  ”At Google, we are committed to promoting greater innovation and choice and are thrilled to be working with UMG in what will surely be an exciting new service for consumers, advertisers, content creators and the music industry at large."



環球音樂集團與Google合作音樂視頻網站
  全球最大的唱片公司環球音樂與YouTube母公司Google宣佈將在今年稍後,攜手推出新的音樂與視頻娛樂服務網站Vevo。


YouTube將負責技術工作,環球音樂供應內容。廣告營收由兩家公司共用。

  兩家公司表示,該站目前只有環球的內容。不過環球音樂CEO Doug Morris在記者會上表示,他正在與其他大唱片公司商談,相信能說服他們加入。

  Google CEO Eric Schmidt也表示,YouTube與環球音樂已更新他們既有的授權協議,YouTube使用者可繼續合法使用環球音樂的歌曲。環球製作的音樂視頻未來只會出現在Vevo。Schmidt表示,這是YouTube第一個衛星網站,他希望後續還有更多。

  對環球音樂而言,此舉代表Morris終於實現他成立獨立音樂視頻服務的願望。自從MTV頻道以播放音樂視頻形成一股強大的文化力量,並賺進大把鈔票,唱片業才發現音樂視頻不只是一項促銷工具。Morris曾表示,在唱片業營收大幅衰退的時代,沒有任何東西是“促銷的”,而音樂視頻非常值錢。

  去年9月,本站曾報導Morris在研究成立自家視頻網站的方式。現在看來,Morris已決定和Google合作。接近環球音樂的消息人士去年曾透露,Morris希望旗下藝人的視頻能有更高的曝光率,並以超過YouTube的高清形式呈現。但他要如何吸引像YouTube一樣龐大的觀眾?Vevo無疑可滿足Morris的要求。

  Google在2006年買下YouTube之後,連續與大型娛樂公司簽下合作協定。過去一年,YouTube已成功洗刷在音樂、電影和電視業的侵權惡名。索尼電影公司也正與YouTube商討完整版電影的授權問題。

  但YouTube與環球合資的Vevo仍面臨許多挑戰。雖然環球目前在YouTube的頻道規模最大,擁有將近40億流覽人次,沒有人知道一個獨立的音樂視頻網站,能否吸引足夠的觀眾或廣告收益。

  問題在於,究竟是環球的內容吸引觀眾到YouTube,或是YouTube原有的觀眾順便觀賞環球的視頻。不論如何,這兩家公司都表示,他們有信心Vevo能吸引足夠的歌迷粉絲。

  Moriss在聲明中表示:“我們相信在網站推出時,Vevo將已經擁有比美國和世界上任何其他音樂視頻站更多的流量。”他指的應是YouTube環球頻道現有的流量。Morris說:“而這個流量代表的是廣告商最想討好的族群,尤其在廣告預算持續從舊媒體轉向新媒體的時代。”


苹果仍将是数字音乐的大赢家
by Terry on 12-04-2009

下圖是美國Piper Jaffray公司在今年春季針對青少年(接受調查的用戶平均年齡為16歲,其中54%為男性,調查採樣人數1.5萬)使用Mp3播放機的消費情況的調查資料以及與往年資料的比較:


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資料顯示92%的青少年已經擁有了mp3播放機,而其中86%擁有了蘋果的iPod,排在第二的微軟Zune僅4%,而計畫在未來一年內購買mp3播放機的青少年100%選擇了iPod。結論很明顯,iPod仍將在相當一段時間內佔據著絕對的市場統治地位。

如此說來,Amazon、7digital、Walmarket以及手機廠商、運營商紛紛加入到數位音樂零售市場,表面對iTunes數位音樂商店構成了競爭的威脅,實則對蘋果來說未嘗不是好事。數位音樂消費市場的活躍其結果必然將促進數位音樂播放機的市場覆蓋率提升,iPod作為最主流的可擕式音樂播放機,也必然得益不少。

這次調查也提到其中8%的青少年已經購買了iPhone,並且16%稱他們考慮在未來6個月內購買。青少年對iPod的鍾愛,會影響他們在日後選擇購買手機時對iPhone的傾向。所以說,音樂對於蘋果的意義還真是挺深遠的。

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