CD sales finished the year 2.4% above 2003, marking the first time this century that music sales have experienced a year-to-year bump. But the big story for the music industry comes from the newer ...

In 2004, the beleaguered music business is at a crossroads, the recent mega-deals in the music industry offer the possibility of near-term financial survival and the promise of fresh strategic… By ...

While the recorded music business dipped slightly in 2004, new research predicts that demand for music DVD will pace the industry for years to come. By Lars Brandle While the recorded music business ...

UP Andrew Lack CEO, Sony BMG Music Entertainment Age 57 When Lack took over Sony Music in 2003 he was a TV guy with no music experience, presumably picked because he’d be unsentimental about massive ...

There’s absolutely no way to compartmentalize the way we ingest music, right? So, for this — the obligatory year-end crapola — we got most of our music writers yakkin’ and jerkin’ it to whatever blew ...

What a crummy year for music in Aspen, the worst in more than a decade for sure. With the Double Diamond and the Grottos out of business, horrible weather all over Jazz Aspen Snowmass’ festivals, and ...

LONDON -- Global music sales fell 7.6 percent in 2003 to $32 billion, the steepest decline since the advent of the compact disc, the trade body representing the world's largest music companies said on ...

As we come to the end of the decade that's being called the "aughts," we're looking back at how those 10 years have changed music and culture. One of the biggest sources of delight — and concern — for ...

"Warning: the tracks on this album do not all sound the same. There are fast songs and slow ones, dark moods and dance tracks, sung in many languages, hardly any in English." And Gillett is true to ...

TWO singers from two legendary Manchester acts were picked out as the winners of ManchesterOnline's 2004 music poll by hundreds of our users - Morrissey and Mark Owen. Meanwhile, ex-Take That star ...

Close Calls, Imaginary Girls, Risqué Sonics, and Blue Scholars: Seattle's local-music winner's circle. MVPs Three Imaginary Girls are the Seattle music scene's shrewdest cheerleaders. B-b-b-but they ...