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Panic! At The Disco’s “High Hopes” is still breaking streaming records
Panic! At The Disco are still breaking streaming records with their hit single “High Hopes.” It’s been two years since the song first made its debut and listeners are clearly still enjoying it. According to Nielsen‘s mid-year music report, “High Hopes” is the No. 1 song on rock radio. As well, the single is in […]
Post Malone, Queen, more rule mid-year Nielsen Music charts
We’re halfway through 2019 and what an incredible year for music it has been. Artists such as Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish debuted with some incredibly impressive numbers, taking some top spots on the mid-year Nielsen Music charts. Post Malone, Halsey and more also appear in the charts’ top 10 slots for 2019 so […]
twenty one pilots' 'Trench' helped boost cassette sales in 2018
twenty one pilots‘ Trench is among the top-selling cassettes of 2018, alongside the Stranger Things soundtrack and Britney Spears’ …Baby, One More Time. The great numbers from the albums helped boost cassette sales in the U.S. last year, proving the format’s popularity keeps growing. Read more: Bring Me The Horizon respond to Halsey’s emo upbringing A Nielsen Music […]
Linkin Park, Metallica, Twenty One Pilots among top rock artists of 2017
[Photos by: Mike Shinoda/Instagram, Herring & Herring, Jabari Jacobs] Linkin Park, Metallica and Twenty One Pilots are among the top-selling rock artists of 2017, according to Nielsen Music's year-end report. The three acts stood tall in a period that showed a further decline for rock music overall, with R&B/hip-hop becoming the most dominant genre in […]
Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL named America's "pirate capital"
A new report released by MusicMetric–the first of its kind–shows that Americans torrented more than 97 million albums (78%) and singles (22%) during the first half of 2012. At 10 songs per album, that adds up to 759 million songs. The report also named Gainesville, FL, Albany, GA, Fairbanks, AK, Lexington, KY and Tallahassee, FL as […]
New study shows teens listen to music most through YouTube, radio still dominates music discovery
A new study from Nielsen that surveyed 3,000 online participants has revealed that teens are using YouTube as their largest source for consuming music and that radio is still the dominant way people are discovering new music. Here are the stastics for both categories: How teens listen to music: 64% of teens listen to music […]
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