Blink-182’s smash single “One More Time” has been certified Gold by the RIAA.
Read More “Blink-182 Grab Another Gold Single”Blink-182 Grab Another Gold Single
LATEST ARTICLES
Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” Gets Certified Diamond
Goo Goo Dolls’ classic “Iris” has now been certified diamond.
Read More “Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” Gets Certified Diamond”Explaining the RIAA’s Lawsuit Against AI Music Startups
Devin Coldewey, writing for TechCrunch:
Like many AI companies, music generation startups Udio and Suno appear to have relied on unauthorized scrapes of copyrighted works in order to train their models. This is by their own and investors’ admission, as well as according to new lawsuits filed against them by music companies. If these suits go before a jury, the trial could be both a damaging exposé and a highly useful precedent for similarly sticky-fingered AI companies facing certain legal peril.
The lawsuits, filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), put us all in the uncomfortable position of rooting for the RIAA, which for decades has been the bogeyman of digital media. I myself have received nastygrams from them! The case is simply that clear.
Motion City Soundtrack Gets a Gold Record
Motion City Soundtrack’s Commit This to Memory has gone gold.
Read More “Motion City Soundtrack Gets a Gold Record”RIAA Share Mid-Year Revenue Report
The RIAA have released the 2023 mid-year report:
In the first half of 2023, recorded music revenues continued to set new milestones and reflect the results of more than a decade of industry transformation. Total revenues grew 9.3% at estimated retail value to an all-time first half high of $8.4 billion. At wholesale value, revenues grew 8.3% to $5.3 billion. Paid subscriptions continued to be the strongest driver of revenue growth, increasing by more than $550 million and averaging nearly 96 million subscriptions during the period.
RIAA Releases 2021 Revenue Stats
RIAA:
In 2021, recorded music revenues in the United States grew 23% to $15.0 billion at estimated retail value. All major formats of music grew versus the prior year with the exception of digital downloads. Paid subscriptions continued to be the biggest growth driver, resulting in the sixth consecutive year of growth for music revenues. At wholesale value, 2021 revenues were up 22% to $9.8 billion. On a nominal basis, these revenue levels exceed the record high of $14.6 billion reported in 1999, but adjusted for inflation 2021 figures remain 37% below that value level.
RIAA Attorneys Go At HitPiece
The RIAA has sent a letter to the music NFT website that pissed off everyone this week. The press release is below.
Read More “RIAA Attorneys Go At HitPiece”Rise Against Grabs Two More Platinum Albums
Rise Against’s Appeal to Reason and The Sufferer and the Witness have both gone platinum.
Read More “Rise Against Grabs Two More Platinum Albums”Paramore Goes 3x Platinum
Paramore’s Riot! is now three times platinum. And yep, it’s still catchy as balls.
“Monsters” Goes Gold
Congrats to All Time Low for nabbing another Gold record for “Monsters.”
Taylor Swift Grabs Another Platinum Record
Taylor Swift’s Folklore has gone platinum.
Read More “Taylor Swift Grabs Another Platinum Record”All Time Low Grab Another Gold Record
All Time Low’s “Remembering Sunday” has been certified Gold by the RIAA.
The Most Successful “Scene” Records Over the Past Three Decades
The commercial appeal of emo and punk records is undeniable. In this article, I dove into the most commercially successful albums of the past three decades in our scene. First, I wanted to provide a couple of quick notes about how I pulled this data. I took a look at the most popular pop-punk and emo albums from a Wikipedia article and cross-referenced it with other bands that I knew would be in the vicinity of receiving a Gold (500,000 albums sold) or Platinum (1 million albums sold) RIAA certification. From there, I used the Wikipedia articles on the individual album pages to see if they mentioned any certifications of Gold or above. I then confirmed those totals on the extremely helpful RIAA website. In some cases, I either rounded up or down on the number of albums sold to make the organizing of this list a little bit easier to follow, and these totals are for US sales only. I have organized this list into the three different decades of the 90’s, 00’s and 10’s, and I found it interesting that the vast number of eligible albums occurred during the 00’s era. I hope that you will find this information as enlightening as I did, and there are plenty of surprises to be found in these lists as well.
Read More “The Most Successful “Scene” Records Over the Past Three Decades”RIAA Releases Mid-Year Statistics
The RIAA have released their 2020 mid-year report. One interesting tidbit:
Vinyl album revenues of $232 million were 62% of total physical revenues, marking the first time vinyl exceeded CDs for such a period since the 1980’s, though it still only accounted for 4% of total music recorded music revenues.
New Found Glory’s ‘Sticks and Stones’ Goes Platinum
New Found Glory’s Sticks and Stones has been certified platinum and the single “My Friends Over You” has gone gold.
Read More “New Found Glory’s ‘Sticks and Stones’ Goes Platinum”