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RIAA Report Portends Vinyl Revenues Eclipsing CD Sales This Year

March 3, 2019

by FYI Staff

Revenue from interactive streaming through services such as YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music now accounts for 63% of overall US industry revenue.

Aaron Godvin a big winner at the Alberta Country Music Awards

Music News Digest, Jan. 28, 2019

January 28, 2019

by Kerry Doole

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The Alberta Country Music Awards, held in Red Deer last night were hosted by Aaron Godvin who took home the night

Miranda Mulholland with interviewee Cary Sherman. Pic: Music Canada

Miranda Mulholland Interviews RIAA Chair Cary Sherman

November 9, 2018

by Karen Bliss

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Cary Sherman, the outgoing chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), sat down with artist, label owner and festival

Thriller Continues Reign As Global Best-Selling Album

August 24, 2018

by FYI Staff

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With total international sales of 47 million, Michael Jackson's blockbuster is placed at No. 1 in a new survey. Three Canadian female artists make the Top 25, led by Shania Twain at No, 4, with Come On Over.

US Music Industry Sees Fastest Growth in More Than 20 Years

March 23, 2018

by FYI Staff

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This is the first time since 1999 that US music revenues grew materially for two years in a row, while gaps in core rights continue to distort the marketplace and deprive recording artists and songwriters of the royalties they deserve.