Songkick Attempts To Rank Band Popularity
Songkick, a concert listings website, has introduced a new online application that attempts to rank a band’s popularity online. The site measures band popularity by gauging activity levels on MySpace, blogs and Amazon sales rankings. The results are heavily swayed towards currently touring rock bands, but it’s entertaining to pit your favorite bands against each other. Unfortunately, the technology is somewhat clunky. In...
NIN’s Tallies $1.6 Million In First Week Of Ghosts Release
Trent Reznor’s latest Nine Inch Nails release Ghosts I-IV has quickly netted the independent rocker $1.6 million according to sales figures released yesterday. The DIY, direct-to-fan album download initiative, Ghosts I-IV, is being offered in five different price points, including a free option. In the first week, the album scored 781,917 transactions overall, despite major server problems that plagued fans who attempted to download...