Gracenote Signs Lyric Licenses With All Five Music Publishers
New Version Of iTunes To Offer Song Lyrics? Gracenote announced that it has signed agreements to license song lyrics from Warner/Chappell Music, the award-winning publishing arm of Warner Music Group and EMI Music Publishing, the world’s number-one music publisher, as well as leading independent publisher ABKCO Music, Inc., The Bob Dylan Music Company, Disney Music Publishing, Ice Nine Publishing, and Windswept Holdings,...
Album Sales Drop 4.9% In US During 2006
Album sales in the United States dipped 4.9% last year, according to figures published by Nielsen Soundscan. The figure, which includes CDs, digital album downloads, and LPs, reveals that 588.2 million units where purchased in 2006. The downturn is part of a steady decline in album purchases, and follows a year-over-year dip of 7.2% recorded at the tail end of 2005. According to the figures, the highest-selling album for the year was...






