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Universal Music has teamed up with digital media firm Kyte to launch five free iPhone applications for a range of Interscope acts, including Lady Gaga, The Pussycat Dolls, Soulja Boy Tell `Em, the All American Rejects and Keri Hilson.
The applications are available today through the App Store and offer a range of features, including access to sundry content and fan-based social networking.
Last week’s Brit Awards dramatically boosted album sales of artists who either won awards or performed at the ceremony, the Official Charts Company confirmed today.
Five out of this week’s Top 20 come from Brit Award winners. Three of these are in the Top 5.
Following widespread leaks of tracks through file-sharing networks, U2 last night made tracks from the band’s soon-to-ship album, ‘No Line On The Horizon’ available for streaming playback through MySpace.
The band have made the entirety of the release available for playback through the service, but only to US users. Outside the US only the first single from the album is available for streaming.
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The Official Charts Company (OCC) has released new figures detailing the precise impact inclusion in the Brit Awards has made on sales of music from highlighted artists.
The data underlines yesterday’s revelations by the UK chart invigilator which indicated inclusion within the Brit Awards show had made an immediate impact on sales from certain acts.
The information also underlines the growing importance of iTunes and other digital music services as a part of an immediate music acquisition ecosystem for music lovers experiencing new artists on television or radio.
iPhone apps have reached the President, at least, rock band the Presidents of the United States of America have released four albums within an all-new iPhone application, now available through the App Store.
Aimed at the fans, the applications costs $3 and also features rare early demo recordings which were previously only available on a run of 500 cassette tapes. Fans also gain access to live tracks and demos in the form of streaming playlists.
Lead singer, Dave Dederer (who is also vice president for business development for nuTsie development company, Melodeo) tells fans on the artist’s site:
All new digital music startup remix site, tracksandfields.com this week launched the public beta of its new remixing and online collaboration music platform.
Led by a team of music pros, Tracksandfields.com has been in development since 2006. The development was funded by the German minister of economy and technology and the European Social Fund.
Online music sales in the UK saw an immediate impact during last night’s screening of the Brit Awards, UK charts administrators, the Official Charts Company revealed this afternoon.
The chart position invigilators noted increased sales of downloads were apparent within moments of the awards show starting, with artists who either won awards or played live at the show seeing their sales far outperform the market.
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Peter Gabriel has made significant fresh investment in digital recommendation service, The Filter.
The service has attracted the continued support of current investors Peter Gabriel and Eden Ventures, and bought new investors aboard, including from Roderick Banner, Chairman of WPP-owned media agency, Banner Corp, former CEO of LoudEye Michael Brochu (through EMM Investments) as well as John Taysom, founder of We7.com and a former investor in, among others, Yahoo & Infoseek.
iTunes remains a key barometer for musical success in both the US and UK, EMI notes with news that Lily Allen’s ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You’ album has seized the number one slot in both the UK album chart and on the iTunes US album chart in its first week of release.
Allen’s single ‘The Fear’ continues to lead the UK singles chart for the third week running, the label confirmed, while the album sits at number 5 on the Billboard top 200 chart.
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