20 outubro 2006

CULTURAS IN VITRO

Quando a indústria discográfica funciona bem no "online": Download-only reissues hit quarter-million mark: Online music fans have downloaded more than 250,000 tracks of previously out-of-print recordings by European artists since the launch of Universal Music's pioneering digital catalogue reissue programme earlier this year.
Consumers bought music by a diverse, eclectic range of performers, including rock bands such as France's Noir Desir, Germany's Accept, and the U.K.'s Del Amitri, Cast and Eddie & the Hot Rods, as well as household names Chris De Burgh and Nana Mouskouri, and cultural icons Jacques Brel and Brigitte Bardot.

MOST POPULAR ARTISTS BY TRACK
1. Noir Desir
2. Chris de Burgh
3. Gun
4. Eddie & the Hot Rods
5. Del Amitri

MOST POPULAR TRACKS
1. Gun, "Word Up"
2. Eddie & the Hot Rods, "Do Anything You Wanna Do"
3. Brigitte Bardot, "Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus"
4. Freak Power, "Turn On Tune In Cop Out"
5. Cast, "Guiding Star"

MOST POPULAR ALBUMS
1. Big Country, Steeltown
2. Fairport Convention, Meet On The Ledge
3. Jacques Brel, Ballades et Mots D'Amour
4. Freak Power, Drive-Thru Booty
5. Nana Mouskouri, Les Plus Beaux Noels du Monde