Metal By Numbers is a weekly coluimn in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
Looking to make a lot of money in 2009? A record label might not be the way to go. Sales figures are down, down, down. On the plus side, if your album comes out and you and 2,499 of your friends buy or download it, you’ll have yourself a top 200 album, which would have been unfathomable in the glory days of CD buying. Indie rock fans are the big buyers this week, with Bon Iver, Animal Collective and Andrew Bird debuting in the top 20, while two Sinatra compilations and a Mariah Carey collection chart. The plus side is that a lot of metal/hard rock albums, while not setting the sales chart on fire, did modestly increase in sales.
On the FMQB front, Lamb of God invades the top slot, while Cannibal Corpse is the most added band.
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly coluimn in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
The record-buying public is still in hibernation, according to this week’s sales charts. Other than perpetual chart-topper Taylor Swift, no album sold more than about 49,000 copies this week. That’s got to be upsetting to just abour every label out there. If there’s a plus side to it, the overall low sales figures allowed Kreator to have a top 200 debut, which they might not have had otherwise. Kreator also takes a big jump up to #1 at FMQB, while Lamb of God nabs Most Added honors and storms the top ten at metal radio as well.
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This exclusive interview with Ross Robinson marks the debut of guest columnist Emily Lazar. In addition to being a BITPOM member and a damn good interviewer, Emily is a model and the vocalist of September Mourning. She describes herself as “stage trasher, attention getter, model, writer… I create.” Does she have your attention now? In addition to BITPOM, you can check her out at www.lovebitesandrazorblades.com.
Ross Robinson used to fetch Slurpees at a recording studio in California with lightning speed. As a teenager, he’d run down two flights of stairs, jump into his car, and break all the traffic laws going to and from the store for this miniscule task. In his gut, he knew that a producer was behind the great albums being made there, and that it was a role he would one day take.
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly coluimn in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
Well, now that the recession is in full swing and the holidays are a memory, everybody’s cutting back on spending. Nowhere is that more obvious than looking at sales charts for this week. Only one album sold more than 53,000 copies, and the #10 album in the country only sold 27,000 copies. It’s also a slow week for debuts, As far as FMQB is concerned, look for a shakeup in the top ten next week as last year’s music slips down and new music takes hold.
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
The holidays are over, and now that everyone’s finished with their shopping, redeeming iTunes gift cards, and exchanging crappy albums for ones they want, January starts off with a pretty slow week. In fact, only two albums sold over 70,000 copies. Jeez. On the FMQB front, one of last year’s best albums, Gojira, finally takes the top slot in the first week back.
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Posted by Bram Teitelman on Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:56 am
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