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UK Music Industry Sees Record Sales
ardmhacha writes "Despite the claims of gloom and doom from the BPI (the UK equivalent of the RIAA) the BBC is reporting that 'UK record companies are celebrating their best ever year for album sales, with a record 237 million sold in the 12 months to September. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) trade body said albums by the likes of Keane and The Streets had helped drive a 3% rise compared with last year. It also said sales of single tracks were up thanks to the availability of legal download services.' It looks like music sales will continue to climb if the customers get something they like. The article also discusses adding music downloads to the charts."
I read s/Phonographic/Pornographic, time to shut the computer off and go outside, I think.
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
I thought it was all CDs nowadays, not records.
Now they can stop suing people in Europe.
damn the double entendres!
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"It looks like music sales will continue to climb if the customers get something they like."
Free Sex.
Great! Now they have more money to sue people with!
Oh, wait...
Records are back? Eeek!
"...albums by the likes of Keane and The Streets..."
Never heard of them. Does that make me old?
British Phonographic Industry - everytime I read the word Phonographic, I mistakenly read something else. I think that if BPI wants to maintain good public relations it should, at least, change its name!
BPI forgot to mention one important fact. Sales are really up because Milli Vannilli came out with a new album. For some weird reason, British people like him.
::Note: I am, in fact, a rabid Benny Hill fan... although I am not British.::
Then again, British people like Benny Hill.
I think the mere fact that The Streets sell any copies proves conclusively that the UK music industry is in terminal decline!
I mean, Christ. Some chav who sounds like a 15-year-old schoolyard weed dealer whining about his girlfriend, who just talks on his record, can get to number one? Kids today! Never thought I'd say this, but bring back National Service!
You must think in Russian.
It looks like music sales will continue to climb if the customers get something they like.
I understand the first part of your sentence.. but what's a "customer" and why do they have to like the music we sell?
sincerely,
record company executive
Can't you see?! So much great music has come out in the previous year but there's only been a 3% jump in sales! If you people weren't all dirty rotten smelly pirates, sales would be up 10 fold! The artists would be raking it in and thus could afford to produce more albums! Now, because of you dirty pirates, the artists are going to starve despite sales increases and you'll all suffer.
You people disgust me.
Vanglis?
;)
Looks like someone's been getting their incorrectly titled music offof Kazaa...
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A better headline would have been "UK Music Industry Admits to Record Sales".
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