KOARs Mixed
Posted August 16, 2006 — in Music News
- Alternative rock band Breaking Benjamin opened up with 124,790k with the #2 spot on Billboard.
-Death metal act Slayer debuted with 62,449k.
- KOAR’s Alumn and Favorite Under the Influence of Giants recently released their debut on Island.
- Baton Rouge rock band Meriwether signed a deal with Suretone Records/Interscope.
- YouTube said Tuesday that it is talking with record labels to post thousands of music videos online, aiming to move beyond being a site for sharing home videos to being a provider of mainstream entertainment like Yahoo and others.
What we really want to do is in six to 12 months, maybe 18 months, to have every music video ever created up on YouTube,” cofounder Steve Chen told Reuters. “We’re trying to bring in as much of this content as we can onto the site.”
Warner Music and EMI said they are each trying to work out a business model with YouTube
and just think…Slayer does it without radio play.
Comment by ditchwater — August 17, 2006 @ 5:35 am
I am surprised Breaking Benjamin have sold as much first week as they did. They must have a lot of fans carried over from the previous album’s singles. This band may have legs if it releases the right singles from this new album.
With the resurgence of American Metal in the press and young people it is no wonder Slayer sold as many as they did, I believe an album with Bostaph would have sold just as many. Touring with bands like Lamb of God who are one of the leaders of getting metal back into the mainstream surely exposed them as a relevant band to newer metal fans. Just like their latest single, they have always had a “cult” following.
Comment by A2daC — August 17, 2006 @ 7:20 pm
Let’s also keep in mind that Slayer has been around for YEARS…
Comment by Scott — August 18, 2006 @ 6:48 am
Oh sure, they have bee around for years. Can most people name their Bostaph albums. A bands life span does not yield business savvy or sales.
Comment by A2daC — August 18, 2006 @ 6:06 pm