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127 releases – 89 under her own name, 25 in other groups and 15 credits on others' music Edit
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( 3 stories between 4th July 2008 and 28th June 2011 )Artists Seek New Biz Models to Boost Sales
Jun, 28 2011
While technology may slightly level the playing field, it’s still tough to generate global buzz around an album, especially in the age of leaks, $0.99 tracks, file-sharing, and all-around increased competition. It’s not enough to for artists to craft an incredible album; aggressive, creative marketing has become paramount to the product itself. Take, for instance, Lady Gaga, Björk, or David Gray’s new albums.
There’s a perhaps erroneous view that if something sells well, it must be great. This is why getting a position on the Billboard or other music charts is so important: mob rules drive sales. It’s the motivation behind Gaga’s Born This Way; Amazon offered the entire album for two days for only $0.99 to increase awareness of the Cloud Music Player. But at the end of the day, many argued it wasn’t all that strong an effort and may not have sold that well without Amazon’s generous subsidy.
Similar to the Gaga fire sale, only time will tell if the strategy laid out by David Gray and Groupon, who are offering a greater than 50% discount on Gray’s new 12-track digital album, Lost and Found – Live In Dublin, as well as debuting it, is successful. The deal went live last night and ends today. Last year offered Rihanna’s Loud as a $5 digital download, but this is the company’s first foray into being the sole purveyor of an album.
Icelandic chanteuse Björk is harnessing new technologies in the hopes of building buzz around her upcoming iPad-app-slash-album, Biophilia. She recently told Jon Pareles she’s trying to create something greater than the sum of its parts, pushing recorded music to evolve into something interactive. “I definitely wanted the songs to be a spatial experience,” she said. “I’m excited to embrace a different handshake between the object and sound.”
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Björk Soundtracks Moomins Movie
Aug, 28 2010
Björk has contributed a new song to the soundtrack to the upcoming children's 3-D movie The Moomins & The Comet Chase. The Moomins are white, bear-like cartoon creatures popular in Finland, and judging by the video for "The Comet Song," the movie features the aftermath of a comet collision near their settlement.
All proceeds from the song will be donated by Björk to a UNICEF fund assisting those affected by the flooding disaster in Pakistan. It's the third successive charity release from Björk, following her collaborative EP with Dirty Projectors, Mount Wittenberg Orca, which benefited the National Geographic Society's Ocean Protection Project; while proceeds from Nattura went towards a website of the same name devoted to the development of environmentally friendly technology.
According to the press release, "The Comet Song" "comes ahead of new highly anticipated projects from Björk in 2011."
Björk
Jul, 4 2008
Björk fans in Sheffield, England, will have to wait a little longer to see the little Icelandic chanteuse. The singer pulled out of a gig in May as a result of logistical problems, but it seems that she can’t make the rescheduled July concert either. Although she managed to perform for 10% of Iceland’s population at the Náttúra event over the weekend, ongoing throat problems have forced her to cancel the British performances outright. Instead, she will pick up her tour on July 10 in Helsinki.
