The Music Biz Is Back! (For A Week, Sort Of) [Even The Chris Cornell Album Can't Save This Industry]

According to HITS Daily Double, based on first day sales, three releases will reach six-digit sales this week, with Kelly Clarkson somewhere around the quarter-million mark, U2 in second, and The-Dream moving around 150,000. This hasn't happened at all this year, with only one week going by with two titles selling over 100,000. The bad news: Last week's U2 bonanza was still down 8 percent from the same week last year, and sales are down 11 percent year-to-date. Feel free to send me your suggesti...

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