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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Quietime Hymns - Top Instrumental Album in Christian Bookstores this week
became the top selling instrumental album of the week in Christian
bookstores for the week ending 9/20/09. Combined Quietime Hymns and Quietime Devotion, scanned over 320 units in sales, according to CMTA's Nielsen Soundscan. Quietime Christmas releases this week in stores nationally.
Quietime Hymns - Top Instrumental Album in Christian Bookstores this week
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Quietime CDs now at Target.com
This is a bit of a shameless plug. Quietime CDs are now available at target.com. They also can be found at area Lifeway Stores, Family Christian Stores and iTunes for download. Get em now while they're hot!Thursday, June 4, 2009
US Album Sales Down Nearly 18% in May
(From BillBoard.biz) ALBUM SALES DOWN NEARLY 18% IN MAY
Album sales in May dropped 17.8% versus May 2008, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and were 36.7% lower than May 2007. (For these purposes, the month of May 2009 was from Monday, May 4 to Sunday, May 30.) For the year through May 31, album sales are down 13.4% versus the same period in 2008 and are down 30.4% against the same period in 2007. Track Equivalent Albums (TEAs) were 13.1% lower in May 2009 versus May 2008. That was a reversal from the relatively successful month of April in which TEAs were down only 4.6%. Year to date, TEAs are down almost 7.6% versus last year.
The flattening of digital track sales growth compounds problems that arise from falling album sales. Year-over-year track sales were up only 5%, 6%, 2% and 5% in the four weeks that comprised the month of May. For an indication of where sales are trending over the next year, look at the early adopting Pacific region of the country (as defined by SoundScan). Track sales in the Pacific are up 8% in 2009, the lowest growth rate of the eight regions. On the other coast, both the Northeast and Middle Atlantic regions are up 12%. At this time last year, the early adopters of the Pacific region had brought a 25% increase in tracks sales while the Northeast and Middle Atlantic regions were up 26% and 29%, respectively. The TEAs metric coverts digital track sales to album sales (by dividing track sales by ten) and allows for easy comparisons over periods of time. This is possible because ten digital songs have the same retail and wholesale amounts as digital albums. When looking at changes in purchase trends – as consumers buy more individual tracks and fewer albums – looking at TEAs allows for easy comparison of changes in overall recorded music spending (excluding ringtones).
Monday, May 26, 2008
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Check out this exclusive review I just read:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1202492.ece
Just watched the first video from the album:
Thursday, May 22, 2008
What Steven Curtis Chapman Has Meant To Me
"According to an Associated Press report, the family of contemporary Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman suffered a horrible tragedy Wednesday when 5-year-old daughter Maria was struck and killed by an SUV in her own driveway. Deepening their loss is the fact that the Toyota Land Cruiser was driven by Maria's older teenage brother, who apparently did not see his little sister." To read the full article go to Crosswalk.com.
I was so saddened to hear of the tragic death of SCC's 5 year old daughter this morning. The Chapman's have long been role models in the world of Christian music on different levels - as a family, as a singer, as a couple and as a songwriter. A winner of 5 Grammy's and 51 Dove Awards, I know he would give every single one of them back in exchange for his daughter.
For me personally, I still remember Steven being overjoyed and giving me a hug when he learned that I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior that same week. I've followed his career ever since before I started my Christian walk. A friend of mine asked me to edit a video they were doing for their Christian camp. They wanted to do a montage of video using the song "The Great Adventure". I was given the CD and immediately became a fan of Steven Curtis Chapman. His music was one of the seeds God planted in my heart in my Christian faith walk. Then, later I came to learn more about him, his family and his music working in the Christian music industry. Everything I've ever seen, read or heard about him was positive. I've personally seen him be gracious to people that didn't deserve it.
So, in this time of mourning and sorrow in the Chapman family, I mourn with them. Please grant him, his wife, his son and his family grace as they grieve the death of their beautiful adopted daughter. Having a family myself with 2 boys, I can only imagine what this family is going through. My heart, prayers and thoughts go out to them today. Chapman family, draw near to God and He will draw near to you (James 4:8).
Click here to read more about the Chapman's ministry, Shaohannah's Hope.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Krissy Nordhoff - GMA Week Performance
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