Why I Should Run the Music Industry
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The music industry shot itself in the foot when it phased out the single. As a kid, buying singles got me excited about purchasing music. But this generation of kids haven't been trained to go to the music store to buy the latest release on a regular basis. Maybe they go twice a year to buy a full-length CD-- but singles brought kids into the store every week!
Anyway, here's further proof that if you sell it, people will come: According to HITS magazine, the new single from "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken is on track to sell as many as 300,000 copies this week-- with "Idol" winner Ruben Studdard's single (250,000) close behind. The #1 single in the nation usually sells only about 5,000 copies a week, HITS notes.
(It also proves that the American public has horrible taste in music, but that's another post altogether.)
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