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Post by funkpunkandroll on Feb 25, 2015 21:41:08 GMT -5
I don't know. It depends. I kinda don't think much would change if they decided on Monday. I think more people would shop for music on Friday but hey, who are we to judge? Whatever happens happens, I guess.
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Post by Glove Slap on Feb 26, 2015 8:57:47 GMT -5
Friday it is. Industry Sets Friday as Global Record Release Day ARTICLESBUSINESSLEGAL AND MANAGEMENT By Andrew Flanagan | February 26, 2015 8:42 AM EST After seven months of semi-public back-and-forth, a conversation begun in party by Aussie piracy and Beyonce's surprise release in December of 2013 has resulted in the global recording industry accepting Friday as the release date for new albums. As reported in August, the shift will take place this summer. According to a statement from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents labels worldwide, a study found that a majority of consumers who bother to care which day new music comes out prefer to hear it on Fridays and Saturdays. "Music fans live in the digital world of today," wrote IFPI head Frances Moore. "Their love for new music doesn't recognise national borders. They want music when it's available on the internet -- not when it's ready to be released in their country. An aligned global release day puts an end to the frustration of not being able to access releases in their country when the music is available in another country." The proposal wasn't met with hosannas from every corner of the industry, however. While most agreed that a globally agreed-upon day for new music was best, there was some consternation over the choice of Friday. "The only justification for a Friday release date would be if it resulted in a net increase in sales," Entertainment Retailers Association Kim Bayley said. (Sales weren't central to the IFPI's justifications for the move, though combating piracy could be considered the same thing.) Just this week, Beggars Group chairman Martin Mills said: "I fear this move will also lead to a market in which the mainstream dominates, and the niche, which can be tomorrow's mainstream, is further marginalized. I fear it will further cement the dominance of the few -- and that is exactly what it is intended to do." The Department of Record Stores, an affiliation of independent record stores in the U.S. and Canada -- had proposed the world adopt the current U.S. release day, Tuesday, arguing that easing the transition for the top two music markets in the world (North America and the U.K.) would save costs for smaller operators in the business. Regardless of the opposition, Friday it is. A press release of quotes in support of the change from a long list of industry leaders -- RIAA head Cary Sherman, Concord president and CEO Glen Barros, outspoken Orchard founder Scott Cohen, Rdio CEO Anthony Bay and representatives from Sweden, Spain, Italy, Australia, Germany and France's trade bodies -- clearly shows there's little room to turn this car around. www.billboard.com/articles/business/6487289/friday-global-record-release-day-ifpi
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 26, 2015 9:24:11 GMT -5
Will the US follow this? www.ifpi.org/news/Global-release-day-announced Global release day to go ahead following international consultation26th February 2015 Following consultation with artists, musicians unions, record companies and retailers, it was confirmed today that the release day for new music will be aligned internationally on a Friday. Release days currently vary from one country to another, causing frustration for consumers when music fans in other parts of the world can access new releases before them. As well as helping music fans, the move will benefit artists who want to harness social media to promote their new music. It also creates the opportunity to re-ignite excitement and a sense of occasion around the release of new music. The move to an aligned global release day will also reduce the risk of piracy by narrowing the gap between release days in different countries. Retailers internationally are committed to working with the labels and artist communities to ensure the successful implementation of the move to Friday. From summer 2015, new albums and singles will be released at 00:01 local time on Fridays. Music consumers everywhere will know to look for new releases on Fridays regardless of where they are. Consumer research by TNS across seven markets shows Friday and Saturday as the most preferred days for new music release among consumers who expressed an opinion. More than two thirds of those with a preference (68%) chose Friday or Saturday. The move to a global release day follows several months of discussions between group representing retailers, record companies, artists and musicians unions. The global release day consultation has included: IFPI, representing some 1300 record labels worldwide; FIM, representing musicians’ unions and associations globally Featured Artists Coalition representing UK performers; Leading retailers and representative organisations, including Australian Music Retailers Association (AMRA), E.Leclerc, El Corte Inglés, Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (UK), HMV, Italian Association of Specialist Consumer Electronics Retailers (AIRES), Media-Saturn, Music Business Association (Music Biz US), Mondadori Retail, the Orchard, Rdio, Spotify, Napster.
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Post by kmbgs on Feb 26, 2015 11:17:00 GMT -5
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Post by funkpunkandroll on Feb 26, 2015 12:51:10 GMT -5
Dude from the RIAA said he was okay with it but I don't know if the U.S. will make that change... this is gonna be interesting.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 27, 2015 9:55:54 GMT -5
Target not mad: hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=294851 REPORTS OFF-TARGET, SAYS TARGETIt now appears that Target’s proverbial knickers are not in a twist about the adoption of a worldwide Friday release date. Digital Music News quotes an unnamed spokesperson from the retailer as stating that "Target completely supports the music industry’s efforts to fight piracy, and we are aligned on having one global release date. Target has absolutely no plans to stop selling music in our stores or on Target.com. “Music has long been an important part of Target’s brand,” the statement continues, “and we have a history of collaborating with world-class musicians across a variety of genres. A recent example of this is our collaboration with Imagine Dragons. Through this partnership, Target brought music fans #moremusic by delivering a live performance during a commercial break of this year’s Grammy Awards. In addition, Target is the only place music fans can get their hands on four bonus tracks from the band’s new album, Smoke + Mirrors. Previous partnerships with artists including Justin Timberlake, Shakira, Taylor Swift and Coldplay have resulted in unparalleled experiences and access to these artists—and there will be more to come.”
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 27, 2015 10:01:04 GMT -5
www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/6487336/billboards-charts-department-responds-to-new-global-street Billboard's Charts Department Responds to New Global Street DateBy Ed Christman | February 26, 2015 4:00 PM EST Now that the major record labels have officially announced that they are moving to a Friday release day, the time for debating the logistics behind what the move could entail is over -- it's time to make some decisions. With the move to a Friday street date, the IFPI and the RIAA expect the Billboard charts, powered by Nielsen Music, and the U.K charts, produced by the Official Charts Company, to change their reporting dates in order to accommodate the move. As it is now in the U.S., the chart-eligible sales week runs from Monday through Sunday at midnight, with most retailers electronically transmitting their sales data feeds from the Sunday/Monday overnight through early Tuesday. Nielsen Music and Billboard then process and review the data for an early Wednesday release of sales charts on Nielsen's client platforms and a Thursday morning release of all charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, on billboard.com. So in the U.S. the questions become: Will the seven-day chart week now end on Wednesday night or Thursday night? And how will that shift affect the official chart release dates for Nielsen and Billboard? "The announcement today by the IFPI is not a surprise and is something that Billboard has been discussing with Nielsen Music and industry leaders for months in relation to how a Friday global release date will affect chart processing," says Silvio Pietroluongo, Billboard's vp of Charts and Data Development. "We will make an informed decision on these matters in the coming months, well in advance of the release date shift." "We have been working with Billboard and key industry players for some time on this important initiative and will continue to provide the most timely, accurate and complete measurement of music consumption," said David Bakula, svp of Industry Insights for Nielsen Entertainment. Across the pond, the Official Charts Company told The Guardian that the "exact details [of its adoption of the new release day] are to be decided." "Radio 1 said it had nothing further to add to the Official Charts Company statement. Insiders indicated that a decision had yet to be made on whether the show would move or remain in its current timeslot."
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Post by funkpunkandroll on Feb 27, 2015 14:27:19 GMT -5
That's good news from Target because they were gonna lose HALF its consumers if that was to happen. They JUST did promo with Imagine Dragons and the Taylor deal paid off...
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Post by Au$tin on Mar 1, 2015 0:50:39 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't see this affecting literally anything except Billboard's charts.
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Post by swim on Mar 1, 2015 13:23:03 GMT -5
Can't Billboard just readjust their tracking week? They already took the leap to count streams and downloads. If they changed that, their shouldn't be a problem in changing their weekly schedule. If the tracking week changes I could see it benefitting first week numbers. I think a Friday debut would fit nicely with promo schedules and the fact that people are more likely to shop on the weekend.
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Post by Kurt on Mar 27, 2015 12:51:18 GMT -5
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Post by Libra on Mar 27, 2015 16:06:29 GMT -5
What the hell changed?? It's like there was a fair amount of opposition to this, and now suddenly here's this collective about-face. Awfully convenient if you ask me...
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Mar 27, 2015 18:07:28 GMT -5
^$$$$$
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Post by ry4n on Mar 27, 2015 18:18:43 GMT -5
The UK official charts company recently announced they're changing their tracking week (from its current Sunday to Saturday schedule to a Friday to Thursday one) this July to accommodate for this.
Wonder what Billboard will do.
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Post by Libra on Mar 27, 2015 18:22:53 GMT -5
^$$$$$ less worldwide leaks = more money Weren't many in the industry singing the opposite tune months ago?
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Mar 27, 2015 19:17:19 GMT -5
^Yes, but it has all changed now.
We'll see what SoundScan and Billboard does with their tracking week.
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Mar 28, 2015 9:50:38 GMT -5
The UK official charts company recently announced they're changing their tracking week (from its current Sunday to Saturday schedule to a Friday to Thursday one) this July to accommodate for this. Wonder what Billboard will do. I'm certain they will follow - it's the only thing that makes sense. Otherwise, new releases only get three days, etc. Billboard's charts are still industry driven. It won't be hard to make the shift. I think you'll see an absence of major releases during the immediate week before. Though I could see Billboard having one week actually covering data from parts of two. This is no big deal. It's funny that consumers overwhelming chose weekend days. It's not a big deal with digital platforms being so huge.
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Post by Gary on Mar 28, 2015 13:57:26 GMT -5
This is not a big deal from a tracking week perspective. They have adapted to changes in the industry before and will again. The only question for me. Does it occur in December at the end of the chart year or in July..
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Post by Au$tin on Mar 28, 2015 15:10:34 GMT -5
This is not a big deal from a tracking week perspective. They have adapted to changes in the industry before and will again. The only question for me. Does it occur in December at the end of the chart year or in July.. It wouldn't make sense to do it at any time other than July. My concern is what is going to come of the weeks before and after the change in implemented. Will there be a week in which the tracking period is longer than normal or shorter than normal?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2015 19:46:36 GMT -5
This is not a big deal from a tracking week perspective. They have adapted to changes in the industry before and will again. The only question for me. Does it occur in December at the end of the chart year or in July.. It wouldn't make sense to do it at any time other than July. My concern is what is going to come of the weeks before and after the change in implemented. Will there be a week in which the tracking period is longer than normal or shorter than normal? The most logical thing IMO would be to either have one week where there is an 'overlap' - a chart for July 6-12, and a chart for July 10-16 - or to have a few days that simply don't get covered in a week's calculation - a chart for June 28-July 5 and the next chart being July 10-16. The industry has time to prep (i.e. avoid releasing anything during this time) and summer is usually dead for big releases anyway, so there should be minimal damage. ( Should being the operative word, though - literally the only way Billboard can screw this up is by waiting one or more months to make the switch and somehow finding a way to screw someone out of a #1 album with their timing, but this generation of Billboard honchos seem to enjoy finding ways to muck up the simplest things.)
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Post by Gary on Mar 28, 2015 20:18:16 GMT -5
Either way, there will be a gap over an overlap, and only just once. Or they could simply do nothing. The charts have had a week ending date of Saturday for decades.
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Mar 28, 2015 20:45:52 GMT -5
Either way, there will be a gap over an overlap, and only just once. Or they could simply do nothing. The charts have had a week ending date of Saturday for decades. Which had to do with publishing and being on newsstands (the week after so that the issue was always 'fresh'). Perhaps Billboard will now adopt chart date that actually match tracking week. I imagine they will have an overlap week for 'chart' purposes.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jun 11, 2015 13:18:20 GMT -5
New website: newmusicfridays.com/and... medium.com/@riaa/friday-july-10th-is-a-new-day-for-music-fans-16614faf9a9Friday July 10th Is A New Day For Music FansBy Cary Sherman For as long as any of us can remember, new music was released in the United States on Tuesdays. The various rationales for that particular day of the week may have made sense a generation ago, but that was for a different music marketplace that looks nothing like the one we occupy today. Fast forward to 2015 and it’s a brave new world, with numerous challenges and untold opportunity. Physical formats like CDs and vinyl still retain devout fans. All while an exciting array of digital services — downloads, audio and video streaming, Internet radio, music loaded onto your mobile phone, on and on — have become the primary ways that fans consume music. This has all happened at a breathtaking pace, driven by changes in technology platforms and how fans now listen to their favorite artists. Like so much of modern life, the borders between countries have broken down with the advent of the Internet. Marketing buzz generated by the labels we represent — and the ensuing appetite it builds for today’s artists — does not stop at national borders. Music has become more global than ever, and fans eagerly discover, share and inform their friends and followers of their favorite artists through a variety of social media platforms. Fans demand instant access to their favorite artists and newly discovered songs. As my colleague Frances Moore at IFPI put it: In today’s connected world, it simply makes no sense that an album could be released in Australia on a Friday, but not be available in the UK until the following Monday, or in the US until the subsequent Tuesday. We can’t do business and serve fans based on a decades-old distribution system. We have to rethink everything. That includes when music is released. Starting July 10th, new music will be released on Fridays in 45 countries throughout the world. The beginning of the weekend is fans’ favorite time of the week and we hope to tap into that excitement with new music. On top of that, consumer research across multiple markets, including the United States, shows Fridays and Saturdays as the most preferred days for new music releases. With this change, the objective is to better leverage weekend foot traffic in retail outlets and harness the growing buzz behind a new album or song that builds across national markets. Change is never easy. There will be challenges that we need to work through. We have worked collaboratively and constructively on this initiative with a wide array of industry partners and will continue to do so. Fans will find a variety of new music releases at physical and digital retail outlets on July 10th. A sampling: Hunter Hunted, Kidz Bop 29, NINA REVISITED: A Tribute To Nina Simone, Owl City, R5, Tyrese and Years and Years. There will be #newmusicFridays branding and online buzz generated by individual artists and labels with releases coming out. In addition, a new website was launched this morning — www.newmusicfridays.com — for consumers looking for information on the switch to a Friday release day. As the summer progresses and we build into fall and the busy holiday season, the growing slate of additional releases in stores and online should give fans even more reason for excitement. This is only the start. Beginning Friday July 10th, it’s a new day for music fans.
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Post by Verisimilitude on Jun 11, 2015 13:29:12 GMT -5
Wonder what this means for promo. Saturday Night Live is going to be an even more coveted spot to perform, I imagine.
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Post by Kurt on Jun 11, 2015 13:36:33 GMT -5
I guess I expected them to try for bigger names to accompany this move - it seems weird that this is probably going to launch with Kidz Bop at #1 (Years & Years probably isn't big enough here, no?), barring any surprises.
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Post by Spidey on Jun 11, 2015 15:20:43 GMT -5
I guess I expected them to try for bigger names to accompany this move - it seems weird that this is probably going to launch with Kidz Bop at #1 (Years & Years probably isn't big enough here, no?), barring any surprises. Maybe bigger names are waiting to see what Billboard does with its tracking week? July never really seems to have that many big releases either, at least from what I can recall in recent years.
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Jun 12, 2015 7:27:29 GMT -5
Black Friday should be interesting for releases this year
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Post by Libra on Jun 24, 2015 14:09:33 GMT -5
www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6605842/billboard-alter-chart-tracking-week-global-release-dateBillboard to Alter Chart Tracking Week for Global Release DateAs album releases shift to Fridays beginning July 10, Billboard's chart tracking week will change accordingly, along with chart and story postings on Billboard.com.In response to the IFPI's global release date announcement, Billboard and Nielsen Music will adjust the tracking weeks for most Billboard charts. Concurrently, Billboard's rankings, including the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100, and associated analytical stories, will shift their posting dates on Billboard.com. Starting July 10, the official street date for all new album releases will be Friday (instead of the current Tuesday) in the United States. For all sales-based charts (ranking both albums and tracks), Billboard and Nielsen will change the chart reporting period to cover the first seven days of an album's release. This will result in an adjusted sales period of Friday to Thursday, as opposed to the Monday to Sunday cycle that has been utilized since the advent of Nielsen Music's point-of-sales tracking in 1991. Streaming services will now also be tracked from Friday to Thursday for the charts that incorporate that data.(The final charts utilizing sales data from a Monday to Sunday cycle (June 29 through July 5) will post on Billboard.com on Thursday, July 9, and will be dated July 18. To account for sales in the in-between days during the transition week to a Friday to Thursday schedule, Nielsen Music will process data incorporating an 11-day cycle [Monday, June 29, through Thursday, July 9]. That 11-day period will inform the Billboard charts that will post on Billboard.com on Tuesday, July 14, and be dated July 25. The pure sales data from the 11-day stretch will be the only data stored historically when accounting for all-time sales according to Nielsen Music; thus, there will be no double-counting, per se, of sales in Nielsen Music's tracking system for this period in its archived database.) Here's a more detailed look at what elements will shift, both for industry insiders and chart-watchers worldwide alike. BILLBOARD 200 & ALL SALES, STREAMING CHARTSAll surveys ranking album sales, digital song sales and streams will run on a Friday to Thursday cycle. That covers the all-format Billboard 200 and Top Albums Sales album charts, genre-based album charts, Digital Songs and genre-based download charts and Streaming Songs and genre-focused streaming surveys. BILLBOARD HOT 100 & GENRE HYBRID SONGS, AIRPLAY CHARTSAll radio charts, including the all-format Radio Songs chart and genre tallies, will run on a Monday to Sunday cycle. Notably, Radio Songs, which informs the Hot 100, will synch up to that Monday to Sunday period after formerly encompassing each Wednesday to Tuesday. The Hot 100 and all other "Hot"-monikered genre songs charts (for country, R&B/Hip-Hop, R&B, Rap, rock, dance, Latin, Christian and gospel) utilizing the Hot 100's sales/streaming/airplay hybrid formula will now incorporate the following tracking schedule for their components: SALES: Friday to Thursday STREAMS: Friday to Thursday AIRPLAY: Monday to Sunday Why is airplay on its own cycle apart from sales and streaming? Monitored radio data from Nielsen Music is readily available on a real-time basis, as opposed to sales and streaming data, which filters in from numerous data providers over multiple days. So, by incorporating the latest available airplay data, the Hot 100 will remain as up-to-date as possible each week. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TIMING OF NEW WEEKLY CHARTSWhat does all this mean for Billboard.com readers?The shift in the sales tracking week related to the new global release date will result in adjustments to when our charts, and charts-based editorial content, will be finalized and presented on Billboard.com. All charts will be refreshed each Tuesday morning on Billboard.com starting July 14 (as opposed to the current Thursday). As has historically been the case, Billboard's charts are post-dated to the second Saturday following online posting (now 11 days later). So, charts that go live on Tuesday, July 14, will be dated July 25. Leading up to that weekly Tuesday charts reveal, you can look forward to Keith Caulfield's Billboard 200 coverage on Billboard.com, which will include a projected top 10 albums chart story on Friday evenings, followed by a finalized top 10 review on Saturday once Nielsen Music has concluded its processing. Gary Trust, meanwhile, will run down the Hot 100's top 10 (and more) each Monday afternoon, complemented by our exclusive YouTube video countdown of the week's biggest hits. And, you'll be able to find out the Hot 100's top 10 moments before Trust's Billboard.com posting by catching William Gruger and Emily White's preview on Periscope. (Check billboard on Twitter each Monday, starting July 13, for exact details on when they'll broadcast.) In all, the changes above reflect Billboard's continued adaptability to changes in the music and entertainment industry, a hallmark of Billboard's commitment to the highest quality of reporting that's defined the brand for more than 120 years.
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Post by DJ General on Jun 24, 2015 14:30:49 GMT -5
So is June 30 the final Tuesday date? OR will things still be released on July 7th (tuesday) and then July 10th?
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Post by Libra on Jun 24, 2015 14:35:23 GMT -5
So is June 30 the final Tuesday date? OR will things still be released on July 7th (tuesday) and then July 10th? My guess is June 30 is the final "major" Tuesday release date; this upcoming album release listing shows a full slate for the 30th and only one album for the 7th.
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