A brand new Madonna special has been shown on Italian TV. It features a new interview (with subtitles) and some footage from her MDNA tour. You can watch the special here or download it here.
In other news, "Turn Up The Radio" will be released in the UK on August 5th. I wonder how Polydor will screw this one up, after the fiasco of her last two single releases - it seems to be already starting, since the single was supposed to come out in July to begin with...
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You really have to explain to me what is wrong with the labels these days, because I am totally confused with their practise. How hard is it to release a single when they have been doing that the past century for a living? Why can't they just follow the standard procedures? It looks like EMI will also screw up PSB. 1 month between digital and physical release? Why can't they release both formats in the same day? I'm dying for some explanation. Please solve the mystery for me. Please, please, please....
Well, the thing is that a lot of newer artists that are mostly popular with teens don't really sell physicals at all (most of them don't release any). But artists like Madonna and PSB, who have been around for a long time and people have been collection releases from for decades still sell very well on physicals. The record companies don't seem to get the difference - that they need to focus on the physical releases for these kind of artists. Here is a post I wrote last month about the issue:
http://barbarellasgalaxy.blogspot.com/2012/06/rise-and-fall.html
Of course there are some newer artists as well that do sell well on physicals (Lady Gaga for example), but it has become so difficult to actually get these physical releases! For example, the latest single from Kylie Minogue can only be bought through her website - and it is not out until mid july, although the song has been out for more then a month. There wasn't even supposed to be a CD single, until the fans got so loud that they decided to release a limited one.
Do check out link above and let me know your thoughts :)
Yes, I've read your post from last month, 'cos I'm a regular reader of your blog :)
And I do agree that most kids only download songs. I've read somewhere (in Billboard or NME) that in the top 10 songs/singles of 2012 so far, 9 out of the 10 songs are download only. So, I guess it is becoming standard practise for the labels to release songs this way.
But the thing is: if they still bother to release the single in CD format, why don't they release it together with the download on the same date? In this way, at least the song can achieve a higher position in the charts with the combined sales. And chart position is just another form of marketing. I think their marketing ppl r just too lazy these days to use different strategies for different artists. But on the other hand, you can't totally blame them; they r not the label they used to be anymore (e.g. EMI)
I guess the demise of CD is just inevitable.... Sad...
Glad you seem to like my blog - thanks for reading :)
I agree 100% - of course the CD single should be out on the same day as the digital is made available, especially for artists like Madonna and PSB that have a longterm and very loyal fanbase. I think that only the actual song ("Winner") has been made available though as of now, no remixes or b-sides.
And speaking of PSB: releasing the CD singles for "Together" AFTER the release of "Ultimate"? WTF?
The thing is though, that most stores don't even stock CD singles anymore so most of the time the only way to get them is online. For example, I have been trying to get the remixes single of Madonna's "Girl Gone Wild" for weeks now. I finally got myself a copy yesterday - on e-bay, and from Spain! When it is so hard for people to actually GET the CD releases, it is no wonder that sales suffer. However, people still buy them - for example, the limited edition of the new Kylie CD single, only available through her official website, sold out before it was even released. Hopefully this sends a message to her management that they NEED to release her singles on physical formats.
I hope that the labels will start to understand that when they are dealing with releases from established artists that became popular long before the digital age, they need to try a different approach. Time will tell - but just looking at the huge vinyl comeback of the last couple of years, I don't think that the CD format will ever die...
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