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I just caught the tail end of this discussion (as I was spending most of my time with Mr. Pope), but what I did hear was interesting.
Several A&R people were talking about the lack of successful catalog sales in any market other than rock -- urban has virtually none whatsoever. The reps were saying that very few artists ever make it to Diamond status, and those that do tend to be rockers from the 70's.
And, as a random aside, the A&R rep for A Simple Plan said that their forthcoming album will be released on the hybrid CD/DVD format. It's part of Atlantic's testing of the waters to see what the consumers are going to do.
Posted by Casper at October 16, 2004 03:09 PM