Brit R&B star Estelle will be cursing her record label Warner for its anti-Apple stance.
Deciding that she was better off selling physical CDs than individual digital download tracks, Warner yanked her off the US iTunes music store.
This policy had worked for Kid Rock, and acts such as AC/DC and The Beatles have outperformed iTunes bands such as The Rolling Stones.
However, the week after she was removed from iTunes, Estelle has plummeted down the US charts into obscurity.
Her smash hit ‘American Boy’ featuring Kanye West went from number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 to number 37. Her album ‘Shine’ also plunged - falling over 100 places in the US album chart to 159.
Worse still, an opportunistic band called Studio All-Stars released a cover version on iTunes US, and appears at number 43 on the download chart.
With Estelle’s songs still on the UK iTunes a cynic might suggest that her US record label is experimenting with a limey musician before removing home-grown talent from the country’s number-one music retailer…
Comments
Torrent Boy said: Quite good Peter the bit about if they like it they go and buy itWhat would Judge Judy conclude
Peter Reime said: Haha I personally have no problem paying about 5 for an album download I like or 7 for one of them old fashioned shiny disc things Other than that the record companies will just have to accept the fact that filesharing is basically like radio - people listen to it for free and if they like it they go and buy it
Torrent Boy said: Sorry Peter but you do sound like old school with money to throw away on what million of users now call freeware
Peter Reime said: Try www7digitalcom artists estelle american-boy 79p for a 256k MP3 file - try that I-tunes
Peter Reime said: Try www7digitalcom artists estelle american-boy 79p for a 256k MP3 file - try that I-tunes
Peter Reime said: Good on Warner never thought I would ever utter those words - I cant stand I-tunes - a retailer locked into a specific playback device Ever since I found 7digital I havent used my I tunes account once 7Digital have a LOT more DRM free tunes at better prices in higher quality and multiple formats add to that their download locker where you can call up and re-download every song you have purchased This shop runs rings around the apple rubbish
Sean - www.seanward.net said: what is with these suits People love iTunes so why do the suits want to try to train them off of it give the people what they want First rule of marketing Jeez