Billboard’s Bill Werde on the new album
From marketplace.publicradio.org:
etween Madonna’s send-off album with Warner Brothers, a buzz around U2’s upcoming release and the return of Usher, the music industry is hoping for a good year. Doug Krizner talks to Billboard’s Bill Werde.
Doug Krizner: The music business has been in a funk, as sales continue to drop. In 2007, the top-selling album was a Christmas project, second-best was a soundtrack to a teen-themed Disney movie.
Well, there’s a wealth of highly anticipated releases in the new year. Let’s get a preview now from Bill Werde of the trade magazine Billboard. Bill, among the super-stars, a new album coming from Madonna, right? Her last with Warner Brothers?
Bill Werde: I think there’s going to be probably more curiosity about this Madonna record than there has been in a Madonna record in a long time, if only to see sort of what her send-off is from Warner Brothers. You know, Madonna did sign this deal with Live Nation, and it got quite a bit of attention as an industry-changing deal, where she basically left her record label and signed with a tour-promotion company that’s looking to get into the record business.
Source: Marketplace
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