I think albums (at least digital) should be sold for this price everywhere including itunes. artist don't make money from record sales anyway. but this way they will get more sales which means more fans, more ticket sales etc.
I agree although 99 cents for an album is too cheap. Its ridiculous how itunes is basically monopolizing the MP3 market and charging 1.29 for a 3 minute song.
This whole thing is just hilarious now. I wonder how much money she had to pay to make up for the losses OR if Amazon is just taking advantage of a 'big' release. I'd say it's a 60/40 effort.
But still, so hilarious.
What's more hilarious is that she'll double Britney Spears' (the legend) Femme Fatale total sales in one week.
I think albums (at least digital) should be sold for this price everywhere including itunes. artist don't make money from record sales anyway. but this way they will get more sales which means more fans, more ticket sales etc.
this. especially because digital albums don't really cost the label anything to produce compared to a physical copy, so they're not really losing money
This whole thing is just hilarious now. I wonder how much money she had to pay to make up for the losses OR if Amazon is just taking advantage of a 'big' release. I'd say it's a 60/40 effort.
This probably won't have a huge effect on sales. Taylor had a deal like this for a whole week. Regardless, her first day #s should be huge. I'm thinking maybe 160-200k. Maybe more.
"Born This Way" for only one dollar?
The shade writes itself.
...Vin
Too bad the label isn't involved. Too bad Amazon is losing money to do this. Too bad the sales are still sales and will still get counted. Too bad Amazon sells a lot of albums for 99 cents.