Music Industry

"Cadillac Records" "Cadillac Records"

As Etta James, Beyoncé Knowles gives one of the year's best performances in this ensemble film about the legendary artists of a Chicago music label.
  • Let's get Michael Jackson to tour the U.S.!

    We can't afford to go to London to see the creator of "Thriller." How can we persuade him to tour here?
  • Should I play this cruise ship gig -- with my anxiety and depression?

    I'd love to go, but it's a nine-month contract and I'm afraid I'll want to jump overboard.
  • Rock vs. jazz

    For just the second time in 50 years, the top award at the Grammys went to a jazz album. Do the two genres have anything to say to each other?
  • Midlife crisis: I could have been a singer!

    I'm a mom with a 1-year-old and my life is passing before my eyes.
  • Music industry slain by Internet: YouTube clip at 11

    More bad news for CD sales. Meanwhile, our access to Cambodian pop/surf guitar psychedelia is greater than ever before.
  • From Russia, with no love for copyright

    Cold War over: Allofmp3.com drops the bomb on the international music industry.
  • Pass the mike

    Def Jam went from a dorm room to a music empire. Its famous founders are gone -- is the label still good?
  • King baby

    Walter Yetnikoff talks about running CBS Records in the '70s, Michael Jackson's strange habits -- and Janet Jackson's breasts.
  • Is pay-for-play finally finished?

    Congress has the music industry's modern-day payola scandal in its sights. But will that help the dying record biz save itself?
  • Will Congress tackle pay-for-play?

    Radio-station owners are shocked -- shocked!-- as the music industry's payola scandal widens. Record-label execs aren't buying it (and neither should you).
  • Napster's wake

    The company that launched a thousand rips may be dead, but the movement it launched continues to thrive -- and to make a mockery of the music industry's pathetic online offerings.
  • Music industry in the pits!

    Record sales are down, no one's seeing concerts, no one's advertising on radio and the stars are revolting!
  • Courtney Love's big Sacramento adventure

    The singer and actress takes her campaign against the record industry to the California Legislature.
  • What's wrong with the rock 'n' roll biz, you ask?

    People are treated like ATM machines, that's what! Readers sound off on the music industry's woes.
  • What's wrong with the music biz?

    Napster's out of the picture, but for the first time in a decade, album sales are down -- and ticket sales are sagging too.
  • Fighting pay-for-play

    Sources in the music industry call for a federal clampdown on the new payola.
  • Pay for play

    Why does radio suck? Because most stations play only the songs the record companies pay them to. And things are going to get worse.
  • Where the boy bands aren't

    The Backstreet Boys' new album is a relative flop. Is the teen pop era over?
  • Ian MacKaye

    After 20 years, the Fugazi frontman and co-owner of Dischord Records is still a punk and a prince.
  • In defense of (Napster) collusion

    Music consumers will benefit if Bertelsmann can convince the major record labels to conspire.
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