really? 13,000 copies of Paris Hilton’s CD were sold? How many do you think she bought herself? I wonder how many used copies are floating around?

Yes, I think Madonna should drive her own tour bus

the pendulum swings both ways. we are stuck in the 50s. only singles are selling, and no new star is sticking around more than 5 years.

we need another british invasion, or a grunge movement.

When music gets better, the people will buy it. the industry itself is the problem.

Stop cranking out soul-free noise.

Sell me some music.

While this is all very interesting, i find it disturbing that there’s no mention of Brent Liles, Social Distortion’s former bassist, who was recently hit and killed by a truck whilst riding his bike.

sorry to interupt, back to Madonna and her bus or whatever the hell that story was about.

“i find it disturbing that there’s no mention of Brent Liles, Social Distortion’s former bassist, who was recently hit and killed by a truck whilst riding his bike.”

A bike? Wow, labels really are cutting back.

In better times, he would’ve gone out in style, coked-up in the back of a limo.

For shame, music industry, for shame.

I believe maddona has enough money of her own that driving a tour bus is not in her future perhaps her own plane but bus no. Besides she still selling out her tours as are many of the older acts. What they’re taking about is new pop stars such as christina who are having trouble selling their tours which is where most of the money’s made.

when i become famous i will drive a
small psychedelic painted van around
christened freak machine.
let all the rock star goddesses become gold diggers and get their tour money off of old aristocrats.

This is one of those great moments in history. Divas suck,
lollapalooza is back!!

Billboard.com just beat you guys to the official announcement of the Van Halen reunion…you guys are always behind

thats good to hear…that means that Guns N Roses “chinese democracy” will be the most expensive record ever made…forever

Not one to promote, but the time for one to tell another about something that’s real and promising has come, since real artists are sweating it out themselves to get their music heard. This is one of them. I’ve seen Kirsten DeHaan perform several times in NYC Clubs and she’s unreal. Just check it out at http://www.kirstendehaan.com

the diva phenomenon created an unecessary ‘fuck you i’m the center of the universe’ bitch syndrome much like the lead singer disease (LSD) suffered by the cock rock singers of the 1970s and 80s (courtney love was a 1990s female cock-rocker of sorts)…

I think that it’s good because maybe it will make them just a little more normal and not so stuck up in the clouds and forget what real life is all about.

problem: no one should’ve signed paris hilton in the first place. warner totally deserved the financial hit for that.

Then they would make better music than what is out there today…. crap, nothing with any true emotion and substance.

Perhaps after eating out of *gasp* sack lunches, record execs should realise that music as marketing gets tiresome to the public after a while.
It seems to me that the major labels sign crap acts solely for making a quick buck.
A good amount of competent musicans tend to go to independant labels, or simply post their music on sites like myspace.

unfortunately, those facts are wrong about paris hilton’s album sales. those might just be for the UK itself. there are far for than 13,000 impressionable young teenage girls world wide who bought that album.

madonna is way to stuck to stoop to the level of the middle/working class and drive her own bus

paris hilton sold around 150,000 in the US. that’s what slayer’s last cd sold.

love it.

Madonna is musical decadence at its best. She means nothing musically speaking. Her life is a neverending suite of manufactured scandals. She should “go out in style” now. Maybe on a neon crucifix or something. Let’s hope she’s never heard of again. Sweet dreams.

madonna is a legend..admit it guys…people will buy her cds

Call me crazy, but how about record label actually signing artists with talent. They got what they deserved for signing Paris Hilton to a deal

Yet another example of the “suits” learning the wrong lesson. ‘Lost’ is successful? Let’s all make crappy sci-fi shows that last half a season!! Nobody’s buying albums? It’s Napster’s fault, lets sue 12 year olds and their grandmas!!

I buy tons of CDs. Just not the crap they want us to buy.

Find some truly talented musicians (oh and stop sue-ing little kids) and we’ll start buying again.

As an example of a CD thou shouldst buy; Solesides Greatest Bumps, it’s a compilation of DJ Shadow’s Quannum crew’s finest moments from the 90s. Otstanding and totally worth buying

fuck divas

Don’t worry. Madonna will drive her tour bus if necessary.
And I wish the record companies would search for new talents and surprise me like Justine Electra with “Soft Rock” did, ever heard of the label “city slang” ? thanks- that you folks exists.

just one thing
american “pop” music..sucks..most of it…just a few acts stand out for me..
just one example..how the janets label alowd the release of her last cd…what she is moaning on that songs..so crap..please…and the cover horrible….that Font style what was that..please janet u could do more better..more pop and less rnb/hip hop..and example the biggest single from Bday its “irreplacable” because its more pop and live instruments…and rnb to..!!all the new rnb/hip hop acts sound the same (some are good lupe fiasco a good example of quality).
nothing more to say

Mariah and Madonna need to be made to sweep the floor like in the good ‘ol days. Bloody wannabe posh whores.

Madonna means something musically: that’s why she continues to sell millions of records. I used to think her music was mediocre, but compared to what’s out there today, she’s a “musical genious.”

I think janet is great and her album is great too. As far as Madonna. She’s a baby stealer and not a pop diva. Although, I do like her last album, she caters only to the queer audience. Because everyone else is tired of her. Take that Pedro!

haha. that’s more than kevin federline sold…..what a bunch of losers pop stars are. they’re no more talented, and certainly no smarter than you or I, yet they are idolized and immortalized by LEGIONS. what a sad state music is in.

I agree, Singles are selling better, We are back to the days of bands having 1 good song, and the rest of the cd sucks.. I would rather spend 99 cents for the single than buy 9 crappy songs to get to the one good one,, Go Napster!!
http://www.myspace.com/omada is a good band, I wanna see them open for Godsmack!!

To Nola,
Madonna may cater to a “queer” audience but at least her record sold. I don’t know who Janet Jackson caters to but they didn’t buy her cd. Janet tanked. Madonna did not. Madonna played to sell out audiences worldwide. Janet Jackson will just get fat again after her tour.

y’know…if the industry mainstreamers actually put out something worth listening to, then the record execs wouldn’t be complaining about poor record sales.
let me mention the muisc buyers, too. if they chose substance over style, the music industry wouldn’t cater ‘fast food junk’ music.
yes, this is america. we pioneered the arena rock shows. there are still fans out there you haven’t completely alienated. get back to the goods for a change.

er yeah, it’s 13,000 in the UK dorks… since that’s the country the article is actually about

a janet fan saying madonna caters to queers.. what sense is that haha.. actually ‘hung up’ was the first madonna song since ‘beautiful stranger’ i’ve seen tons of straight blokes singing in their spare time.. despite the pink leotards she was more hetero this time around

Cult of the diva is only part of the problem. The suits want us to buy into anything they throw out there and have so for years. Ever since American Bandstand the boys & girls in the back room have tried to alter the general direction of music towards safe, easy $ machines. They’ve managed to get close but they’ll never really do it. Too many people will revolt against it like now. This extension of the tunnel was long, but trust me, we’re nearing the end of it.

I think she should pull a Ken Kesey: gather all her friends into a bus painted a bunch of funky colors, drive across country, drop some acid, and learn to stop wanting so damn much.

Who cares about divas? Seriously. Music sucks so much now that they get what they deserve. I dont see what the big deal is?