Love, others may follow Radiohead's no-label lead
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Rock band Radiohead's decision to  release its new album "In Rainbows" by itself -- online,  without a record label's help and at any price the user chose  -- rocked the industry last fall.
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In a slow week for the Billboard chart, Alicia Keys reached No. 2 with 112,000 sales of âAs I Amâ (J); Mary J. Blige moved 89,000 of âGrowing Painsâ (Geffen) to reach No. 3; âNow Thatâs What I Call Music!â Vol. 26 is at No. 4 with 54,000; and the 18-year-old country singer Taylor Swift rose three spots to No. 5, though sales of her self-titled album, on the Big Machine label, dropped 39 percent last week to 47,000, Nielsen SoundScan reported. Radiohead reached No. 1 with the conventional release of âIn Rainbows,â through the ATO label, on CD and other formats. The indie-rock âJunoâ soundtrack (Rhino), popular online, opened at No. 8 with 38,000.
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Veteran pop star Cliff Richard is to follow younger acts such as Radiohead by letting fans decide the price of his new album over the Internet, his website announced Tuesday.
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A British band has funded its first  album entirely via a new Web site which allows up-and-coming  acts to bypass record labels and gives fans the chance to buy  into their success.
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When a band sells 3 million copies  of its first album, its members might expect to celebrate with  a few drinks.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - It's one of those situations no  label would wish for.
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At a time when acts from Radiohead  to Madonna to the Eagles are pushing the boundaries of the  standard record-release model, rock band Big Head Todd & the  Monsters are trying a new business model as well -- and they're  making sure radio is part of the plan.
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The music industry is using alternative routes to get new music heard, such as music blogs and 'viral marketing.'
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Both Radiohead a former Talking Head have advice for young artists on navigating the chaotic music industry.
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Radiohead's Thom Yorke says an internet-only release of their new album would have been "stark raving mad".
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Arts & entertainment: As his year as a label boss draws to a close, success might just be on the horizon, says Will Hodgkinson
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A peer-to-peer company signs a deal with three major record labels to provide content on its Peer Impact service, but it might not offer much for music fans. By Katie Dean.
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Record labels need the digital  music market to take off. So why aren't they helping it any?
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With a new album on a new label (yes, Starbucks is involved) Paul McCartney meets the age of iTunes on his own terms.
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The best of this yearâs pop music includes the intricate vamps of Iron and Wine, Lupe Fiascoâs hooks, the architectonic hard-rock of Queens of the Stone Age and the gimmick-free Radiohead.
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Both Radiohead and a former Talking Head have advice for young artists on navigating the chaotic music industry.
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Record labels are looking to digital sales as a first step on the road to the larger music marketplace after years of infighting over how to sell music online.