researching deals
Billboard is a leading trade magazine that publishes weekly charts in a variety of musical genres. These charts are relied upon by music industry insiders to monitor the performance of their records. The Hot 100 Singles Chart shows the top singles in the U.S., compiled by Nielsen Music. The Gospel Digital Song Sales chart ranks downloads for the week. If you have a susсrіption to Billboard magazine, you can log into Billboardbiz and can track the performance of your favorite records on any of their charts. If you don′t have access to a physical copy of the magazine or a subsсrіption to access Billboardbiz, you can use the files below from June 17, 2017 as a reference. Please note that, without a Billboard subsсrіption, the Billboard site won′t display all of the chart information necessary to complete this assignment. [unique_solution]Your job is to provide examples of two out the following four deals we have learned about in this week′s lesson: Joint venture Label deal P&D deal (either pressing & distribution or promotion & distribution) Conventional record deal Your answers should identify the following: The title of the track and the artist The current chart position (please also identify the chart where you obtained this information) The type of deal involved (label deal, conventional record deal, or P&D deal) The parties involved in the deal (e.g., artist, label, joint venture partners, distributor) The parties′ respective percentage ownership rights in the sound (master) recording This information is not obviously available, and the details of most deals are confidential. However, with some Internet research and the chart information, you should be able to discover the type of deal some artists have signed. Do your best to suss out the deal types and the details listed above.