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DubMC: World Music’s 2014 Album Sales Growth Outpaces Other Genres

DubMC: World Music’s 2014 Album Sales Growth Outpaces Other Genres



A Q&A With Billboard Senior Analyst Glenn Peoples About Nielsen’s 2014 End-of-Year Report

ZenithTelescopeBecause world music recordings rarely top overall sales or airplay charts, few mainstream industry analyses explore what’s happening in the eclectic global category. Statistics company Nielsen Music’s 2014 year-end report, based on the Soundscan album sales data they collect, includes world music data. Dmitri Vietze, founder of world music and tech firm rock paper scissors, asked Billboard senior analyst Glenn Peoples – who travels regularly to Africa and Latin America on his time off – to help parse the data for globally minded producers, labels, and artists. 

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