From: t-bird (djtbird1_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 2003-01-16 22:22:24
--- John Book <johnbook9_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- MGA Update <stevencatanzaro_at_sprintmail.com>
> wrote:
> > "Come Away With Me" ... Norah Jones...
> >
> > after 46 weeks on the charts.... ahead of eminem,
> > jlo, and xtina....
>
>
> Just like Billboard used to be, before Soundscan.
>
> Very cool. And how many albums on Blue Note have
> sold
> 2.5 million copies? Imagine if Cassandra Wilson,
> Greg
> Osby, or even Joe Lovano had that kind of selling
> power.
i think the question is really, how did they (the
label) *get* that kind of selling power? diana krall
(also on blue note?) has been mining similar territory
for years (has she even gone gold?) and has cds in the
collections of many people that i know. why did the
sales dept. go into overdrive on this new artist
(norah) who has no track record (if i'm wrong, someone
please educate me)? ok, so she's ravi's daughter, but
he's nowhere on the record, and she's one of many
(anyone remember anoushka? ravi's actually *on* that
record). it's not like it's some new music (see st.
germain--even though we all knew about him years ago),
she's not better than diana (who i'm not that crazy
about, either), and the sort-of
jazzy-folky-country-ish stuff she did reminds me of
cassandra wilson's "new moon daughter"--ok, finally
one i dig!!
so without saying anything unduly mean-spirited, i
don't get the runaway sales of norah's cd--i don't
think it's her (from what i hear, she's not that
charismatic, performance-wise).
-t
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