3 posts and columns on Chinese Democracy

Blogger to Guns N’ Roses: Sorry I Shared Your Album. Best Buy to GNR: Sorry We Bought Your Album

in Media on December 16, 2008 at 11:40 am PT

No one wants to buy, or listen to, the supposedly long-awaited Guns N’ Roses album. Before anyone gets tempted to put two and two together here and blame the Internet for poor music sales, be warned: The music that is most popular among file sharers is the music that is most popular among buyers.

OMG New GNR on MySpace! Oh…Nevermind

in Media on November 21, 2008 at 8:08 am PT

Next week’s release of “Chinese Democracy”–Guns N’ Roses’ first new album in a gazillion years–is supposed to be a very big deal. But listening data from MySpace, where the album is being previewed, indicate that fans may be disappointed. So may execs at Best Buy, which has an exclusive on the new disc.