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Akon on The Rise…and Oh Yeah, Free Downloads, Too
Akon’s debut album “Locked Up”’s success provided himwith instant heavyweight clout. Upgraded from writing songs and doing the occasional hook for B-, C-, and D-level artists, he tallied a multi-platinum album, was granted his own boutique label (which was used to spawn T-Pain), and became in-demand as an A-list collaborator — he worked with Young Jeezy, R. Kelly, Gwen Stefani, and even Elton John.
His second album, Konvicted, isn’t much different from the debut, even though it comes from a different perspective.
Free Music Just Around The Corner?
As even digital music revenue growth falters because of rampant file-sharing by consumers, the major record labels are moving closer to releasing music on the Internet with no copying restrictions — a step they once vowed never to take. It has been reported that at least one of the four major record companies could move toward the sale of unrestricted digital files in the MP3 format within months. Most independent record labels already sell tracks digitally compressed in the MP3 format, which can be downloaded, e-mailed or copied to computers, cellphones, portable music players and compact discs without limit. The independents see providing songs in MP3 partly as a way of generating publicity that could lead to future sales. Will it happen or is it all talk? Read the full story at TheNewsBlog.Net!
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