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This weeks Soundscan Numbers shine a little light on the Current State of the Music Industry. Jim Jones' fourth solo album, Pray IV Reign sold 42,982 copies in its first week. Slim Thug's second solo album, Boss of All Bosses, sold 32, 721 copies in its first week.



Jim Jones is signed to major record label, Columbia Records while Slim Thug is signed to independent label, Koch Records. The marketing dollars for Jim Jones album, certainly… Continue

The Grammy-winning R&B/pop superstar Kelly Rowland will no longer be recording with Columbia Records as a solo artist, it was officially announced today by the label.



Rowland, a founding member of Destiny's Child, the world's top-selling female group, will continue her relationship with Columbia Records in her ongoing role in the iconic ensemble.







"Because Columbia Records has been my home base as an artist… Continue

Proving he is committed to the arts, Russell Simmons is set to bring poetry back to HBO with a new show chronicling the lives of young, up and coming poets.



Billed as 'one part Def Poetry Jam and two parts documentary," the special, Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices, is said to follow in the footsteps of teens from New York, Philadelphia, Ann Arbor, Sante Fe, Honolulu, and San Francisco as they travel to compete in the National… Continue

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