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Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada. Data is collected weekly and made available every Wednesday to subscribers, which include executives from all facets of record companies, publishing firms, music retailers, independent promoters, film and TV, and artist management. SoundScan is the sales source for the Billboard music charts, making it the official source of sales records in the music industry. Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data for Nielsen on March 1, 1991. The May 25 issue of Billboard published Billboard 200 and Country Music charts based on SoundScan "piece count data," and the first Hot 100 chart to debut with the system was released on November 30, 1991. Previously, Billboard tracked sales by calling stores across the U.S. and asking about sales - a method that was inherently error-prone and open to outright fraud. The Recording Industry Association of America also tracks sales (or more specifically, shipments less potential returns) on a long-term basis through the RIAA certification system; it has never used either Nielsen SoundScan or the store-calling method. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  oasiscd.com 120px x 143px | 4.70kB [source page] SoundScan tracks CD sales Major music and entertainment industry businesses subscribe to SoundScan to see what the public is buying Firms like  idolator.com 424px x 324px | 42.00kB [source page] For true record sales nerds there is no greater source of raw data than the Soundscan numbers Though the measuring method was greeted with controversy when Nielsen introduced it in 1991  canadianheritage.gc.ca 328px x 277px | 6.80kB [source page] decline falling 34 8 in the same period The proportion of albums by Canadian artists on Nielsen SoundScan s top 200 list has also increased rising from 18 in 2001 to 26 in 2003 24 From Yahoo Image Search: "Nielsen SoundScan"  billboard.biz By Glenn Peoples, Nashville Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:55:49 GM Vinyl and single track download sales set new records last week, according to data from . Nielsen SoundScan. . The two events represent very different trends that were born from the rising popularity of digital music. ...  poorbritney.com Poor Britney Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:27:43 GM In the Zone debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Spears became the first female in . Nielsen SoundScan. history to have four number-o.  coverlaydown.com boyhowdy Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:42:59 GM The . Nielsen SoundScan. -based survey will house new releases from traditional folk artists such Joan Baez, Ani DiFranco and Monsters of Folk , Billboard and Cover Lay Down should be more careful. Traditional has a very specific ... From Google Blog Search: "Nielsen SoundScan"  news.google.com Straits Times In the United States, recent figures released by Nielsen Soundscan show that overall vinyl sales will once again set a benchmark in 2009, with sales up 50 ... and more » news.google.com Idolator: All About The Music (blog) Billboard is following in Nielsen Soundscan's footsteps and naming Eminem as the Top Artist of the Decade. Six of the seven studio recordings Em released in ... Toby Keith tops decade-end country charts Reuters all 38 news articles » news.google.com PR Newswire (press release) The Hot 100 ranking is calculated by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan (both at retail ... and more » From Google News Search: "Nielsen SoundScan" Do you own a copy of the Digital Song "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's? Q. #2 in the chart of Top Selling Digital Songs for 2007 as reported by Nielsen SoundScan. Asked by Anon e Mouse - Thu Jan 24 10:44:43 2008 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. yes, i do. Answered by Ray - Thu Jan 24 10:47:51 2008 do def jam really buy records? Q. A former music executive is accusing a unit of Universal Music Group and a promotion company of distorting the pop charts by persuading independent retailers to falsify album sales. Veteran sales executive Theressa Rossi said in a lawsuit that she was induced to become the "front man" for a company hired by Universal's Def Jam label to inflate sales figures reported to the tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan, which compiles the industry's influential sales charts. Independent retail stores were provided with free CDs of Def Jam artists by Giaco Entertainment, a New York marketing firm retained by the label, the suit said. Giaco enlisted the merchants to repeatedly swipe the CDs across scanning machines to boost sales figures, distorting… [cont.] Asked by Tru G - Wed Apr 29 20:19:28 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Booo you and your lame conspiracies! This isn't even a question Answered by The Th3rd - Wed Apr 29 20:28:01 2009 looks like kanye may win?
Q. Los angeles (Billboard) - Kanye West looks set to win the closely watched duel with rival rapper 50 Cent for the No. 1 slot on next week's U.S. pop album chart, according to preliminary sales data issued Wednesday. West's "Graduation" sold an estimated 437,000 copies during its first day of release Tuesday, ahead of 310,000 for 50 Cent's "Curtis" and 107,000 for country star Kenny Chesney's "Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates," according to a new "Building Chart" devised by tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan. The Building Chart gives an early look at how the race is shaping up for SoundScan's final charts, which post projected national sales each Wednesday morning, extrapolated from a panel of merchants representing more than 90% of the U.S.… [cont.] Asked by The Knowledge - Wed Sep 12 19:31:15 2007 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. i want kanye to win "give a black man a chance!" (mmm who said that?) also i want to see if 50 will truly stop putting out singles! whooo go mr. west! Answered by purple_goddess - Wed Sep 12 20:36:46 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Nielsen SoundScan" |
