Posted November 13, 200618 yr there is an news about new albums for 2007 today in music week, can anyone publish all the articale, it will be great. thank you ohad
November 13, 200618 yr Tha's good news. The Little Willies project was interesting but glad she'll be back solo.
November 13, 200618 yr Norah Jones leads line-up of new albums for 2007 Source MW Blue Note artist Norah Jones is to lead a top-heavy release schedule for the first half of 2007, in a period that will be dominated by the return of superstar female artists. Jones’s new album, the follow-up to 2004’s 10m-selling Feels Like Home, will be released on January 30 through EMI and will open the doors to a flood of new studio albums in the first half of the year from female talent, including Natasha Bedingfield, Kelly Clarkson, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Avril Lavigne, Courtney Love, Kylie Minogue and Lucie Silvas. Solo albums are also due from one-time Sugababes Mutya Buena and Siobhan Donaghy, while Dido will follow combined UK sales of nearly 6m for her first two albums No Angel and Life For Rent with a third album in quarter three. Music Zone’s commercial director Eren Ozagir says the releases are attractive because they draw a particular type of customer into stores. “I think with artists like Natasha Bedingfield, Kylie and even Lucie Silvas, which has now gone back to quarter one, these are very mass-market titles that everyone does very well with,†he says. He attributes the strong line-up to an active quarter four. “I think it’s the result of labels pushing a lot of stuff back into next year and, as a result, we could be looking at one of the most interesting quarter ones in quite a while.†HMV head of music Gary Rolfe says, from a sales perspective, the acts’ established audiences mean a big result from day one. “It’s encouraging to think that, after a potentially very impactful Christmas schedule, we can follow-up with such strong titles to hit the ground running in the new year,†he says. “I’m sure the market will continue to remain very receptive to the musical styles of [these artists].†Jones, Dido and Clarkson alone – all of whom are releasing their third studio albums – can boast collective album sales in excess of 65m worldwide. The aforementioned releases will be joined in the schedules by follow-up albums from UK acts including Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party and Maximo Park, whose second albums are all due out in the first quarter of next year. Independent retailer Paul Quirk of Quirk’s Records in Ormskirk says it is these releases that he expects to perform for the independents. “We’re now doing a majority of our business away from chart product. People aren’t looking in indie shops for chart product,†he says. Jones’s third album Not Too Late is her first without legendary producer Arif Mardin, who passed away in June; he signed her up to Blue Note in 2001 and produced both her previous albums. In his place, Jones’s long-time bassist and partner Lee Alexander has produced the new 13-track set, co-writing a number of songs with Jones, who for the first time has written or co-written an entire album. Singer-songwriter M. Ward provides guest vocals on the track Sinkin’ Soon. To date, Jones has enjoyed career sales surpassing 30m worldwide. Her debut Blue Note set Come Away With Me was released in February 2002 and went on to sell 10m in the US and 20m worldwide, and its follow-up managed more than 4m units in the US and 10m worldwide. Jones was in the UK last month for a host of long-lead promotion and Music Week talked to her for an insight into the recording process of the new album, details of which will be featured in a forthcoming issue.
November 13, 200618 yr Going to be really good then - I cannot wait for Avril, Clarkson & Natasha from that list.
November 14, 200618 yr I think the article only focuses on Q1 and Q2 of 2007. Anastacia and Britney might be releasing their stuff later on in the year.
November 14, 200618 yr Hmm...They're really emphasising Lucie Silvas there...there was a reason it was delayed...it would have flopped if it came out this week. Hopefully it will do well next year
November 14, 200618 yr there is an news about new albums for 2007 today in music week, can anyone publish all the articale, it will be great. thank you ohad is it only the article below or is the report the label by label in depth thing in the mag. whats going on in billboard this week?
November 14, 200618 yr Hmm...They're really emphasising Lucie Silvas there...there was a reason it was delayed...it would have flopped if it came out this week. think it might flop next year if new material is not added. the reviews have been shocking.
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