With Samsung, Jay-Z’s business continues to boom

Another sign of how musicians are finding new ways to push, sell and promote their music, Jay-Z partnered with Samsung for his new album, “Magna Carta Holy Grail”.  Jay-Z, a multiplatinum performer who famously rapped "I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man", continues to leverage his enduring popularity into a successful brand.

On July 4, just three days before the album's official release date, Jay-Z will give his new album to 1 million users of Galaxy mobile phones.  During the three-minute commercial in the NBA Finals, the 43-year-old broke the news about his twelfth album

Details about the Samsung-Jay-Z deal, announced Sunday, weren't made public as both parties did not allow interviews.

While music industry is at a time when album sales are low and the digital market has taken the lead in the music industry, Jay-Z's partnership is just another way of artists’ promotions.

President of the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) Jim Donio said top level acts like Jay-Z and Taylor Swift have the power to launch new albums in spectacular ways with various partners.

"For an artist whose album release is an event in itself ... they carry with them a much wider profile in the marketplace that they speak to, so their audience and all the things that they do affords these unique opportunities," he said.

Taylor Swift, one of the top sellers in music, had her second platinum-debut week with "Red" last year. Her partnerships for the album included Target, Walgreens and Papa John's (you could order a pizza and a Swift album at the same time).

"Even if you didn't purchase the CD, her face was still on the pizza box," Donio said.

Jay-Z's latest partnership is one of his many business deals. Roc Nation agency, the one who manage Jay-Z’s agency as well as Rihanna, Shakira and other musicians, recently expanded into the sports world, and he now is helping the careers of New York Yankee Robinson Cano, New York Jets rookie Geno Smith and others.  Jay-Z has launched fashion lines, has a string of 40/40 nightclubs, was also the president of Def Jam and owned part of 1 percent of the Brooklyn Nets.

Samsung likely partnered with him on his new album because Jay-Z is still a consistent hit maker and a superstar who transcends music.  Samsung has chipped away at Apple's share of the mobile market with its Galaxy phones, and companies are depending more on music to attract new customers.

Will the 1 million downloads count toward first-week sales of the album, giving it elite status of debuting with platinum sales, an accomplishment few artists have achieved? That was one of the many questions about the Samsung deal still unanswered.  Billboard tracks album sales and chart information for the industry.  They did not return emails seeking comment.  Samsung apparently bought the albums though it's uncertain what the price-point was.

Monday, Jay-Z made it clear what he felt the trade publication should do.

"If 1 Million records get SOLD and billboard doesn't report it, did it happen? Ha," Jay-Z tweeted, adding: "Platinum!!!"

Donio said he thinks more deals like Samsung-Jay-Z are on the horizon.

"The record labels that are putting out the music and partnering with a variety of types of commerce outlets are going to look at just anything and everything that may work with that particular artist and that particular album release," he said

Black Hawk Mines Music: Hip hop star Lauryn Hill gets three months for tax evasion

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Last Monday, U.S. magistrate judge sentenced Grammy-winning hip hop artist Lauryn Hill to three months in prison, three months in home confinement and a $60,000 fine for federal tax evasion.

 

Last year Lauryn Hill pleaded guilty to three counts of failing to file tax returns on more than $1.8 million of income between 2005 and 2007 and faced up to three years in prison.



Hill has credited her failure to pay taxes to years of pressure she practiced as a recording star all at the same time with raising six children, causing her to go underground and shut away from the public eye.



On the eve of her scheduled sentencing, Hill paid $504,000 in back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service and another $420,000 to the state of New Jersey, her attorney told the court. She still owes another $285,000 in interest and penalties.



"When the government is asking for 36 months and the judge gives three months, I think the judge gave a fair and reasonable sentence," Hill's attorney Nathan Hochman told reporters.



Thirty months to the maximum of 36 months was asked by the prosecutors for a sentence.



Hill's lack of a criminal record, her six children and her repayment of the back taxes as mitigating factors in the sentence, cited U.S. Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo.



Hill, native of South Orange, New Jersey, must report on or before July 8.  Her attorney asked the court to assign her a facility close to home.  Part of one year of supervised probation is the three months of home confinement following the prison stay.



Hill told the court she pulled away from society because her life was in crisis, received veiled threats and was blacklisted because she did not conform to the norms of the music industry.



"I was being perceived as a cash cow, not a person," Hill said.



Just this Friday, a new single by Hill, her first in several years, called "Neurotic Society," was posted on iTunes.



"Here is a link to a piece that I was 'required' to release immediately, by virtue of the impending legal deadline," her Tumblr social media page said on Saturday.



She signed a new contract with Sony Worldwide Entertainment and was working on her first album of new material in more than a decade, her lawyers attest.



Hill's seminal 1998 solo album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" won the singer five Grammy awards.  She was a former member of the Fugees rap trio.

Music Effects to Prenatal Babies

According to Baby Center, the true effect of music on prenatal development remains unknown.  A loosely-controlled preliminary study in the “Music Educators Journal” in 1985 found that babies exposed to music before birth had longer attention spans than expected for their age and imitated adult sounds better.  One more small study in 1997 in “Pre- & Peri-Natal Psychology Journal” looked at babies enrolled in a program called FirstStart, which exposed unborn babies to musical stimulation. These babies demonstrated better motor skills, language development and cognitive skills from birth to six months comparing to the control group of babies.  On the other hand, since these studies were minute and have not been recurring, the query of whether and how much music influences unborn babies stays under investigation.

Babies can hear sounds from the outside world as early as when they are still in the womb.  Music is one type of noise that gets a lot of attention.  According to preliminary researches it appears to indicate that your unborn child might enjoy and benefit slightly from a daily dose of music although the jury is still out on the true impact of prenatal exposure to Mozart and Bach.

More or less at 17 weeks gestation a baby can start to hear sounds, normally just about the condition when the mother starts on feeling the first tiny flutters of movement and prior to the baby’s sex is clearly identifiable.  At the time when the baby is on his 26 weeks, his heartbeat will rate rapidly in response to sounds, including music that comes from outside the womb. Babies have been observed breathing simultaneously with the music, signifying consciousness of the beat happening during 33 weeks gestation and by 38 weeks, a baby in the womb responds in a different way to different types of music, showing different rates of fetal movement



Back in 1991, a study concerning six pregnant women and a broader follow-up study in 1993 both examined at whether babies could be familiar with music they had heard in the womb after birth.  Music includes: Classical piano music, vocal music and rock music were all played through headphones on the mother’s belly.  Babies who heard music in the womb reacted with more awareness and physical actions during six weeks after birth, demonstrating that they have known the music they had heard in the womb. According to the BBC, this recognition of prenatal music experiences might actually last 12 months or more after birth. Letting babies listen to familiar music after birth might aid to calm a restless child who identifies the tune.

Mothers should remember that if they want to expose their unborn baby to music should not turn the volume up too loud.  The too loud music could over stimulate the fetus or even damage the developing ear.

Black Hawk Mines Music: Rocker Jack White's Nashville store offer do-it-yourself records

Last Saturday, Rock musician Jack White celebrated Record Store Day by giving customers a opportunity to record their own voices on vinyl on a vintage machine at his record shop near downtown Nashville.


Voice-O-Graph, a record booth from 1947 was used by White, who has embraced vinyl over digital both as an artist and as the head of Third Man Records in Nashville to treat their costumers.

"We'll have the record booth open and available for people to come in, sing a song and get a copy of it on record," Third Man Records executive Ben Blackwell said in an interview on Wednesday.

"It's a refurbished 1947 Voice-O-Graph record booth," Blackwell said. "As far as we can tell, it will be the only functioning record booth open to the public in the world."

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Every third Saturday of each April Record Store Day is marked internationally that aims to encourage people to visit independent record stores.

Third Man Records will be staging in-house performances by some of the music label's artists adding up to the recording booth in the store's "Novelties Lounge".

Blackwell said record booths were popular in the 1940s and 1950s and could be found in public places, like train stations, along with photo booths.

"They were used as a way to record an audio postcard and send it to someone you love or to go in and sing a little song so you can hear what your voice sounds like," he said.

The Voice-O-Graph is about the size of a telephone booth.  The idea is fans will pay a fee to produce their own record.

"Just think of it as a blank vinyl record and when you are singing, it is making the grooves into the record," Blackwell said.

White's Third Man Records has been recognized for experimenting with vinyl, having in the previous few months added a record lathe that allows live acts performing in the Blue Room.  The Blue Room is the company concert venue, to be recorded directly to discs.

The contemporary music fan has "never been faced with the technology to put their voice and their thoughts on a record" and take it home Blackwell said.

"Jack has been looking for a long time for one of these machines," Blackwell said. "After years and years and years he finally crossed paths with one. It was a no-brainer to get it up and running for our Novelties Lounge."

The booth will remain after Record Store Day, and he expects it to be a popular attraction to the store, which sells exclusively Third Man recordings - albums by various artists as well as by White and his three group configurations: The White Stripes, Dead Weather and The Raconteurs Blackwell added.

Black Hawk Mines Music: How Music Benefits the Brain

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Persons with no musical background were not only visibly more skilled after completing two weeks of regular exercise on a piano keyboard, their brains also changed measurably according to the studies by the University Hospital San Raffaele (Milan, Italy), presented at the 22nd Meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS) in Prague.


The study also endow with evidence that even a diminutive episode of ambidextrous exercise directs to improved organization and more objective action between the left and right brain hemisphere.  The training also leads to better reactions to the nerve impulses in the fingers musculature.

In addition, the musical stimuli also provoked a structural rebuilding of gray matter in those brain regions that are implicated in harmonized movement.  The study exposed that the harder the task was, the better.

The brains 'neuroplasticity' a process in which the brain automatically reconstructs itself in response to a given task so that its internal structure and organization are best suited to a demand, scientists have only just researched about this.  Neuroplasticity works by automatically establishing enhanced interconnection of regularly used areas of the brain, at the same time as resources are wan down from those not oftenly used.

As two studies demonstrated Practicing music radically and efficiently speed up self-optimization of definite brain activities.

Researchers requested 12 musically inexpert accomplices to inishf ten 35-minute practice sessions on an electronic piano keyboard within a two-week period, in the first study.  They scrutinized the participants' hand movement method before and after the training was done, demeanor neurophysiological tests by means of a 32-channel EEG (electroencephalogram) and a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).

All participants achieved a dramatic increase in their motor skills dramatically through training, yet the most surprising result was the harmonization in which both hands were able to perform, the results revealed.
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"Our results show that two-handed exercise training among right-handers is associated with a significant improvement in the dexterity of the left hand. Ten days of a competently controlled exercise training can apparently suffice to trigger changes in cortical plasticity similar to results reported for professional musicians," declared by Dr Elise Houdayer from the University Hospital San Raffaele in Milan.

Prof Massimo Filippi at the Neuroimaging Research Unit le the second study at Milan's San Raffaele Hospital, 45 musically inexperienced participants who were divided into 3 dissimilar groups.  Every participants were ask to use their right hand for playing a specific succession of notes on a computer-modified keyboard, at the same time as subsequent the rhythm of a metronome for 30 minutes per exercise session.  The study stage concerned ten sessions throughout a two-week period.

The results were: One group was only able to listen to the metronome, whilst the second group listened to another piece of music with the same rhythm as the metronome. The third group was given the most complicated task of performing the given task whilst listening to music with a faster pace than the metronome.  All participants underwent agility and brain tests using the latest imaging techniques prior to the study and at study end.

The findings revealed an improved dexterity in all three groups, and although there was no impact observed on "white matter" architecture of the brain following the exercises, the team did notice substantial changes in gray matter volume in brain regions, which are vital for coordinating movement. The findings also showed that the brain's gray mass changed to an even greater extent in those who performed the most complicated task (Group 3).

Prof. Filippi concluded: "Musical stimulation during exercise training thus improves motor performance and affects the structural plasticity of the gray matter."

Dr. Rocca added: "The complexity of the task is also associated with different pattern of cortical activations as measured with functional MRI."

She Cant Pay says the Woman Who Lost Downloading Case

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Pirates are not just hunting oceans’ floor but also the music industry.  There’s still no way she can pay record companies the $222,000 judgment she owes said the Minnesota woman at the center of a long-running court fight over the unauthorized downloading of copyrighted music after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal Monday.

The justices did not give remark on their decision.  The amount was excessive argued by the attorneys of Jammie Thomas-Rasset, of Brainerd.

In the early to mid-2000s, the music industry filed thousands of lawsuits in opposition to people it charged of downloading music without authorization and without paying for it.  Most of these cases were settled for about $3,500 apiece.  Only two defendants refused to pay and went to trial one of them is Thomas-Rasset while the other was former Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum.  The later also lost and was ordered to pay $675,000.

Back in 2006, the initial case was file against Thomas-Rasset.  Ever since the case was filed has gone through three trials and several appeals.  According to the evidences presented by the industry, Thomas-Rasset made available over 1,700 songs to other computer uses via the file-sharing service Kazaa, though the lawsuit targeted only 24 songs.

"I'm assuming that since they declined to hear the case it's probably done at this point," she said. But she also said she needed to consult with her attorneys to determine what happens next.

Thomas-Rasset at the age of 35 and who works for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe tribal government, maintained her claim that as she has all along can't afford to pay.

"There's no way that they can collect," she said. "Right now, I get energy assistance because I have four kids. It's just the one income. My husband isn't working. It's not possible for them to collect even if they wanted to. I have no assets."

She became a grandmother in June, Thomas-Rasset added.

She refused both times when the Recording Industry Association of America offered to settle for $5,000 when it first sued, and offered to settle for a $25,000 donation to a charity for music industry people in need after her second trial.

"We appreciate the Court's decision and are pleased that the legal case is finally over," the trade group said in a statement. "We've been willing to settle this case from day one and remain willing to do so."

Kiwi Camara, of Houston, Thomas-Rasset's attorney, uttered displeasure in the result but oblique in an email that the legal options may still carry out.  He noted that Tenenbaum's case will still live before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.  Tenenbaum is still demanding the size of the judgment against him.  His attorneys, including Camara, dispute that it's "grossly disproportionate" to his offense.

Music Industry and Piracy Law

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The music industry has given a judicious endorsement to European Union moves intended at limiting Internet piracy.

The copyright directive was "a workable proposal", said the industry's umbrella group, the International Federation of Phonographic Industries.

IFPI, representing around 1400 major and independent record companies worldwide, said the newly-adopted UK legislation, requiring measures from ISPs to curb piracy on their networks, sets a powerful example to other countries.

IFPI chairman John Kennedy said: "The passing of the Digital Economy Act in the UK recognizes that if a country is to have world-class creative industries, then it also needs laws that will effectively protect their rights from the crippling problem of digital piracy.

"The new UK legislation is a decisive step towards dealing with P2P and other forms of illegal distribution in a way that can substantially reduce the problem.  Most importantly, it recognizes that effectively addressing piracy needs active cooperation from internet service providers, in helping curb infringements on their networks.

"The move by the UK creates momentum for the graduated response approach to tackling piracy internationally. Governments increasingly understand that, in the digital economy, creative industries like music, film, books and games can drive growth and jobs for many years to come if they are provided with the right legal environment and with a modern system of enforcement in which ISPs actively cooperate.

"The UK has today joined the ranks of those countries who have taken decisive and well-considered steps to address the issue. We hope this will prompt more focus and urgency for similar measures in other countries where debate is underway."

"There are enough elements here for the music industry to speed up the offering of music to consumers in a wider range of ways," IFPI Chairman Jay Berman said soon after the result was announced.

"The directive recognizes that copyright is an essential part of the Information Society."

With members made up of more than 1,400 record producers and distributors in over 70 countries IFPI represents the recording industry worldwide.

"We appreciate all the work the European Parliament has put into making it possible for our companies to do business. This will be to the benefit of artists and consumers alike," Berman said.

This has become vague problem for the music industry; it will make their profits go down.  This draft proposal permits rights' holders in the music and film industries to prevent illegal replication of their works using advanced technology.

"Authors, performers, producers and broadcasting organizations will in principle enjoy exclusive rights regarding the reproduction, communication and dissemination of their work," this is what under the text of the directive.

However, individual European countries have their own exceptions or limitations to the rules.

The limitations include when they regard to it to be in the public interest.   An example is to assist certain categories of people, such as the disabled, and reproduction for press purposes.  Nevertheless in several instances the exceptions will be on the circumstance that the copyright holder receives fair compensation and in others that the source, including the author's name, is indicated.

Private individuals can produce a copy as long as it is solely for private use and non-commercial use.  This is an amendment designed to strike a balance between the rights of artists and the public.

Kanye West: Excited Father-to-be | My BlackHawk Mines Music

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Kanye West’s series of concerts in Atlantic City last December 30, 2012 came to be a surprise for everyone.  Every night he managed to surprise everyone, on the first night he played dress-up, second night he ranted.  But the third and final night was the night he shocked everyone, he declared that he is a father-to-be.  This was the first time we ever saw him with a genuine happiness on his face, he couldn’t take that smile off.

At 35, Kanye is as excited as a kid on his Christmas presents.  During a freestyle of “Lost in the World” he revealed that Kim kardashan, 32, will going to be his “baby’s mama.”

Kanye was really happy when he heard about the news.  “He’s known this for some time now,” according to reliable source.  “You don’t even know how f**king excited this [guy] is about being a father.”  So blackmail is not a question here because he is genuinely happy.

Kanye was overcome with emotion when Kim told him the good news, the source added.

The sorce also revealed, “He’s like really on one right now and I don’t know if I should say this, but [Kanye] was crying when Kim told him she was knocked up.”

The source also adds, “I heard he got on his knees in front of Kim, she rubbed his head while he was crying and he was kissing her stomach. Guess he was overwhelmed at that point and couldn’t believe he’s about to be a father.”

This is all maybe because Kanye in fact grew up without his father by his side.  His parents got divorced and Kanye and his mother moved to Chicago when he was 3.  He will only go and see his father on Christmas, spring break and summer.  He considers his father as his everything although most of the time his mother was his everything.  He once said to an interview, “It gets to the point that when you go to high school and you wasn’t out in the streets like that, and you ain’t have no father figure, or you wasn’t around your father all the time, who you gonna act like? You gonna act like your mother. … And then everybody in high school be like, “Yo, you actin’ like a f–. Dog, you gay?” And I used to deal with that when I was in high school.”  Maybe this is exactly his reason why he is excited to become a dad.

Although Kardashian’s family was as excited as Kanye, latter’s family reacted negatively.  Kim’s family even tweeted about her pregnancy with Kanye.

Kanye’s family was the first ones to learn about Kim’s pregnancy and let us just say that they did not react like Kim’s family.  Tony Williams, Kanye’s cousin, said that Kanye’s baby announcement wasn’t met with champagne showers by his family.

He said that when Kanye spilled the news when he flew in the day after Christmas without Kim, they were quite and shocked.

The family did not respond so Kanye had to ask Tony for his reaction and he said, “You are 35 years old.  You have to have a kid eventually.”

But eventually the family came around and said that they are all really excited for him and Kim.    Yes, excited but shocked.

As we all know Kim is still technically married to Kris Humphries, so marriage was still not in the way for the two.  And blackmail is out of the question because the couple looks happy in their situation.

They have been quite about it.  And the family did not ask about it too according to Tony that is because Kanye did not say anything about it.

What will be the Music Trends this 2013?

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Let’s predict the future by analyzing culture and trends today.  Last year has been the year for the solo female pop vocalists like Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, etc.  Solo male vocals were also hit last year like Psy, Eminen, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, etc.  These guys churning out all Top 20 hits all over the world.  There has been much collaboration with featured singers, with all the rapping, dub step and dance music.  But what genre or style of music will be dominant this 2013.

If 2012 meant to the dub step it is not the case this year because 2013 cannot come quick enough.  Although it will just be a passing phase this year because the lasting strong points of the year seem to be turning to the indie alternative gone pop.  It seems that 2013 will focus more on the artist which made 2012 only its transition.

Some made the prediction that guitar music may return to radio playlist in the near future.  It is expected that new guitar music is to be a fusion of something that will be playing in the radio stations this year.  This is actually already been starting.  More attention seems to be leaning towards the young singer-songwriter who plays the instrument and the hot tween pre-made dance talent is slowly vanishing.

This could mean Justin Bieber may be on his way out sooner than expected.  May this be a warning for him so that he can mature in terms of his music.  Songs like his built trend for the next wave and pop music could use some wake-up call wit more artist that could make a mainstream impact.

90’s R&B will go even more mainstream, this is due to almost every artist feels compelled to reel off their R&B influences.  When you go night out, you will never fail to endure repeated plays of R Kelly's She's Got That Vibe.  With many artists sprouting in every corner, attention span grows short regarding the choice or artist that listeners will listen to.  Those who cannot reinvent themselves will be quick to fall of the radar.

The charts below are the albums that are to be released this year.

January

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Producer	Notes	Ref.
January 8	Hollywood Undead	Notes from the Underground	Rap Rock,Rap Metal,Alternative Rock	A&M/Octone/Polydor/Universal Music Australia/Universal Music Group	Griffin Boice, Danny Lohner,S*A*M & Sluggo	Third studio Album
	Black Veil Brides	Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones	Glam Metal,Hard Rock,Heavy metal	Lava/Universal Republic	John Feldmann
January 13	Asking Alexandria	To be announced	heavy metal,metalcore				[citation needed]
January 14	Everything Everything	Arc	Art rock,indie pop,indie rock	Sony RCA	David Kosten	Second studio album	[citation needed]
January 14	Modestep	Evolution Theory (album)			debut album
January 15	Free Energy	Love Sign	indie rock,rock,alternative rock	Free People	A$AP ROCKY  Long. Live. A$AP hip hop/rap Debut album	Second studio album	[citation needed]
January 21	The Joy Formidable	Wolf's Law	alternative rock, indie rock	Atlantic Records	The Joy Formidable	Second Studio Album
	Adam Ant	Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter	Rock, pop rock, post-punk	Blueblack Hussar	Adam Ant, Boz Boorer		[1]
January 22	American Hi-Fi	To be announced	Pop rock,pop punk	Goomba Music	John Fields	Follow up album afterFight the Frequency, Fifth studio album	[citation needed]
	Foxygen	We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic	Psychedelic rock,Experimental rock, Indie rock	Jagjaguwar		Second studio album
	Bad Religion	True North	Punk rock,melodic hardcore,hardcore punk	Epitaph	Joe Barresi	Sixteenth studio album; might be their last one[2]	[3]
	Ra Ra Riot	Beta Love	indie pop	Barsuk Records		Third studio album	[citation needed]
	Darius Rucker	True Believers	Country	Capitol Nashville	Frank Rogers	Fourth studio album, third country album	[citation needed]
	Voivod	Target Earth	Heavy metal,progressive metal,thrash metal,speed metal			First studio album since 2009'sInfini; first release with Daniel Mongrainon guitar and Blackyon bass since 1991'sAngel Rat	[4]
	Gary Allan	Set You Free	Country	MCA Nashville	Gary Allan, Greg Droman,Jay Joyce, Mark Wright	Ninth studio album	[5]
January 28	Biffy Clyro	Opposites	Alternative rock	14th Floor	Garth "GGGarth" Richardson	Sixth studio album; Double album.	[citation needed]
	Delphic	Collections	Alternative dance	Polydor		Second studio album.	[6]
	The Mavericks	In Time	Country	Valory Records		First studio album since splitting in 2003.	[citation needed]
January 29	Tegan and Sara	Heartthrob	Indie rock,Indie pop	Sire	Greg Kurstin, Mike Elizondo	Seventh studio album.	[citation needed]
	Local Natives	Hummingbird	Indie rock,Indie folk,Psychedelic folk	Frenchkiss Records		Second studio album
	Colton Dixon	A Messenger	Alternative rock,Christian rock, CCM	19/EMI CMG/Sparrow	TBA	Debut studio album	[7]

 

 

*above charts from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_albums_scheduled_for_release_in_2013

Warning: do not buy pirated CDs.  This will affect the music industry.  How we listen and how we purchase will affect these artists and the future trends.