Guardian: Adele najmoćnija ličnost u britanskoj muzičkoj industriji / Adele has been named the most powerful person in the British music industry

Adele i njen tim proglašeni su najmoćnijim ličnostima u britanskoj muzičkoj industriji na The Music Power 100 listi lista Guardian. Glavni kriterijumi bili su prodaja i uspešnost promocije. Aktuelni album ove pevačice 21 zauzeo je prvo mesto u 15 zemaljda i do sada je prodat u šest miliona primeraka.

Direktor njene izdavačke kuće XL Records, Richard Russell, tim povodom je rekao:

"Kada se radi o njoj, poruka je jasna - sve je u muzici. Nema trikova, nema prodaje seksualnosti".  

Drugo mesto pripalo je Lucianu Grainigeu i Davidu Jospehu, direktorima Universal Music Group i Universal Music UK pod čijim se okriljem nalaze Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber i The Rolling Stones.

Tvorac X Factora i direktor izdavačke kuće Syco, Simon Cowell, zauzeo je treće mesto.

Top 10 možete pogledati ispod ovog posta.

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Adele and her team have been named the most powerful persons in British music industry in Guardian's The Music Power 100 poll. The list was decided by a music industry panel and focussed mainly on industry figures and the teams behind the success of artists. The singer's latest album 21 went #1 in 15 countries selling 6 million copies to date.
A head of her label XL Records, Richard Russell, said:

"The whole message with her is, it's just music. There's no gimmicks, there's no selling of sexuality".

The runner-up spoot took Lucian Grainige and David Joseph, CEOs of Universal Music Group and Universal Music UK, a label which is a home to Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber i The Rolling Stones.
X Factor boss and CEO of Syco label, Simon Cowell, took #3 spot.
Check out top 10 below this post.  

Top 10:

1. Team Adele: Label executive: Richard Russell, XL Recordings, Manager: Jonathan Dickins, Publisher: Paul Connolly, Universal Music Publishing Group, Radio plugger: Brad Hunner, Radar Plugging.
2. Lucian Grainge: Universal Music Group and David Joseph: Universal Music UK
3. Simon Cowell: Managing Director, Syco
4. Nigel Harding: Broadcaster, Music policy executive, Radio 1
5. Person or persons unknown: Retailer: iTunes UK
6. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim: Digital media: founders, YouTube
7. George Ergatoudis: Broadcaster, head of music, BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra
8. Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt: Digital media, co-founders, Google, and their executive chairman
9. Simon Moran: Live music promoter, managing director, SJM Concerts
10. Jeff Bezos: Retailer, president and CEO, Amazon.com

Universal Music objavljuje kompilaciju za pomoć Japanu / Universal Music is releasing a compilation to benefit Japan

Najveća izdavačka kuća na svetu Universal Music Group objaviće kompilaciju od čije će prodaje sva sredstva biti uplaćena japanskom Crvenom krstu, rekao je predstavnik ove kompanije. Album će biti u digitalnoj formi i mogao bi da se nađe u prodaji već krajem nedelje, iako nije utvrđena lista izvođača koji će učestvovati. 

Očekuje se da će u ovoj akciji, između ostalih, biti uključeni i U2, Rihanna i Lady Gaga.

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The biggest record label in the world Universal Music Group will release a compilation soon in order to raise fund for Japan and all proceeds will go to the Japanese Red Cross, said a spokeperson of that company. The album will be a download-only release and could be available as soon as at the end of this week, although the list of performers hasn't been finalized yet.

It's expected that U2, Rihanna and Lady Gaga be among featured artists.