America is like an ocean liner that takes a little bit longer to turn around. |
His challenge now is to show he's more than a one-trick novelty act. |
I don't think we are going to see this happening with a song every week. |
I think come the weekend it is quite likely that retailers will be sold out and will be waiting for the next allocation. |
I'm sure we'll see a massive increase, maybe a doubling, over the next couple of weeks. |
I'm sure we'll see a massive increase, maybe a doubling, over the next couple of weeks. The award is seen as not having sold out, being based on critical merit and not only on sales, so people will take a look at the winner. |
It may not be enough to get it to number one, but there's clearly enough interest from Radio 4 fans for it to make the top 20 chart and perhaps even push it into the top 10. |
Our challenge now is to evolve our business and respond to all the different changes in the marketplace to ensure that we remain relevant. |
The Arctic Monkeys have connected with the mainstream in one leap. This is an outstanding figure as January is a quiet time of the year for sales. |
There have only been two or three other personal appearances which were as huge as this and we have had to turn away many of the fans. |
They came to the attention of the public via the Internet, and you had chat rooms, everyone talking about them. |
We always see a very strong increase in sales, not only the winners but people who perform at the show. Every year it tends to get bigger. |
We have managed to hold onto a few copies for each store so we should have enough on the first day or two to cater for demand. |
We will be unique in offering record companies flexibility in pricing. For new artists we can offer singles at 39p to stimulate demand. |