Congratulations to Radiohead on their success; 1.2 million in one week! This outsold their previous album launches by a long shot.
If you haven’t heard already, Radiohead decided to cut out their record label for this launch and sell the album on-line for ANY cost the consumer thought it was worth. If you check out their website, you’ll notice they allow you to select your own price. You could even enter $0 if you’re greedy enough.
I myself bought the album. I’m not a huge fan of Radiohead, but I respect their talent and their commitment to this new business approach that our record industry is slowly approaching. This is a big leap in the evolution of how we acquire, listen, and acknowledge today’s popular music. And soon I believe that a large majority of music artists will follow the same distribution model. I had not previewed the album before I purchased it, I just paid $6 and hoped for the best. My reasoning for purchasing was more to promote the cause and the movement; I liked it though, they did a great job with it.
Sort of a bummer that none of the tracks came with album artwork though.
