Radiohead's Album Still Selling


	Radiohead's Album Still Selling

Andy Greenberg

1-10-2008 2:23 PM

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radiohead, emi, in rainbows, p2p, billboard

Andy Greenberg says:

Despite the band's pay-what-you-want release of the album three months ago, "In Rainbows" is still the #1 album on the Billboard charts. Just how much of a ding it might have taken from its digital distribution stunt still isn't clear.

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                        NEW YORK - Whatever the price, <SPAN id="lw_1199922599_0" class="yshortcuts">Radiohead</SPAN>'s "In Rainbows" is a top-seller. The band's seventh album was No. 1 on the week's music charts with sales of 122,000 copies, according Nielsen SoundScan figures released Wednesday. The physical, standard priced release sold fairly well even though Radiohead three months ago made a digital copy of the disc available for download on its Web site with optional pricing.                        
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