ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS - Raising Sand "Main Sales Beneficiary Among The Grammy Recipients"
February 13, 2009, 15 years ago
Ed Christman from Billboard.biz is reporting:
The Grammy Awards may not have the sales driving power that they once had, but they can still provide a pop for the winners and performers.
Merchants say that album of the year winner Raising Sand by ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS appears to be the main sales beneficiary among the Grammy recipients.
"But it's not like a couple of years ago when NORAH JONES won and her album [Come Away With Me] exploded," says Rob Perkins, president of the Marietta, Ga.-based retail chain Value Music. "The Grammy show is not near what it used to mean for sales, but what is nowadays? It may be that there are too many awards shows or it may be the economy or the malaise the music industry is in."As previously reported, LED ZEPPELIN vocalist Robert Plant and singer Alison Krauss took home five Grammy Awards for the album, Raising Sand:
-- Album Of The Year for Raising Sand-- Record Of The Year for the song 'Please Read The Letter'
-- Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for the song 'Rich Woman'
-- Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for the song 'Killing The Blues'
-- Contemporary Folk/Americana Album for Raising Sand
Raising Sand has sold 1.2 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Footage of Plant and Krauss performing at the Grammy Awards is available below:
