ZZ TOP Live From Texas Enters Canadian Music DVD Charts At #1 And Goes Gold
July 2, 2008, 16 years ago
BW&BK; has received the following press release:
Following its Canadian debut at 53 Cineplex Entertainment theatres on June 19, ZZ TOP's first live concert DVD Live From Texas - released on June 24 via Eagle Rock Entertainment - enters the Canadian Music DVD charts at #1 and is now certified gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), for sales in excess of 5,000 units.
"It gives us at Eagle Rock a tremendous feeling and a great deal of pleasure and pride to announce the number 1 chart position for ZZ Top on the U.S. and Canadian Music DVD charts," says Mike Carden, President of Operations North America/Executive Vice President of Eagle Rock Entertainment. "Congratulations to everyone at Universal Music Canada and Fontana distribution."As evidenced by the recent success of ZZ Top - Live From Texas, Eagle Rock is enjoying continuous growth in the Canadian DVD market. According to Nielsen SoundScan, eight of the Top 50 Best-Selling music DVDs in Canada this week are Eagle Rock releases. And, the company has achieved 27% of the total DVD market share on this week's chart.
"Even with the constant bad news we keep hearing about the decline of audio, our company continues to market visual music successfully in a very challenging climate. The success of this past week's market share is evidenced by these numbers," says Carden. "We are thrilled and honored to be in this position. This news tells us that were on the right track in giving the international marketplace what it wants to hear and see when it comes to the finest in Visual Music."The eight Eagle Rock releases charting on SoundScan's Top 50 are:
Live From Texas - ZZ TOP (#1)
Live In Paris - DIANA KRALL (#20)
One Night Only - BEE GEES (#26)
Rock Montreal - QUEEN (#27)
Live In Europe - THE DOORS (#28)
Around The World Live - DEEP PURPLE (#37)
Jack In The Green: Live In Germany - JETHRO TULL (#47)
Sweden Rocks - TED NUGENT (#50)
