What Albums Join Together, Everyone Tears Asunder

The controversy over selling singles in online music services, and artists’ reactions…

“No one can predict how many listeners will settle for instant gratification, but [Val Azzoli, the co-chairman of the Atlantic Group] added that the availability of individual songs could lead to stronger albums. There’s no place any more, he said, for the album that has just one good song; it will be downloaded by itself. “But if consumers are convinced that there are three or four good songs, then they’ll buy the album,” he said.

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