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All this success has directly benefited the artists who rely on CD Baby’s services with 34 million paid out in just the last year alone – up a whopping 28% from the prior year. "There are very few musicians that can actually make a living off their music," said Joe Purdy, an American Folk signer who has earned more than $640,000 selling his CDs and digital versions of his songs through CD baby. "I have been one of the fortunate few whose passion translates into a career and CD Baby played a huge role in that. I bought a house last year thanks in part to my relationship with CD Baby and the amazing people they have working there – and that’s why I’ll be releasing my 10th album with CD Baby later this year." More than 150,000 artists worldwide sell their more than 277,000 albums through CD Baby’s many distribution channels. CD Baby artists can sell:
• CDs and digital downloads on www.cdbaby.com
• Digital downloads through CD Baby’s global digital distribution partners including iTunes and Rhapsody,
• CDs in retail stores throughout the US and Europe through CD Baby’s physical distribution program
• CDs and other merchandise at their own gigs with CD Baby’s Live Sales program. "People are consuming more music than ever before," says Tony van Veen, CEO of parent company Audio & Video Labs. "This steady increase in demand has forced a democratization of distribution that independent artists are in perfect position to take advantage of. CD Baby simply provides those artists with the channel to reach out to new audiences." CD Baby is the largest provider of independent music to Apple iTunes and other digital download sellers like Amazon MP3, Napster, and Rhapsody. The combination of online CD sales and digital music distribution through CD Baby provides independent artists with a global reach that would be near impossible to achieve on their own. About CD Baby
CD Baby (www.cdbaby.com) was started by musician Derek Sivers in 1998 as a way sell his CDs online and help some friends sell their music as well. CD Baby's service gives any artist worldwide distribution for their music. Through word-of-mouth only, CD Baby has grown into the largest seller of independent music, paying 240,000 artists more than $81 million over the past 10 years. Apple iTunes invited CD Baby to be one of their early backend digital content providers, and now CD Baby's digital distribution catalog provides over 2 million songs to digital music services like Apple iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon MP3, and more.
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