That's up from 4.34% this time last year and lands it in fifth place, only slightly behind its Sony sister label Columbia at 5.85%. Meanwhile, the SZA album, which has topped the Billboard 200 for eight non consecutive weeks in 2023 so far, helped catapult RCA to a 5.76% current market share in Q1 this year. (Republic’s market share encompasses Big Loud, Island, Cash Money, Mercury and indie distributor Imperial.) In fact, the first-week impact of Wallen’s album was so large that it boosted Republic’s single-week current market share from 9.76% the week before it came out to 18.14% the week it debuted, meaning that nearly one in every five album consumption units that week was a Republic Records release. 8 label in current share in Q1 if it were broken out on its own, having posted a 2.84% share so far in the year. One Thing at a Time is so big that Wallen’s Republic label partner, Big Loud Records, would have ranked as the No. While Republic has continued to benefit from an exceptionally strong fourth quarter of 2022 - Q4 releases like Taylor Swift’s Midnights, Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains and Drake & 21 Savage’s Her Loss are all in the top 10 most-consumed albums of 2023 so far - much of that increase can be attributed to Wallen’s album. In terms of current market share - albums released in the past 18 months - Republic Records has had a white-hot start, posting a 12.45% mark and besting the second-highest label, Interscope Geffen A&M (7.75%), by nearly five full percentage points. Combined, the albums have spent all but two weeks atop the Billboard 200 this year and have contributed significantly to major gains for their respective labels. “If something could be proven that he did something wrong,” an official such as DeJoy should “always” lose his job, Trump told reporters.īut White House chief of staff Mark Meadows dismissed the allegations as political.Through the first three months of 2023, two albums have largely defined the year and had a profound effect on the record-label market share rankings for the first quarter: Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time, on Republic, and SZA’s S.O.S., on RCA. President Donald Trump said Monday that DeJoy, a major donor to Trump and other Republicans, should lose his job if campaign finance irregularities are uncovered. Hagler also said DeJoy believes he has always complied with campaign fundraising laws and regulations. Monty Hagler, a private spokesperson for DeJoy, said in a statement that DeJoy was unaware any workers felt pressure to make donations. It should not be happening in America,’' he said. “The tip fell on fertile ground,’' he said, adding that lawmakers will likely issue subpoenas for top executives at the company and examine payroll records to determine if bonuses were paid, as the employees claim.Ĭooper, a lawyer, said CEOs of many private companies are “tempted to use the company as a piggy bank,’' but said forcing employees to make political contributions crosses a clear legal line. The House Oversight Committee recently subpoenaed DeJoy for records about widespread delays that have pushed the Postal Service into the political spotlight.Ĭooper said Tuesday that he asked DeJoy about employee contributions after receiving a tip from someone in North Carolina, where DeJoy’s former company is based. Two former employees told the newspaper that DeJoy would later give bigger bonuses to reimburse for the contributions.ĭeJoy was already under fire amid allegations that operational changes he made since taking the postal job in June have delayed mail, sparking concern over the agency’s ability to process a flood of mail-in ballots expected this fall due to coronavirus fears. WASHINGTON (AP) - Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is facing increased scrutiny as House Democrats investigate allegations that he encouraged employees at his former business to contribute to Republican candidates and then reimbursed them in the guise of bonuses, a violation of campaign finance laws.įive people who worked for DeJoy’s former company, New Breed Logistics, say they were urged by DeJoy’s aides or by DeJoy himself to write checks and attend fundraisers at his mansion in Greensboro, North Carolina, The Washington Post reported.
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