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At least one label appears to be more concerned about shoring up CD sales. Island Def Jam released Mariah Carey's "Limited Mimi" album to traditional retailers November 15, but will wait until late December to make it available digitally. The album includes the current top 10 hit "Don't Forget About Us".
Sources at the label say they feel 99-cent iTunes singles are cutting into album sales. But, Greenfield points out, "The industry is talking about raising the price of music at a time when digital downloads have stalled out. How is raising prices going to help?"
Further information reveals that "Don't Forget About Us" is scheduled to be digitally released on December 20 (and could be pushed forward to December 13). The new Jermaine Dupri remix will be sent out to radio stations as early as next week, and will be available for digital downloading in December as well. (Reuters - Mariah Daily)
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