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...Zhang has been considerably luckier: she's a member of the 12 Girls Band, a group of young ladies whose enthusiastic renditions of musical chestnuts on traditional Chinese instruments have become a sensation outside their homeland. Their first overseas album, Beautiful Energy, has sold more than 2 million CDs in Japan and hundreds of thousands more across Asia since last summer. A 32-date Japan tour last month sold out in 10 minutes, and a follow-up album, Shining Energy, has gone platinum since its release in March. "They're outselling the biggest Japanese stars," says Rei Miyazaki, an editor...
...which are publicly traded companies, own things like office complexes, warehouses and shopping malls. They collect rent and pay out nearly all their income as dividends, which makes them well suited to investors who prize income. But as rates rise, REITs face more competition from other securities like bank CDs and bonds, which dampens REIT values. Still, the average REIT now yields 5.7%, way more than the 10-year Treasury bond...
...have no personal financial interest in the success of the bands,” because all the profits are reinvested into the label or the music scene in general, but that Veritas members have “the personal satisfaction that by coordinating these bands and putting out CDs under a brand name, we might have a chance to include music in what the student body sees as important social activities...
...approximate count," says Rahman, in a phone chat from London. "If you have a hit film, you'll sell 5 million or 6 million CDs. Of my movies, at least 20 or 25 were really big hits." Mind you, he adds, "in India, we don't get royalties. Otherwise I'd be a very rich man. I wouldn't have to come to America...
...Rahman is nothing new to fans of Indian films. They know by heart his scores and songs for some 70 movies. And they buy his CDs--do they ever! By some counts, 150 million albums of Rahman music have been sold, which could make him the top-selling artist in recording history...