Post by Dave on Apr 4, 2008 22:34:38 GMT
Jon, it's just a silly paragraph from a not very cleverly worded newsletter. There are of course no opera singers on the CD so they can't (and I am sure don't want to) take over from Pavarotti or Callas.
By fans, I mean the 80,000 people who bought Treasure in the UK - if they didn't buy it, I wouldn't call them Hayley fans - not even if they own Pure. OK you can add maybe 90,000 people who bought Blake, 50,000 who bought Jonathan Ansell and a few thousand for the others but after allowing for overlap, that's probably well under 200,000 individuals. There are a lot more classical crossover music buyers in the UK than that and I imagine that UCJ want a bigger piece of them for these 5 artists.
But as you say, implying that they are opera singers won't do anyone any favours, let's hope we hear no more of this nonsense from UCJ.
If it's a new recording of Lascia by Hayley, I shall buy this CD as it is, I think, the operatic aria that Hayley sings best.
Dave
By fans, I mean the 80,000 people who bought Treasure in the UK - if they didn't buy it, I wouldn't call them Hayley fans - not even if they own Pure. OK you can add maybe 90,000 people who bought Blake, 50,000 who bought Jonathan Ansell and a few thousand for the others but after allowing for overlap, that's probably well under 200,000 individuals. There are a lot more classical crossover music buyers in the UK than that and I imagine that UCJ want a bigger piece of them for these 5 artists.
But as you say, implying that they are opera singers won't do anyone any favours, let's hope we hear no more of this nonsense from UCJ.
If it's a new recording of Lascia by Hayley, I shall buy this CD as it is, I think, the operatic aria that Hayley sings best.
Dave
