Friday, February 22, 2008

Brits give McCartney big sales boost (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - Landing a Lifetime Achievement Award and performing at the BRIT Awards gave a 500 percent boost to sales of Paul McCartneys latest album "Memory Almost Full" in just one day, retailers said on Friday.

The British music industrys big night of the year on Wednesday gave stars a fillip across the board with Mark Ronson, Kylie Minogue and Take That all enjoying much improved sales.

Gennaro Castaldo from retailers HMV said: "The impact of the BRITs on artist profiles and album sales is becoming more pronounced each year."

(Reporting by Paul Majendie; editing by Jeremy Lovell)

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