A bit of a stir was caused recently by the
publication of some Nielsen market research figures that showed that
a hitherto virtually unknown singer called Luca Butera was
consistently around number two in the listings of downloaded music
sales with something like 50,000 copies purchased even though he was
selling nothing at all on physical CDs DVDs etc. Was this an example
of the independent attitude that we denizens of the Internet have
got, or is it something else? Those of those who were around in the
early days of the Beatles may well remember how their ambitious
manager Brian Epstein toured the shops buying up thousands of copies
of their first hit Love Me Do in order to shove it up the charts!
Could a similar thing have happened here? Surely not, such a
good-looking young man would never stoop to such trickery.
His
video for his song Wow (Like a Real Star) is certainly a very
professionally produced work, so this young man obviously means to
go places. Will he succeed? Only time will tell! Does he deserve to? Judge for yourself!
