1 album, by rapper Lil Uzi Vert, was streamed 351 million times but sold just 7,800 albums - all of those digital, since it wasn’t even released on CD or vinyl.) But many smaller labels with constituencies that aren’t satisfied by streaming could be devastated if Amazon turns them away for long. (Stats from Rolling Stone and BuzzAngle Media show that this week’s No. Some local record stores that remain open could benefit from Amazon’s shortages, too, although the ability of brick-and-mortar shops to keep their doors open as customers increasingly stay home is in question.Ī lack of new physical media for sale at Amazon won’t have much impact on the top sellers of the day. Other web retailers may be able to step in and fill the gap for labels and customers. … We understand this is a change for our selling partners and appreciate their understanding as we temporarily prioritize these products for customers.” For products other than these, we have temporarily disabled shipment creation. “With this in mind, we are temporarily prioritizing household staples, medical supplies, and other high-demand products coming into our fulfillment centers so that we can more quickly receive, restock, and deliver these products to customers.

“We are seeing increased online shopping, and as a result some products such as household staples and medical supplies are out of stock,” Amazon said in a statement to third-party sellers this week. “Considering Amazon is the biggest record retailer in the world, I have to imagine that all record labels will take a hit,” says Cheryl Pawelski, the Grammy-winning co-founder of Omnivore Records, adding that with “brick and mortar retail under duress at this time as well, I can’t say that the outlook is good.” But replenishing stock, or stocking new music releases, is something that will have to wait for weeks - or, some fear, months. That doesn’t mean that products already sitting in Amazon warehouses won’t still be up for sale to consumers.

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