Is The Post Office In The Music Business?

Written By Tamera H. Bennett

by Tamera H. Bennett The U.S. Postal Service teamed up with Concord Music Group and released a 13 track CD of holiday tunes that are distributed exclusively at Post Offices and via the USPS website.

The album charted at Number 3 on the Billboard album chart on its first week in the stores.  USPS purchased 170,000 units from Concord and 12,000 sold at retail the first week available.

Concord released a "Charlie Brown Christmas" compilation with the USPS three years ago.  Many of Concord's releases are currently sold via their relationship with Starbucks.

Great article here about the project.

Kudos to my paralegal Katherine Stimson for "spying" the CD's at the Post Office and researching the history.

Tamera H. Bennett

Tamera H. Bennett is a wife, mom, lawyer, mediator, blogger, podcaster, and legal writer. For two decades she’s helped clients protect what they create by practicing trademark, copyright and entertainment law in Texas and Tennessee.

Tamera has co-hosted more than 85 episodes of the Entertainment Law Update Podcast since 2009. And, she’s been honored to write for BILLBOARD magazine and the TEXAS LAWYER.

In the summer of 2015, Tamera backpacked 100 miles over 10 days with her son's Boy Scout Troop. Tamera walked her first half-marathon in 2012 and walked the Cowtown Half Marathon in February 2016 and February 2017 with a PR each time. You can visit Tamera’s blog at createprotect.com and follow her on Twitter @tamerabennett.

http://www.tbennettlaw.com
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