Music Sales Rise in Harmony with Game Appearances

Artists who have released songs on its "Guitar Hero" platform have seen separate sales of those tracks triple on average, according to Activision Blizzard Inc.

Here’s a sampling of how some songs have fared after appearing in versions of Activision’s "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band," from Viacom Inc.’s MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts Inc., that were released late last year.

Download figures compare the week ending Dec. 30, 2007, with the final week of December 2006