The folks from Nielsen’s Entertainment division recently caught up with the FOO FIGHTERS backstage at their sold-out Madison Square Garden concert last month to honor them with two awards – the first recognizes the band’s more than four million (U.S.) radio plays, captured by Nielsen BDS:
and the second is in recognition of the band’s more than 10 MILLION (U.S.) album sales, tracked by Nielsen SoundScan:
Pictured here (left-to-right): Pat Smear (Guitarist); Nielsen’s Chris Muratore; Tom Corson (COO/President RCA Records); Jeff Gillis (Sr. Director – Pop/Rock Promotion, RCA Records); Dave Grohl (Lead Vocals/Guitarist); Nate Mendel (Bass); Chris Shiflett (Guitarist); Bill Burrs (SVP – Rock Promotion, RCA Records); Taylor Hawkins (Drums); Joe Riccitelli (EVP – CHR Promotion, RCA Records); Peter Edge (CEO, RCA Records); Karen Hope (SVP – Business Affairs, RCA Records); Nielsen’s Eric Weinberg; Julie Swidler, (EVP – Business Affairs & General Counsel, Sony Music Entertainment); Dan Zucker (EVP – Business & Legal Affairs, RCA Records)