Media synergy and convergence with Aerosmith and Armegeddon

1. Band fact file
By Connor Flello

3. Info
• Aerosmith signed with Columbia in mid-1972
for a reported $125,000 and issued their
debut album, Aerosmith.

4. (I don’t) Wanna miss a thing
• The song debuted at number one on the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 (the first #1 for the band after
28 years together). The song stayed at number
one for four weeks from September 5 to
September 26, 1998. The song also stayed at
number 1 for several weeks in several other
countries. In the UK, the song peaked at number
four, becoming Aerosmith's highest charting song
in the UK, where it was the 17th best-selling
single of 1998, and has sold over a million copies.

5. Synergy and Convergence

6. Links with the Film
• Aerosmith’s video for (I don’t) Wanna Miss a
Thing involves clips of the band involved with
parts of the film. All video’s around youtube
can average anywhere between 50, 000 to 1
million views
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG_VMJ
g7oMM

7. Synergy
• Along with the film, which received
$553,709,788 (and 1998’s highest grossing
film), the soundtrack album was commercially
successful in Japan, and was certified double
platinum for 400,000 copies shipped in 1999.

8. • This shows synergy by the company to release
two things simultaneously to boost each
others sales.

10. Convergence
• https://www.youtube.com/