News Rock music is twice as popular as pop in America – but R&B rules streaming Rock takes 33% of album sales vs. pop's 11%
News New Spanish chart counts streams, downloads and CD sales Streaming accounts for 70% of Spain's national singles chart
News Proper signs EU-wide partnership with H’Art Musik and Bertus Distribution Proper becomes 'one stop shop' for distribution in Europe
News Radio, not YouTube, is still king of music discovery 51% of US consumers use radio to discover new music
News Actually, album sales are doing fine in America… so long as you’re not iTunes, Walmart or Target 'Non-traditional' retail posts 5% increase in album sales
News US music fans now spend more on concerts than CDs, downloads and streaming combined Streaming claims just 3% of the average fan's yearly spend
News Is Universal fixing streaming’s transparency problem? Bono seems to think so… U2 man says UMG can 'direct-credit' artists with streaming payments
News Deezer set to challenge Spotify in US after swooping for Muve Pricetag believed to be less than $100m
Analysis Which country loves its own artists the most? Artists: if you want to feel the local love, learn some Japanese
News Universal creates ‘Data Alliance’ with comms group Havas 'This will super-charge our efforts' says Lucian Grainge
News Talpa Music to be led by Dessaur and Bruens at BMG Will work with Tony Berk and Pieter van Bodegraven