News Spotify fake stream site smashed by record industry injunction in Germany "This should be seen as a signal to other manipulation services that we are prepared to take action against them.”
Analysis News DIY artists generated $821m in 2019 – now Amuse is launching a Pro subscription tier to ‘accelerate their careers’ "With Pro, we’re giving our users more features to accelerate their careers, at an accessible price," says Amuse boss Diego Farais
News Warner Music Group delays IPO, with stock market in grip of Coronavirus fears Sources suggest Warner was set to share target price ranges for its public debut this week
Analysis News Universal claims 80%-plus share of 2019’s Top 10 biggest global artists… led by Taylor Swift Major has signed and/or distributes eight of this year's biggest acts (and also works with BTS)
Analysis What the US record industry should fear about its future – and what it deserves to celebrate Netflix, vinyl, streaming and Spotify's share of revenues all feature in MBW's review of the USA market
Analysis News Streaming is getting bigger in Japan, with the likes of Spotify generating over $380m in market last year Industry audio streaming revenues grew 33.8% in Japan last year, shows MBW analysis
Analysis News Did Germany just overtake the UK as the world’s third biggest recorded music market? BVMI numbers are slightly bigger than UK's for last year – but there's a caveat
Interviews ‘Essentially, music is an emotional language that connects people.’ Andy Macdonald, founder of Go! Discs and Independiente, won the A&R Icon Award in London last November. We sat down with him to hear his career story.
Analysis It’s happened: The major labels are now generating over $1m every hour from streaming MBW analysis shows that Universal saw recorded music streaming growth in excess of $600m in 2019
News Artificial Intelligence made a song in the style of Travis Scott. It sounds unnervingly like Travis Scott. "She got the crew on top of my chain (It's lit); Wasted in the street like a pain (Straight up)."
Analysis YouTube says it paid the music industry over $3bn last year – equivalent to 20% of its annual ad revenue. Is that good? On balance, YouTube looks likely to have just become the global music industry's second biggest streaming partner
News Universal Music Group is now an $8bn-a-year company, as streaming revenues surge 21.5% in record 2019 Company now generates more than $11m every day from streaming
News Universal Music Group set for IPO in the next 3 years News comes a week after Access Industries and Warner Music Group announced their intention to go public
News Scooter Braun joins $22m funding round for cannabis company… but he’s not the first major artist manager to invest in CBD Bill Curbishley, Ian McAndrew and Colin Lester are all investors in $5m-backed Apothem Labs
News Apple poaches Warner exec Jeff Bronikowski for Global Head of Music Strategic Initiatives role The list of ex-Warner execs running music at digital services grows again