Music Business Analysis

MBW's Talking Trends looks into a growing dispute on Daniel Ek's platform

It's neck-and-neck right now, with Universal $7 billion ahead of Spotify following a damaging wave of headlines about stand-up comedians

Spotify, Apple, and YouTube contributed 42% of Warner Music Group's annual revenues in FY2021 between them

Research and revenues highlight music’s fastest growing genre

Hipgnosis has over $2.5 billion of deals in the pipeline. The question of who's going to pay for them requires a complex but important answer.

Columnist Eamonn Forde's 12-point checklist to fix the vinyl backlog

The music industry's biggest few stories from the past week, and why they matter

WeGenerate's Luka Zak on how short-form video and new social media platforms are transforming the industry

Columnist Eamonn Forde delves into the world of anniversary boxsets...

MBW predicts that YouTube's ad revenues could breach the $30 billion mark this year alone

MBW's Talking Trends podcast on BTS's shock move, and Warner's rapid rise in value

MBW breaks down the numbers in an historic quarter for Rob Stringer's major

This MBW op/ed comes from Ryan Blakeley, a Ph.D. in Musicology candidate at the Eastman School of Music.

UMG announces another impressive set of quarterly results – this time as a public company

Universal stays above $50 billion... as its rival's market worth goes gangbusters