Music Business Analysis

On balance, YouTube looks likely to have just become the global music industry's second biggest streaming partner

MBW columnist Peter Robinson on the role of the music critic, and the reality of today's industry

Ministry Of Sound Chairman Lohan Presencer calls on music's biggest companies to stump up for small venues

Losses narrow at streaming service which famously served superstars with equity stakes

What does Spotify's CEO have to say on key issues facing the company in 2020?

Fine Line by Harry Styles was Sony Music's biggest seller in calendar Q4 last year

That's the lowest percentage in key age bracket of all time

MBW's estimates SoundExchange's lifetime payouts to members have now reached approximately $7bn

MBW research suggests the famed 'Grammy bump' is weakening

Company gives update on 2019 as 2018 results are laid bare

Recent UK report suggests that Jeff Bezos company might be delivering the future of streaming today

How, collectively, the world's biggest megastars are losing streaming market share in the United States

Nue Agency founder Jesse Kirshbaum on the biggest music biz deal of the year

Another big gain for key market – but first signs of a slowdown are on the cards

Music streaming services – particularly Spotify – are morphing into something else entirely