Music Business Analysis

Historical filings show why Spotify believes "lower royalty rates are critical" to the service's future

MBW takes a long, hard look at one of the biggest albums of the year so far

BMG's boss discusses his confidence in his own company... and his lack of confidence elsewhere

Audio subscription revenues made up 12.4% of Japan's total recorded music revenues in H1 2019; physical audio formats contributed 53.3%.

Swift's new record trumps Ed Sheeran's latest LP (just) – but not Ariana Grande's

After being snapped up for just $6.6m in 2013, is Death Row Records about to be acquired again?

Had Apple committed to its social media platform a little more, could it have taken on Insta and TikTok?

Local market stats in Norway suggest risky move was a big success

MBW estimates that Universal, Sony and Warner are now collectively worth just shy of $89bn

SPOT is reaching less than 1.5% of its potential addressable market outside of Europe and the Americas

MBW analysis shows that global major label streaming revenue growth slowed by 19.1% YoY in the first six months of this year

SiriusXM's radio platform ended Q2 with 29.3 million self-pay subscribers

Major labels now turning over more than $20m from streaming every single day

Live Nation has raised ticket prices, globally, for the best seats at amphitheater and arena shows by close to a third since Q1 2018

Mubert's Alexey Kochetkov enters the debate over human versus algorithmic music creation