Analysis How much does SoundCloud really owe the music business? If SoundCloud was Spotify, it'd have paid hundreds of millions back to artists and songwriters
Analysis Sony and Warner’s equity cash giveaways tell us much about artist power in 2016 Why this isn't about money - although it totally is
Analysis PRS For Music vs. PPL: Who’s more cost-efficient? An in-depth look at the wages and distributions of two very important businesses
Analysis Spotify is converting more people into paying subscribers than ever before Service now has 28m paying subscribers and close to 100m active users
Analysis Spotify’s investment striptease is an ugly necessity – but an insult to artists Spotify goes all out to attract investors in new $500m round - but what about musicians?
Analysis News Why do major record labels dominate UK radio quite so much? There were 18 independent tracks amongst France's biggest radio songs last year
Analysis Netflix is putting all sides of the music business to shame Making A Murderer - and setting an example to labels and Spotify
Analysis Adele’s 25 is a very special album – but it’s not a miracle Just how special is 'the Adele factor'?
Analysis News Germany’s recorded music market grows 3.9%, widens lead over UK Physical claims 69.1% of overall market
Analysis News Even Adele can’t stop ‘old’ albums outselling new artist releases Catalogue trumps current album sales in historic milestone for the music biz
Analysis Can SoundCloud actually afford to take on Spotify? Why SoundCloud's running costs leave it exposed - unless it can crack the subscription game
Analysis Only two of last year’s biggest hits were written without outside help. Guess who? Hozier and Fetty Wap are going to be enjoying those royalty cheques for some time to come
Analysis How One Direction’s ticket sales dwarfed their recorded music income in 2015 British boyband grossed over $300m on primary and secondary markets, MBW estimates
Analysis The music business failed to dent YouTube’s power in 2015. What now? The music biz's hopes of toppling a free YouTube look slim - but not impossible
Analysis Streaming music is too expensive, say a worrying number of consumers 46% of consumers say streaming services are too expensive