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
Analysis 16bn reasons why Adele’s streaming snub paid off Record-breaking album made more than $100m in six weeks
Analysis Adele: Officially bigger than Call Of Duty and Jurassic World XL-signed star records UK's biggest-selling entertainment product of 2015
Analysis Physical music dominates UK market – and it’s stubbornly refusing to die CD and vinyl claim more than £500m of sales in 2015
Analysis Adele’s 25: the true value of a money-making machine Here's how much money it made in just six weeks
Analysis UK recorded music market grows 3.5% in 2015 – but subscription savages downloads Subscription streaming generates £251m in 2015
Analysis YouTube earnt $9bn in revenue last year, towering over Spotify YouTube's income is around nine times the size of Pandora's
Analysis The 6 biggest music business stories coming your way in 2016 Universal buying, Sony selling and a wealth of streaming possibilities...
Analysis An alternative Xmas message to the music industry from Ministry Of Sound Lohan Presencer pens a typically forthright blog for MBW
Analysis Blog Is music ready for its craft beer moment? It's worth $20bn a year. Can independent labels pick up the baton?
Analysis Apple’s plan to dominate streaming: become music’s very own Netflix What Taylor Swift's new deal means for the record industry