Analysis How to ignore YouTube completely: One Direction’s radical gamble Spotify, Sony and how a single song is changing an industry
Analysis Apple Music is a terrible disaster. Apple Music is a storming success. MBW takes a look at both sides of the debate
Analysis SoundExchange payouts to labels likely to top $900m this year CMO's lifetime collections pass $3bn milestone
Analysis Why Universal is sticking with Lucian Grainge The exec's track record on revenues, profit... and EMI
Analysis News Buckle up: Amazon is spending crazy money on entertainment. And it hasn’t even started on music… Another day, another serious player looking hard at music
Analysis PRS spent £35.7m on People in 2014 – here’s where the cash went 615 staff, with a £48k average wage, drag up costs
Analysis CD sales remain rock solid in Japan – but J-Pop has a stranglehold Domestic sales claim almost 90% of all money taken
Analysis Independent labels trounce UMG, Sony and Warner in US market shares But indies heavily reliant on majors for distribution
Analysis The biggest subscription music service in the world doesn’t need Universal, Adele or Taylor Swift Amazon Prime Music just landed in the UK
Analysis Spain’s piracy fightback continues: music market up 11% as streaming jumps 40% Country lost 500m euro annual income from piracy
Analysis Is Apple Music having ‘no meaningful impact’ on streaming market? Pandora boss dismisses new rival; MBW analysis backs him up
Analysis Google loves Spotify, which is hurting Apple, which is in a war for global domination against… Google. And people say music’s lost its value. This really, really is one hell of a year for the music business
Analysis CD sales crash in Finland – but streaming revenues grow market Sony the leading record company as streaming grows 40%
Analysis News Norway record industry up 7% as streaming claims 81% of market Physical sales rise slightly in Scandinavian region