Music Business Analysis

Without a hardware 'get out', is Spotify's global pricing strategy on a road to nowhere?

Independent artists continue to rise – as first-party playlists take control in crucial market

Across all formats, genre claimed 4.31% share in the first half of 2019

Cherie Hu tackles changing trends in audio-visual media

Will $430bn-valued Tencent want a piece of Sony, Warner, BMG or Kobalt?

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