Analysis News Fewer DIY artists generated over $10k on Spotify in 2022 than they did in 2021 (according to Spotify’s own figures – update). MBW founder Tim Ingham takes a hard look at Spotify's latest figures regarding independent artists and what they're paid on the platform
Analysis News There were 589m paid streaming users in 2022, driving a 9% rise in global recorded music revenues to $26.2bn Global recorded music body IFPI published its Global Music Report 2023 on Tuesday (March 21)
Analysis Blog ‘Fake streams are nothing new, but the recordings business is only just waking up to the scale of the practice.’ The following op-ed comes from Pascal Bittard, founder of France-based independent distributor IDOL
Analysis News In a shock move, Meta has pulled music by Italian songwriters from its platforms. Is this connected to Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Year of Efficiency’? A mega dispute is brewing in Italy between music publishers and Mark Zuckerberg's Meta
Analysis News France is ‘struggling’ to reach the paid subscription levels of other major music markets. Is TikTok partly to blame? SNEP report highlights slowdown in subscription streaming growth in key global territory
Analysis News Believe generated $800m in annual revenues in 2022, up 31.8% YoY Company's full-year financial results were published on Wednesday, March 15
Analysis News Why is Spotify copying TikTok? To cling on to power. MBW founder, Tim Ingham delves behind a major recent entertainment industry headline to explain what's really going on
Analysis News HYBE’s not the only K-pop giant eyeing the US: SM Entertainment plans $150m Stateside acquisition to speed up global expansion Over the weekend, HYBE officially ceased its attempt to acquire a 40% stake in SM Entertainment.
Analysis News Spotify’s mission statement is preposterous. Its latest announcements prove it. Drilling behind the numbers released by Spotify last week, to discover the hard truth
Analysis Blog Droppings: When record labels say goodbye to failing music Eamonn Forde on how labels calculate and justify the cutting of ties with artists
Analysis News Universal’s music catalog spending has shrunk dramatically over the past two years. Why? A dive into the reasons why Universal's spending on catalog rights has reduced by 61 percent since its 2020 billion-dollar splurge
Analysis News US recorded music revenues from paid subscriptions exceeded $10bn annually for the first time in 2022 The US recorded music industry grew 6.1% to USD $15.9 billion in 2022, according to RIAA's 2022 Year End report
Analysis Blog To grow the market for music creation tools, look to Canva and Figma. The following op/ed comes from Adam Hasslert, CEO of music creation platform Soundation
Analysis News From Universal’s billions to Deezer’s new Board Director… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories on MBW from the past seven days
Analysis News Universal Music Group generated more than $1bn per quarter, on average, from recorded music subscription streaming in 2022 UMG posts double-digit YoY growth (just!) in its recorded music subscription streaming revenues