Analysis News Latin music is on course to generate over $1 billion in the US in 2022 MBW calculations suggest that Latin music claimed a near-7% market share of US streaming revenues last year
Analysis Blog Yes, Blockchain might well revolutionise music royalties. No, it’s not going to happen anytime soon. Tom Allen, founder of Curve Royalty Systems, urges caution and patience for those pinning their hopes on a tech-driven miracle
Analysis News Judges in the US have hinted that the mechanical royalty rate paid to publishers and songwriters for vinyl sales should rise. The major labels’ lawyers have come out swinging. MBW brings you the blow-by-blow of an extraordinary legal battle taking place in the US. It's got everything!
Analysis Blog With touring costs spiralling, artists mustn’t dismiss how much they’re wasting on FX payments. Voly founder Ian Flanagan reveals how much a major league artist could have saved on their tour had they shopped around
Analysis Blog Music merchandise is big business. But for touring artists, it’s callously inequitable. Eamonn Forde explores the economics of selling merch at music venues
Analysis News Once again, nearly 98% of 18-to-49-year-olds in the US didn’t watch the Grammys on Sunday The 2021 Superbowl's live TV audience was more than ten times the size of the 2022 Grammys
Analysis News BMG’s annual revenues grew 10.1% to $784m in 2021 Bertelsmann confirms music company's latest annual fiscal numbers
Analysis News An MBW reader just blew open the Spotify fake artists story. Here’s what they have to say. This is an email you're gonna want to read
Analysis News Remember Spotify’s fake artists? They’re still going strong – and still attracting scandal. Have you heard of Firefly or Chillmi? Two of the biggest indie labels going, with so many artists on their books!
Analysis News From Spotify’s $7bn payout in 2021, to the global record industry’s $25.9bn revenues: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
Analysis News Spotify just dropped a stat that changes everything about how you should judge the streaming economy Music Business Worldwide's Talking Trends podcast delves into a major new revelation from Spotify
Analysis News 52,600 artists generated over $10k on Spotify last year – and 15,140 of them uploaded their own music Revelatory new stats published on Spotify's updated Loud & Clear website today
Analysis News ASCAP’s revenues grew by just $8m in 2021, and couldn’t catch BMI’s annual collections PRO blames fall in international collections on "business closures and the lack of vaccinations" in certain non-US territories
Analysis Blog DSPs will lead music’s mainstream Web3 adoption, but fan-powered music communities will share the wealth The following MBW op/ed comes from Bruno Guez, CEO of Digital rights administration company Revelator
Analysis News Tempo Music’s catalog is up for sale – and we expect it to go for more than $500 million Tempo was founded by Providence in partnership with Warner Music Group in 2019