Analysis Blog Latin Grammys cap a blockbuster year for Latin Music Research and revenues highlight music’s fastest growing genre
Analysis News Why the ’80/20 rule’ will be crucial to Hipgnosis’ mission to buy billions of dollars of music catalogs in 2022 and beyond Hipgnosis has over $2.5 billion of deals in the pipeline. The question of who's going to pay for them requires a complex but important answer.
Analysis Blog Wax on, wax off: unblocking the great vinyl logjam Columnist Eamonn Forde's 12-point checklist to fix the vinyl backlog
Analysis News From the Astroworld tragedy to Universal’s new virtual band – It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The music industry's biggest few stories from the past week, and why they matter
Analysis Blog TikTok and social media’s explosion in music is only going to get louder WeGenerate's Luka Zak on how short-form video and new social media platforms are transforming the industry
Analysis Blog Box clutter: why special edition albums need to forget the kitchen sink drama Columnist Eamonn Forde delves into the world of anniversary boxsets...
Analysis News YouTube’s ads business is now bigger than the entire global record business MBW predicts that YouTube's ad revenues could breach the $30 billion mark this year alone
Analysis News Why did BTS leave Sony for Universal? And what’s up with Warner Music Group’s $10bn value growth? MBW's Talking Trends podcast on BTS's shock move, and Warner's rapid rise in value
Analysis News Sony Music’s quarterly streaming revenues burst above $1bn for the first time MBW breaks down the numbers in an historic quarter for Rob Stringer's major
Analysis Blog Six reasons why regionality still matters for the global music streaming business This MBW op/ed comes from Ryan Blakeley, a Ph.D. in Musicology candidate at the Eastman School of Music.
Analysis News Is Universal Music Group going to post a $2bn EBITDA profit this year? UMG announces another impressive set of quarterly results – this time as a public company
Analysis News Warner Music Group is worth $10bn more than it was a year ago Universal stays above $50 billion... as its rival's market worth goes gangbusters
Analysis News The name’s bonds. Music bonds. How the genius of Bowie bonds is making a comeback, 14 years after they went away
Analysis Blog The major labels are taking a beating in the UK. Will they end up turning their back? A run of major-bashing moves have been made by political quarters in the UK. Will there be unintended consequences?
Analysis News From Spotify vs. songwriters to Adele vs. our emotions: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter