Analysis News BMG’s annual revenues rose 1.9% to top $680m in 2020 Bertelsmann says company grew "thanks to [BMG's] focus on digital business and strong growth in music streaming"
Analysis Why we believe streaming subscription ARPU fell by around 8% globally for the record industry last year MBW runs the numbers from the IFPI's must-read new Global Music Report covering 2020
Analysis Artists have a 0.2% chance of generating $50k a year on Spotify. Let’s kick this stat around. Spotify's new website has started a debate. The world of soccer might provide some answers.
Analysis News Hipgnosis reveals how it values songs (and that its catalog is worth slightly more than it originally forecast) New disclosures show that Hipgnosis' assets were earning 0.4% more than company predicted they would when it acquired them
Analysis News The global recorded music industry grew by $1.5bn in 2020, despite the pandemic (report) New Midia report unveils estimates of industry growth in 2020
Analysis News ASCAP payouts to songwriters and publishers grew in pandemic 2020 – but it was the smallest increase in 5 years PRO's distribution increases slowed down in pandemic year – but total collections sped up
Analysis ‘The death of the artist’? Why Big Hit and BTS just raised the alarm on the record industry’s future. Why Big Hit's recent investment is symptomatic of a wider, potentially worrying, trend for major record companies
Analysis Why Spotify’s ex-Global Head of Music Publishing thinks streaming services should be paying songwriters more money Adam Parness explains why he believes his ex-employer should fork out more cash to songwriters and indie publishers
Analysis News CD Baby paid out $125m from digital platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music in 2020 CD Baby's digital payouts rose 14% in the year, as YouTube Music's contribution doubled
Analysis News Universal Music Group generated $8.4bn in 2020… and spent over $1.7bn on catalog acquisitions and artist advances Advances and catalog expenditure figure was more than triple the equivalent number from 2019
Analysis News SoundCloud is about to revolutionize streaming payouts, launching user-centric royalties for 100,000 indie artists "SoundCloud is uniquely positioned to offer this transformative new model due to the powerful connection between artists and fans that takes place on our platform."
Analysis Slowly but surely, the major labels’ dominance of Spotify is declining Spotify statistics show that nearly 10% of market share has shifted away from the majors and Merlin in just the past three years
Analysis The US recorded music industry grew by over $1bn in 2020 – but faces big challenges over streaming’s pricing, and its future The RIAA's latest figures show a surging streaming market – with one notable cause for concern
Analysis Blog The Services Sector Is Transforming The Future Of The Music Industry Justin Kalifowitz, CEO of Downtown Music Holdings, paints a picture of how the music industry is changing
Analysis News US music fans spent more on vinyl than CD last year for the first time since 1986 New RIAA data confirms that vinyl outsold CD on a monetary basis in pandemic-hit 2020 for first time in 34 years