Analysis What the US record industry should fear about its future – and what it deserves to celebrate Netflix, vinyl, streaming and Spotify's share of revenues all feature in MBW's review of the USA market
Analysis News Streaming is getting bigger in Japan, with the likes of Spotify generating over $380m in market last year Industry audio streaming revenues grew 33.8% in Japan last year, shows MBW analysis
Analysis News Did Germany just overtake the UK as the world’s third biggest recorded music market? BVMI numbers are slightly bigger than UK's for last year – but there's a caveat
Analysis It’s happened: The major labels are now generating over $1m every hour from streaming MBW analysis shows that Universal saw recorded music streaming growth in excess of $600m in 2019
Analysis YouTube says it paid the music industry over $3bn last year – equivalent to 20% of its annual ad revenue. Is that good? On balance, YouTube looks likely to have just become the global music industry's second biggest streaming partner
Analysis Blog The Great Secret Of The Modern Music Business MBW columnist Peter Robinson on the role of the music critic, and the reality of today's industry
Analysis Blog A Call to Arms: ‘Universal, Sony, Warner, Spotify, Apple, Amazon, YouTube… dig deep and help us.’ Ministry Of Sound Chairman Lohan Presencer calls on music's biggest companies to stump up for small venues
Analysis News Jay-Z’s TIDAL saw global revenues rise to $148m in 2018 (update) Losses narrow at streaming service which famously served superstars with equity stakes
Analysis Daniel Ek talks paid-for promotion, podcasts and Spotify’s mission to become ‘the world’s No.1 audio platform’ What does Spotify's CEO have to say on key issues facing the company in 2020?
Analysis News Sony Music revenues grew by over $250m in calendar 2019, topping $4bn Fine Line by Harry Styles was Sony Music's biggest seller in calendar Q4 last year
Analysis News Grammys 2020 TV audience fell by over a million viewers versus last year, as just 5.4% of 18-to-49-year-olds tuned in That's the lowest percentage in key age bracket of all time
Analysis News SoundExchange paid out $908m to artists and labels in 2019 MBW's estimates SoundExchange's lifetime payouts to members have now reached approximately $7bn
Analysis News The Grammys fallout gets more shocking every day – but how relevant is the show to the modern record business? MBW research suggests the famed 'Grammy bump' is weakening
Analysis News SoundCloud, with more than 200m tracks on its platform, saw 12-monthly revenue run-rate top $200m last year Company gives update on 2019 as 2018 results are laid bare
Analysis Music streaming needs to change. Is Amazon already ahead of the curve? Recent UK report suggests that Jeff Bezos company might be delivering the future of streaming today