IFPI In The News

Hi-Res music service Qobuz expands into Latin America and Portugal

Qobuz is now available in 25 countries

The Weeknd signs publishing pact with Universal – and he’s thrown new recordings and merch into the package too

The Weeknd has sold more than 75 million albums.

Alex Kennedy named Managing Director for the UK at Believe

Kennedy's appointment confirms the company's investment in the world’s 4th music market

BMG expands in Latin America with new operation in Mexico

The company has begun recruiting for a General Manager and synch and copyright staff

As vinyl sales soar, European pressing plant Record Industry and Bertus Distribution join forces

The combined entity says that its pressing capacity will be "practically doubled" to around 25 million units per year

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

Italy generated recorded music revenues of $392.4m last year, and landed at No.10 on the list of the world’s Top 10 markets

Market's recorded music revenues grew 27.8% in 2021

‘Free’ music streaming paid the record industry $4.6bn in 2021… and other key insights from the latest IFPI Global Music Report

MBW crunches the IFPI's latest numbers – and discovers some head-turning facts and figures