IFPI In The News

YouTube: We’ve paid the music business $1.8bn in ad money over the past 12 months

That's nearly double what YouTube paid out in 2016

A&R ‘Moneyball’ is hotter than ever. But will it actually improve the music business?

After Apple's acqui-hire of Asaii, what's next for AI-driven artist discovery?

ERA: IFPI report ‘disenfranchises’ millions of physical music fans

UK's Entertainment Retailers Association protests at IFPI report which excludes physical formats

Music piracy ‘a significant issue’ says IFPI

IFPI publishes Music Consumer Insight Report 2018 which analyses recorded music engagement across 20 of the world’s largest markets

John Phelan appointed Director General of ICMP

Phelan joins after three years at IFPI

Tidal expands into Brazil via Vivo partnership – with subs costing less than $4 a month

Nicki Minaj to play launch gig

European Parliament sides with music industry in crucial copyright vote which could ‘close the Value Gap’

'This now opens the way for a Copyright Directive that can close the value gap and boost investment into new British music and other new content.'

Spotify profit payouts: What’s the fairest way to recompense artists?

Annabella Coldrick of the Music Managers Forum dissects the main players to examine how they're distributing cash windfall