MRC Data In The 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

Shake-up at RCA: Mark Pitts in as President, John Fleckenstein promoted to COO

Joe Riccitelli leaves Sony label as part of new leadership changes under Peter Edge

MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Hipgnosis, Warner, Anghami, Universal Music, US streams

The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place

Nearly a third of all streams in the US last year were of hip-hop and R&B artists (as rock beat pop to second most popular streaming genre)

The Box by Roddy Ricch was the year's biggest streaming track in the States, with over a billion plays across audio and video

Penske Media and MRC form data Joint Venture

Company brings together MRC Data, Alpha Data and Variety Business Intelligence

‘You can buy No.1s on Billboard’: Tekashi 6ix9ine claims 30,000 Ariana Grande single sales were purchased using 6 credit cards

Rapper lets the accusations fly as he misses out on Hot 100 No.1 record

Billboard owner Valence Media acquires Nielsen Music

Company is establishing a new MRC Data division