Music Business News: Germany

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

Streaming revenues topped $1bn in Germany for the first time last year, with total recorded music sales up 8.2%

Streaming accounted for 55.1% of total revenues

Songtradr-owned Big Sync Music expands into Australia, New Zealand, France & Germany

Big Sync’s new operations will be headed up by Country Managers Michael Szumowski, Pedro Anacker and Nicolas Farcy

Artist streaming revolt: Former Universal Germany boss thinks modern record labels ‘keep disproportionate amount of income’

Motor Music posts blog in support of protesting artists in Germany

Schubert Music, best known as a publisher, launches 10 record labels, inks Orchard deal

Each label will specialize in specific genres, from Alternative to Pop, Dance and Post-Punk to Latin

Over half of us listen to fewer albums than we did 5 -10 years ago (report)

Only 9% of 8,000 people surveyed favor albums

BMG responds to artist streaming revolt in Germany: ‘It is time for record companies to change.’

Letter appears to seek a 'user-centric' style of payment, while "attacking" record companies

The artist revolt: Stars seek more streaming money from major labels in Germany

Acts including Helene Fischer and Rammstein want a bigger share of the pie