Music Business News: Europe
News Payouts to the music business grew 85% to $1.8bn News And streaming now counts for two-thirds of all singles 'sales' News Sandie Shaw, Jonathan Shalit and Paloma Faith back Remain campaign Analysis MBW calculates per-stream rates from new BPI data - and it's not joyous reading News Damon Albarn, Jim Kerr, Alan McGee and others deliver the goods News Simple Minds, Damon Albarn, Snake Hips and more pick up gongs News A billion streams a week taking place on the likes of Today's Top Hits News Video services claim 65% of plays, but pay just 10% of cash to artists and labels