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Analysis After US slowdown, now audio streaming growth shrinks in the UK New BPI stats show decline in volume growth in world's third biggest market
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News UnitedMasters releases app for artists to distribute music and track earnings Artists can also submit tracks for placement with brands
Analysis Blog Why does the music industry still judge itself in weekly intervals? Are charts which appear every seven days really cut out for the modern era?
News Apple Music is signing exclusives again: major partnership deal inked with French rap stars PNL PNL sold over 113,000 equivalents of their latest album in a single week in April
News When it comes to music distribution, artists should beware of the industry’s tourists Nick Gordon of Symphonic Distribution gives his view on those offering incredible deals to artists
Analysis Who is the biggest hit songwriter working today? According to MBW's calculations, in the first half of 2019... it was Sony/ATV signing Louis Bell
News Troy Carter’s Q&A chooses Max Lousada’s Warner for deal offering artists an ‘upstream’ to a ‘global network’ "Having a partnership with WMG allows us to upstream independent artists that are looking to release through a major label system, therefore, enabling us to continue to add value at every stage of their career.”
News Epidemic Sound raises $20m, announces expansion into South Korea Company to launch in South Korea via a partnership with DS Asset Management
News Apple Music now has over 60m subscribers worldwide Rival Spotify topped 100m global subscribers at the end of Q1 this year
Analysis Audio streaming growth fell by 5% in the United States in the first half of 2019 Lil Nas X was the biggest track in H1 2019 – but he couldnt prevent a slight slowdown in the numbers
Interviews ‘We have to understand: without the song, there is no artist.’ Rodney Jerkins, aka Darkchild, joins MBW's World's Greatest Songwriters series
News Ethiopia Habtemariam: ‘The music business is changing all the time. If you’re not willing to innovate, you’re gonna be left in the dust.’ Motown's Ethiopia Habtemariam on hip-hop's explosion, ego in the music business – and Motown's new age