Analysis News With $53m in annual revenues last year, Queen is still riding high from Bohemian Rhapsody (the movie) MBW digs through the band's UK filings... and they're doing very nicely
News Content sampled from long-form YouTube videos generated over 100bn views on TikTok rival Shorts in April YouTube's TiktTok rival Shorts was rolled out globally in July 2021
News 1 in 3 music listeners in the US discover new music through Twitch, according to new report Study from Twitch and analytics platform Luminate sheds light on how the platform is driving music discovery in the US
Analysis News Becky G is giving away $500,000 worth of Bitcoin to fans via Cash App Approximately 27,500 winners will receive a Bitcoin payment via Cash App
Analysis News At $4.9bn, Peloton’s market cap value has plunged to just 10% of what it was in January 2021 Stat Of The Week: Spotify isn't the only music-related tech giant with a rapidly sinking share price
Analysis Nearly 80% of artists on Spotify have fewer than 50 monthly listeners There is an ocean of music on Spotify that is a very long way from being popular
Analysis News Once again, nearly 98% of 18-to-49-year-olds in the US didn’t watch the Grammys on Sunday The 2021 Superbowl's live TV audience was more than ten times the size of the 2022 Grammys
Analysis News 52,600 artists generated over $10k on Spotify last year – and 15,140 of them uploaded their own music Revelatory new stats published on Spotify's updated Loud & Clear website today
Analysis News Sony spent an average of $91m on music catalog acquisitions every month over the past 10 months Stat was recently revealed on an investor presentation by Sony Corp's Hiroki Totoki
Analysis News Universal Music Group spent $459m on catalog acquisitions last year… less than half what it spent in 2020 New investor presentation reveals interesting numbers and facts around UMG's acquisition strategy
Analysis News Kanye West just sold 10,000 Stem Players in 3 days… as he claims he rejected a $100m deal from Apple One of the most interesting release experiments in modern music is about to take place via Ye's Donda 2
Analysis News YouTube is making close to $100m from advertising revenues every day YouTube generated over $28 billion across the course of 2021
Analysis News Music piracy has plummeted in the past 5 years. But in 2021, it slowly started growing again. New stats from MUSO offer food for thought for the global music business
Analysis Peloton has lost nearly $40bn in market cap value in the past year. Could Apple swoop for a cut-price acquisition? Lay-offs now look inevitable for Peloton, as production of equipment ceases. Is a takeover on the cards?
Analysis News At least $5 billion was spent on music rights acquisitions in 2021. Could 2022 be even bigger? MBW rifles back through our 2021 headlines to get a grip on just how huge a year it was for music rights buyouts