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The global recorded music industry grew by $1.5bn in 2020, despite the pandemic (report)
New Midia report unveils estimates of industry growth in 2020 Source
March 16, 2021
ASCAP payouts to songwriters and publishers grew in pandemic 2020 – but it was the smallest increase in 5 years
PRO’s distribution increases slowed down in pandemic year – but total collections sped up Source
March 10, 2021
Why Spotify’s ex-Global Head of Music Publishing thinks streaming services should be paying songwriters more money
Adam Parness explains why he believes his ex-employer should fork out more cash to songwriters and indie publishers…
March 9, 2021
CD Baby collected $125m from digital platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music in 2020
CD Baby’s digital collections rose 14% in the year, as YouTube Music’s contribution doubled Source
March 5, 2021
Universal Music Group generated $8.4bn in 2020… and spent over $1.7bn on catalog acquisitions and artist advances
Advances and catalog expenditure figure was more than triple the equivalent number from 2019 Source
March 4, 2021
Slowly but surely, the major labels’ dominance of Spotify is declining
Spotify statistics show that nearly 10% of market share has shifted away from the majors and Merlin in…
March 2, 2021
The US recorded music industry grew by over $1bn in 2020 – but faces big challenges over streaming’s pricing, and its future
The RIAA’s latest figures show a surging streaming market – with one notable cause for concern Source
March 2, 2021
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…
March 1, 2021
Over 60,000 tracks are now uploaded to Spotify every day. That’s nearly one per second.
The numbers behind some major announcements from Spotify unveiled this week Source
February 25, 2021
It’s all about the data, stupid…
Mark Davyd of the Music Venue Trust urges his sector to put its faith in the numbers Source
February 25, 2021