Report on first half of 2020 finds that vinyl makes up 62% of physical music revenue.
The Guardian
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‘If Drake Goes Independent, the Music Business Is Done’
The industry veteran also revealed: “Drake is about to get the biggest bag in the history of the music business by far.”
Variety
Post-confinement, l’industrie musicale va devoir changer
Etre parquer dans un enclos pour regarder un concert. Des artistes superstars qui retardent la sortie de leurs grands disques… Ces derniers mois, les fans de musique ont dû faire face à une série de déceptions et de bizarreries que l’industrie musica…
El año negro de la música electrónica
Ingresos del 56% menos con respecto al año pasado en la industria y alrededor de 350 festivales cancelados en el mundo.
El Periodico
Sony Music’s streaming revenues grew 15.6% in H1 2020
Sony’s recorded music streaming revenues reached $1.282bn in the first half of calendar 2020. That was up by 15.6% on the $1.109bn streaming haul the company posted in the same period of 2019, according to MBW’s calculations based on Sony Corp’s latest…
Latin Music Listening Up Nearly 16% in 2020 With Bad Bunny Leading the Pack
Audio consumption of Latin music grew to 14.56 million units in the first six months of 2020, up 15.9% from the 12.6 million units registered for 2019’s midyear total. That number helped the overall growth of the genre.
Billboard
Spotify hits 138m premium subscribers as growth slows
The subscriber figure was “well above expectations” and grew in all regions in the three months to June 30, Spotify revealed in its Q2 report this week.
The Music Network
“Concerts debout touchés en plein cœur”
Dans une lettre ouverte publiée ce 23 juillet, salles de spectacles, lieux évènementiels, tourneur·euses, artistes, syndicats, labels, festivals et indépendant·es de l’industrie musicale française se mobilisent pour demander au gouvernement “des perspe…
El streaming vence a la piratería y la facturación de la industria musical ya roza máximos históricos
En 2019, los ingresos generados por la industria musical rompieron la barrera los 20.000 millones de dólares.
Libre Mercado
Here is the future of music: monetized livestreams
Despite the increased interaction between musicians and their audiences, most of these online concerts come free of charge, thus, threatening how the music industry makes money.
Bandwagon