Author archives: davide

Of all of the artists in the past half-century, two stand out: Michael Jackson and Eminem. Michael Jackson has the highest cumulative number of years in the top spot (~12 years), while Eminem holds the longest continuous best-selling artist slot (8.5 y…

Les petits producteurs dénoncent avec virulence le « poids prépondérant des majors » qui, selon eux, contribue à mettre en péril la diversité du secteur.
Le Monde

Profits are hard to come by—and Apple and Amazon aren’t going away.
Fortune

I, like many American 16-year-olds in the year 2000, had a torrid affair with Napster. I wasn’t particularly tech-savvy, but I quickly figured out the basics.
Quartz

In early 2018, Jay James was gearing up for the rollout of his new album, when all is said and done. Although it wasn’t the San Diego-based composer and producer’s first project, James believed that the album could be his big break.
Complex

Little under two years ago, Facebook announced a global licensing deal with Universal Music Group – covering the use of music on FB, Instagram and VR platform Oculus. Over the following few months, we learned of similar agreements involving the likes o…

De plus en plus de spectateurs se retrouvent sur le carreau avec des billets inutilisables un soir de concert. En cause, des sites de revente de places peu scrupuleux, notamment, Viagogo, domicilié dans un paradis fiscal, contre lequel l’industrie du l…

Swift, like many artists, doesn’t own the master recordings to her older albums. Now, in a bold and unusual move, the pop star said she will rerecord at least five of the six albums she recorded under Big Machine Records, her former label, to create a …

Toward the end of music legend Neil Young’s recent memoir, he makes an admission: “I was wrong.”
Quartz

Everyone knows the well-worn story of how, post-Napster, the music industry suffered a quasi-collapse, with revenues for ‘physical’ music tumbling from over $23 billion in 2001 to just under $5 billion in 2018.
Forbes