Author archives: davide

Epic Games rachète le site Bandcamp, la plateforme plébiscitée par les artistes indépendants pour vendre leur musique. Les deux groupes mettent en avant leur générosité envers les créateurs. L’idée est d’aider Bandcamp à l’international et de développe…

Spotify, la plataforma de streaming más grande de música, reveló que en 2021 pagó un total de $7,000 millones entre todos los artistas y bandas.
GDR

TikTok has a unique ability to drive music trends. Because short, catchy sections of a song can be isolated for video remixing, unfinished hits like Doja Cat’s “Boom” or SZA’s “Shirt” can still go viral. Emmy Meli, the singer behind “I Am Woman,” went …

a.k.a. What happens when the world’s biggest record store for independent music stops being independent?
First Floor

Russia was once one of music’s most promising emerging markets — until Ukraine invasion sent streamers, labels and promoters scrambling.
Billboard

Somewhere around half of that $911 million figure would have gone on Sony’s double-acquisition of Bruce Springsteen’s publishing catalog and his recorded music catalog, as announced in December last year.
Music Business Worldwide

Pour la cinquième année d’affilée, le secteur connaît une croissance soutenue, grâce à l’essor du streaming et à une forte augmentation des ventes de CD et de vinyles.
Le Monde

Sting, el exlíder de The Police y estrelle rutilante del pop británico, acaba de pasar a formar parte a un selecto grupo de artistas, aquellos que han vendido los derechos de sus canciones a una multinacional.
El Economista

In a global context still dominated by the Covid pandemic, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has reported record-setting financial results for 2021, with total collections reaching “a historic high” of $1.335 billion, ag…

Pop group BTS, whose catchy, upbeat songs have won them legions of fans, have been named as the world’s best-selling artists for the second year running.
BBC