The BRIT Awards, the UK’s annual celebration of its artists and their recorded music, return on Tuesday, May 11 in London. No-one’s yet quite sure how many people will be allowed in the room – and how many will have to make do with live-str…
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BMG’s annual revenues rose 1.9% to top $680m in 2020
Bertelsmann says company grew “thanks to [BMG’s] focus on digital business and strong growth in music streaming”
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Why we believe streaming subscription ARPU fell by around 8% globally for the record industry last year
MBW runs the numbers from the IFPI’s must-read new Global Music Report covering 2020
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Artists have a 0.2% chance of generating $50k a year on Spotify. Let’s kick this stat around.
Spotify’s new website has started a debate. The world of soccer might provide some answers.
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Hipgnosis reveals how it values songs (and that its catalog is worth slightly more than it originally forecast)
New disclosures show that Hipgnosis’ assets were earning 0.4% more than company predicted they would when it acquired them
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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
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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
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‘The death of the artist’? Why Big Hit and BTS just raised the alarm on the record industry’s future.
Why Big Hit’s recent investment is symptomatic of a wider, potentially worrying, trend for major record companies
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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
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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
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