MBW analysis of Pollstar data shows significant decline in blockbuster concert revenue worldwide
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My Manifesto: Island Records’ Alex Boateng
A five-point plan for change from Island Records’ UK President of Urban, Alex Boateng…
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After US slowdown, now audio streaming growth shrinks in the UK
New BPI stats show decline in volume growth in world’s third biggest market
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‘Think Billie Eilish meets Lil Nas X, but more organic…’
Lucas Keller, founder of Milk + Honey, sounds off on record label A&R…
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Why does the music industry still judge itself in weekly intervals?
Are charts which appear every seven days really cut out for the modern era?
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Who is the biggest hit songwriter working today?
According to MBW’s calculations, in the first half of 2019… it was Sony/ATV signing Louis Bell
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The Universal Music fire may be ‘heartbreaking’ – but don’t expect much impact on the music biz story of the year
“It is not clear to us that the fire in the LA storage facility should have any impact on either the valuation of UMG or the sale process.”
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Hip-hop and R&B loses market share of US streams – but so does Rock, Pop and Latin
Genre still dominates streaming – but with less market share than in H1 2018
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Audio streaming growth fell by 5% in the United States in the first half of 2019
Lil Nas X was the biggest track in H1 2019 – but he couldnt prevent a slight slowdown in the numbers
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Should Spotify pay songwriters and publishers the same amount as it pays artists and record labels?
How much money can streaming services expect to pay in future – and why Atlas Music Publishing’s CEO is thinking differently…
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