It’s no secret that music streaming is exploding. For the first time last year, the record labels made more money from streaming than from the sales of digital downloads and physical good combined. This chart chronicles music’s streaming explosion.
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Category archives: Major Labels
The Future Of Windowed Streaming Exclusives [Bas Grasmayer]
Last week, Universal Music Group and Spotify announced a deal would soon be taking place between the two companies. One component of the deal gives UMG the option of withholding certain content from Spotify’s free users for a period, raising some interesting questions surrounding windowed streaming releases. _____________________________ Guest post…
Ed Sheeran Settles Latest $20M Copyright Infringement Suit
Ed Sheeran has settled a copyright infringement lawsuit over his hit song "Photograph". Sheeran has been the subject of several high profile copyright infringement claims. Is he a copycat, a deep-pocketed target, or the writer of hits pop songs that just inherently sound familiar. ___________________________ British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has…
ACM Awards Provide Impressive Sales & Streaming Bump
UPDATED: 11 Million viewers tuned into the ACM Awards broadcast last weekend, according to new stats from Nielsen Music. Viewers responded to the performances by giving a huge lift in sales and streams. Album of the Year and Female Vocalist of the year – Miranda Lambert. Her album Weight of…
How The Music Industry Makes Money In 2016? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Streaming is increasingly the new normal of how consumers listen to music; and according to the RIAA, streaming brought in just over half of the US music industry’s revenue in 2016. But where does the other half of the money earned come from?
Jay Z Is Back On Apple Music, But Not On Spotify
Much of Jay Z’s catalog is now back up on Apple Music. Yesterday, we reported that Jay Z’s solo catalog has been pulled from Spotify and Apple Music, but remained available on Tidal, which he founded and controls. That news was so… yesterday. _____________________________ Most of Jay Z’s catalog is…
Pandora Is Asking Record Labels For Cash, Better Rates
Battered by investors, Pandora has gone hat in hand to the major labels, asking for better rates and direct investment in the music streamer. The problem for Pandora, is that it is coming from a very weak position. ___________________________________ Pandora executives have asked the major record labels for cash or…
MoneyBaggYo, Christian Nodal Top This Week’s Pandora Trendsetters Chart
MoneyBaggYo and Christian Nodal lead this week’s Pandora Trendsetters Chart. This chart tracks which 20 artists that listeners have been using to create the highest number of Pandora stations over the past week, and reflects which up-and-coming artists are currently trending on the platform. See the full Pandora/Next Big Sound…
Why Spotify, UMG Windowing Deal Won’t Work
With yesterday’s announcement that Spotify and Universal Music Group had struck a multi-year licensing deal came to revelations: 1) the music streamer would pay lower streaming rates IF it delivered specific higher revenue targets and 2) some new releases would not to available to free users for two weeks in…
WMG Promotes Max Lousada To CEO Recorded Music
The British are coming! Max Lousada has been named the new newly created position of CEO, Recorded Music for Warner Music Group, effective October 1, 2017. He is currently Chairman & CEO of Warner Music UK. With this promotion, Lousada will oversee all of WMG’s global Recorded Music operations, including…