‘The next 10 years in music hold a wealth of opportunity, but only if copyright, revenue collection and distribution catch up.’

Utopia COO Roberto Neri puts forward his case for an overhaul of how music creators earn and receive money
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The global record industry generated $18.8bn last year – with 31% going to Universal Music Group

Universal’s market share increased by 0.6 points to 30.3%
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The global recorded music business is on course to top $20bn in annual revenues in 2019 – but it can’t over-rely on the USA

Mark Mulligan says that global sales hit $18.9bn this year
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Global recorded music industry revenues topped $17bn in 2017 – and independent artists generated $472m of it

Industry revenues have grown by over $2bn in past two years, says Midia Research
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