The collapse of HMV looks like a nail in the coffin for a music industry long declared “dead”. But music sales are higher than in the glory days of Britpop.
New Statesman
Category archives: Music industry
Tout pour la playlist
Figurer sur une «liste de lecture» très suivie de Spotify ou de Deezer est un formidable accélérateur de notoriété pour un artiste. Derrière ces playlists, des algorithmes évidemment, mais aussi des éditeurs en chair et en os, qu’il faut savoir convain…
Tencent Music (TME) Upgraded As Analyst Praises Streamer’s Unique, Profitable Revenue Model
Just weeks after Tencent Music’s belated IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, JPMorgan has given a strong endorsement to the Chinese Music streamer, moving it from hold to buy with a $16.00 target price. Tencent Music closed Friday trading at $14.35, up 10.6% on the news. JPMorgan analyst Alex…
German Music Streaming Up 40% In 2018
Germany streaming music grew by over 40% in 2018 to an all-time record high of 79.5 billion, according to German music industry association Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI).While CD sales saw a 23% decline in the last year – a first for the format in the German music market – there was…
Huey Lewis and the News Is Releasing Their First Album In 18 Years — With BMG
BMG has just announced the signing of Huey Lewis and the News. The band, having enjoyed a string of top-40 singles throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, will release their first original material in nearly 20 years. Across four decades, the San Francis…
Copyright Directive and Article 13 Hit a ‘Brick Wall’ in the EU
Have Google’s intensive lobbying efforts managed to outright sink the Copyright Directive, especially Article 11 and Article 13? According to multiple reports, Copyright Directive talks in the European Union have indefinitely stalled. Lawmakers called …
All Your Sources Of Music Revenue And How To Collect It
For musicians, diversity of income is key, and you should pulling in revenue from a variety of sources, but some artists aren’t even aware what all these sources are, much less how to actually cash in on them. __________________________ By Chris Robley of CD Baby from the DIY Musician blog…
3 Steps To Effective YouTube Tags
Something artists often neglect when posting videos to YouTube is proper tagging. This is unfortunate, as tagging is often what makes the most difference when it comes to your video being discovered by an unsuspecting future fan. _________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski from Music 3.0 One of the things…
Artist’s Guide To Securing Partnerships
In this piece Angela Mastrogiacomo walks us through the ways in which artists can grow their connections in the music industry, identify opportunities and secure sponsorships/partnerships in order to grow their brand. _________________________ Guest post by Angela Mastrogiacomo from the TuneCore blog How many times have you thought “if only…
Spotify Rolls Out #MuteRKelly Inspired Artist Blocking
Spotify is rolling out a feature that allows users to block an artist, including their automatically curated playlists like Discover Weekly and Daily Mix. The move comes as calls increase to #MuteRKelly and ban artists accused of sexual misconduct and hate speech. The new option removes blocked music from the…