As fans move away from digital downloads and physical formats, music streaming brings in over $1 billion at Sony Music. For the first quarter of 2017, Sony Music reported an impressive 18.8% sales and operating revenue gain year-over-year. Along with s…
Category archives: Music industry
African Music Development Programme connects East African universities
The African Music Development Programme (AMDP) was a three-year project supported by the International Music Council (IMC) to foster networking and strengthen the infrastructure of the African music industry.
Music in Africa
No alternative: how brands bought out underground music
Timberland hosts rap gigs. Princess Nokia makes films for Maybelline. And Red Bull is the new school of rock. Have brand partnerships destroyed counterculture? Or are they all that’s keeping it alive?
The Guardian
Why Discogs Is Ready To Serve Much More Than Just Music
The music industry may be relying more and more on digital formats for its financial success, but physical music database and marketplace Discogs continues to grow its business—and is now making the ambitious case that other verticals should follow sui…
The indies are coming: Why a strong independent sector is good news for the entire music industry
No one really wants to say it out loud, but the numbers don’t lie. UK and global figures for music consumption both send the same message: the good times are finally coming back to the music biz.
Music Week
Asian-Americans Are Disrupting An Unwelcoming Music Industry
“It’s a different world now” — and one that’s leveling the playing field for Asian-American pop artists, who’ve traditionally been shut out of the American music industry.
Buzz Feed
La Fédération internationale de l’industrie phonographique en guerre contre YouTube
Dans le panorama 2017 de la consommation de musique, l’IFPI déplore la faible rémunération qu’accorde la filiale de Google aux artistes.
Le Monde
Breaking: Billboard Will *NOT* Incorporate YouTube Into Its Official Chart
Sorry, YouTube. Billboard doesn’t want you in its official album chart. Yes, the Billboard 200 has become a music industry joke. But YouTube won’t be allowed to laugh along. According to a statement from Billboard, YouTube won’t be …
IFPI releases 2017 music consumer insight report
ased on research conducted by Ipsos Connect, the report examines the ways in which fans are engaging with recorded music across 13 of the world’s leading music markets.
IFPI
China is fast becoming a leading market for music
The music industry may be flustered by doom and gloom stories in this post-streaming world, but the strategies of Tencent in China have undeniably changed the game.
Bandwagon