Category archives: Music industry

March is International Women’s Month, in which we recognize women everywhere and the advancements that have been made for female rights and representation. However, equity and balance in gender representation has a ways to go in both music and society …

As music is intangible, we often forget that it too leaves an imprint on our environment, and that the fashion, technology or energy industries are not the sole culprits.
Varsity

SXSW is canceled. Coachella is delayed. Live Nation and AEG tours are suspended. Broadway is going dark. Some TV talk shows continue, eerily absent their lively studio audiences.
Vulture

In potentially troubling news for record labels banking on TME to drive their revenues in China, however, the company continues to commit to growing what it calls “long-form audio” – i.e. podcast and audiobooks – on its platforms, which could potential…

Depuis que le streaming fait rebondir le marché de la musique, toutes les esthétiques musicales, autres que le rap et les musiques électroniques, se plaignent que ces derniers raflent la mise.
Les Echos

Rapper Kendrick Lamar announced today that he’s founded a new company, pgLang. Though the brand’s website has gone live and Lamar has set out to promote the business, it’s unclear at this time exactly what services it will offer. The 32-year-old first …

Live music, from club shows to major concerts, is beginning to feel the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.
HypeBot

What do we know about the growth of the digital music market in India? We know that there are around 200 million people streaming music there.
MusicAlly

It means that Universal, Sony, and Warner’s labels and artists generated, in total, $14.93 billion last year — up by just under $1.5 billion year-on-year, and equivalent to $41 million per day … or $1.7 million every hour.
Rolling Stones