Category archives: The Beatles

Why The Beatles, 56 years ago, were prototyping the kind of pop artist that 2020 demands

There’s no doubt 2020 was an innovative year for music and artists – but, says Dave Roberts, it owes a clear debt to 1964
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The Pretty Things — The Most Important Band You Don’t Know

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Phil May from the band, The Pretty Things. One of the most influential people in rock history, and you’ve probably never heard of him. Phil May is a founder of a band called The Pretty Things.  He founded th…

50 Year After Abbey Road: Two Worlds Of Music Listening

With the Beatle’s Abbey Road near the top of the charts 50 years after release, MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan explores how older, physical-focused music fans remain the quickest route to high-value, large-scale revenue, as well as, much and how little has changed in the music industry. __________________________ By Mark Mulligan…

30% Of Beatles Spotify Streams Come From Fans Who Weren’t Born Before John Lennon Died

30% of the Beatles’ plays on Spotify are coming from the 18-24 year old age group, the streamer revealed. The Fab Four have been streamed an impressive total of 1.7 billion times on Spotify, so far this year. 20.6 million or almost 10% of Spotify’s 220 million total monthly users…

MON. BRIEF: Spotify Gets Siri Support • YouTube Replaces Play On Android • Teens Love Beatles • More

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Watch BTS Recreate The Beatles On Ed Sullivan With Stephen Colbert

K-Pop icons BTS stopped by the Late Show With Stephen Colbert this week which included a recreation of the Beatles famed appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show with BTS dressed in Fab Four style suits and Colbert as Ed Sullivan. photo: BTS performs on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert…

The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Artist Positioning

Manager Jake Udell reflects on the authenticity and image of modern artists, and how, historically, managers for groups like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones worked to successfully cultivate very distinct but very different images for both groups. _________________________________ By music manager Jake Udell from his Art of Manager The…

What Beatles 2018 Success Says About Streaming’s Future [Mark Mulligan]

Almost 50 years after The Beatles disbanded, the Fab Four remain Universal Music Group’s fourth best seller of the last year. MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan takes a fascinating dive into the numbers to discover what that implies for streaming’s future and the long term revenue that it may deliver to…