The official video for Queen’s 1975 single “Bohemian Rhapsody” has now passed 1 billion views on YouTube. The video is the first pre-1990s song to reach 1 billion views on YouTube. “Bohemian Rhapsody” is generally recognized as the first-ever promotional music video. To celebrate the milestone, a newly remastered HD…
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Piracy Is Not The Problem, Free YouTube and Spotify Are, says Music Industry Trade Group
With efforts to fight music piracy seen as largely successful, at least one music trade group executive is saying out loud what others in the industry have only dared whisper – the real problem keeping artists and labels from earning more from music isn’t stream-ripping, it is the free music…
Secrets For Digitally Advertising Around Your Next Tour
We have reached a point where artists can run digital advertising simultaneously across Facebook, Instagram, and even YouTube with relative ease, but with your budget likely already tight, making every dollar spent on digital advertising go as far as possible is paramount. Here we look at some secrets for getting…
Stream Rippers Easily Circumvent YouTube Blocking
Last week, YouTube successfully blocked several major stream-ripping sites, according to multiple reports. Now, most of them have found a way to circumvent the blockhead. Stream ripping is currently the number one source of music piracy globally. Here’s the update from TorrentFreak: "Mp3-youtube.download almost instantly announced that it was working…
YouTube Remains Silent on Whether Relatively Unknown Indian Rapper Badshah Actually Broke Taylor Swift and BTS’ Respective Most-Viewed Records
According to Sony Music, an Indian artist on its roster single-handedly broke Taylor Swift and BTS’ respective YouTube record. Or so it seems. Currently, Taylor Swift’s single ‘Me!’ holds the 24-hour most-viewed record with 65.4 million. Ariana Grande…
YouTube Music Users Can Now Switch Seamlessly Between Audio and Music Videos
YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium subscribers can now seamlessly transition between a song and its music video. Users will now see a video button at the top of the screen as they start listening to a song, and with a tap, they can watch the music video or flip…
Slide Over Lil Nas, Blanco Brown Brings The Beats To Top The Country Charts [Don’t Miss The Video]
It didn’t take long for other hip-hop and R&B artists to join in on a party started by Lil Nas’ “Old Town Road.” Now Blanco Brown has hit the country charts with “The Git Down.” Lil Nas, with the help of Billy Ray Cyrus, reinterpreted what could be, and probably…
Can Major Labels Survive The Indie Music Revolution?
At the heart of the music business almost since its inception, major labels have successfully weathered multiple challenges to their industry dominance. But as music once again reinvents itself, can the major labels continue cling to power? ____________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Major record labels have…
Who Are Winners And Losers In The New Music Industry?
Regardless of who’s getting the money, it is undeniable that streaming has made the music industry lucrative again. Now, as the business works to reinvent itself, are historically downtrodden artists finally coming out on top, or are record labels and management siphoning off all of the profits? _______________________________ Guest post…
Black Keys Film Funny Or Die Musicians ‘MasterCourse’ [VIDEO]
“Every song on a record is trying to accomplish something,” Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys quips at the start of a new ‘MasterCourse filled for Funny Or Die. “That song, in particular, was trying to get me a new pool.” “It means a lot to be a drummer," says…