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Drake: King of Spotify, king of Apple – and making streaming history

Views has made $14m on iTunes – yet Drake’s top of the pops on Spotify

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Does Boycotting Spotify Work?

Last month, DMN wrote an article on the topic of boycotting Spotify and the growing number of musicians who are opting to do so. Now, after several major artists excluded their music from the streaming platform, DMN took a look at what effect this has had on the success of their albums. Beyonce’s Lemonade  Result: All songs […]

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Has Thom Yorke Finally Given In To Spotify…and YouTube?

Radiohead’s new song is on Spotify… Which is surprising when you consider the fact that Thom Yorke, on several occasions has declared his absolute hate for Spotify, YouTube and other streaming services that allow fans to listen to music for free. Yorke is an advocate for fair-pay for artists, and back in 2013 he famously pulled his music from […]

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Drake’s Spotify gamble is paying off: Views just made $8m in a day

Streaming and track downloads having very little impact as iTunes sales soar

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Streaming War: Apple Music vs Spotify

The Battle continues….who will end up on top? For a period of time Spotify dominated the music streaming market. But, this was up until other streaming services entered the scene last year. It was at this point that we saw the streaming wars begin. Since then, these streaming services have been battling it out over which platform has the […]

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How Beyoncé’s Lemonade is making $3m a day – while saving Jay Z’s business

Each week, The MBW Review gives our take on some of the biggest news stories of the previous seven days. This week, we’re take a speculative look at whether Lemonade – the greatest blockbuster album experiment for some time – is paying off for Beyoncé and her label. The MBW Review is supported by FUGA. … Continued

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