News Bandzoogle facilitated $16.4M in revenues for musicians in 2023, highlighting direct-to-fan sales boom More than half of the revenue generated on Bandzoogle last year came from merch sales
Analysis Is the music business ready for 10 years of hard work? UK market turned over nearly £1bn less last year than it did in 2001
News UK recorded music business on course for $150m+ growth in 2017 Spotify and Ed Sheeran set up huge year for the British record business
Analysis News French recorded music market up 5.4% – but streaming growth slowed in 2016 Streaming up 37% year-on-year as physical still dominates market
News Spain’s recorded music market up 4% in H1 2016 Streaming earned the lion’s share of revenue, accounting for €40.1m (55%)
News France launches new albums chart combining sales and streaming Third biggest album has actually sold more than this week's No.1
Analysis News At this rate, music downloads will be dead by 2020 Tracks have plummeted by 42% over the past four years
Analysis News France’s record industry has been cut in half – and it’s still shrinking Market down 7% overall as streaming passes €100m annual milestone
Analysis Streaming still soaring in Denmark – but YouTube’s an embarrassment Market up 3.7%, but ad-funded platforms contribute just 4% of total income
Analysis News Spain’s piracy fightback grows teeth: Recorded music market was up 7% in 2015 Streaming jumps up more than 35% to €64.5m
News 1,500 YouTube plays now officially counts as an ‘album’ in the US Ratio for single downloads lengthened from 100-1 to 150-1
Analysis News Even Adele can’t stop ‘old’ albums outselling new artist releases Catalogue trumps current album sales in historic milestone for the music biz
News Sweden’s 100 biggest songs of 2015: Universal claims 42%, Sony on 32% Major Lazer out in front, Ellie Goulding at No.2
Analysis Physical music dominates UK market – and it’s stubbornly refusing to die CD and vinyl claim more than £500m of sales in 2015
Analysis UK recorded music market grows 3.5% in 2015 – but subscription savages downloads Subscription streaming generates £251m in 2015