Tag: music streams

• The global value of music copyright topped $28bn in 2017

  April 17, 2019

  What is the global value of music copyright? This intriguing question was addressed by Music Business Worldwide for calendar years 2014, 2015 and 2016; and we can now reveal the… more ›

• Changing the Face (and Sound) of Rap

  January 5, 2019

  “TIK TOK,” a zippy and salacious celebration of late nights and mornings-after by a new artist named Ke$ha, has spent the last few weeks zooming toward the top of the… more ›

• Spotify to Musicians: Let Us Be Your Label

  November 19, 2018

  Spotify to Musicians: Let Us Be Your Label “Via” Mia Coleman was singing on American Idol at age 17, backing up rapper Anderson .Paak a few years later, and, at… more ›

• Music streaming revenues overtake CDs to hit…

  April 24, 2018

  Music streaming revenues overtake CDs to hit $6.6bn globally » Streaming music revenues surpassed income from the sale of traditional music formats for the first time last year, as the… more ›

• Buying a Piece of Bob Marley’s Song Catalog, and…

  February 18, 2018

  Buying a Piece of Bob Marley’s Song Catalog, and His Enduring Legacy » When Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records, first met a journeyman musician named Bob Marley in… more ›

• The music business is growing again — really…

  October 1, 2017

  The music business is growing again — really growing — and it’s because of streaming » Familiar song, new tempo: Music streaming is big, and getting bigger fast. Digital downloads… more ›

• Billboard Power 100 Cover: Amazon's Jeff Bezos &…

  February 9, 2017

  Billboard Power 100 Cover: Amazon's Jeff Bezos & Steve Boom on Starting a New 'Golden Age' for Music » Bezos and Boom come in at No. 12 on Billboard’s 2017… more ›