Daily News & Analysis Feeds - 2016
Here you’ll find the latest announcements on Association events and partnerships, the latest from within our member community, and expert reporting from around the global music business. If you’d like to receive updates like these sent directly to your inbox, sign up for our daily news feed email today!
July 18, 2016 – A ‘California’ State of Mind Takes Over the U.S. Album Charts
According to Nielsen Music’s recent Audience Insights on alternative rock, fans of this genre are 60% more likely to listen to music on vinyl and 32% more likely to use an Apple iPod than other devices to listen to music. They’re also very loyal to alternative rock music and are less likely to listen to… Read More
July 14, 2016 – New Member Profile Feature: Dropbox
Company Name: Dropbox Location: San Francisco, CA Number of Employees: 1400 Number of Years in Business: 9 Primary Contact: Liz Armistead, Brand Marketing Lead, liz@dropbox.com Company Description: Dropbox is a technology company that builds simple, powerful products for people and businesses. Dropbox lets you bring all your docs, photos, and videos anywhere, and share them easily. Any file you save… Read More
July 14, 2016 – IN THE NEWS: Millennials Aren’t Very Interested In Traditional Radio Any More
A study released today by the Music Business Association and data analysis firm LOOP (Lots of Online People) confirms that millennials aren’t listening to radio nearly as much as older generations, and the drop off in usage and change in behavior is impressive. The study contains the answers from over 3,000 respondents, and the results… Read More
July 14, 2016 – IN THE NEWS: Has Radio Lost Music Discovery Too?
How many recent reports have we read that stated radio was the tried-and-true blue way to discover new music? Is that a positive stat that can no longer be proudly touted by radio executives at radio conferences? Well, that would depend on whether you want to believe the Music Biz study just released this week.… Read More
July 13, 2016 – 2016 Nielsen Music U.S. Mid-Year Report
Music Biz member Nielsen has announced its 2016 Mid-Year U.S. Music Report for the 6-month period of January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016. The Report results show that streaming continues to be a growing format in 2016, with 209 billion songs streamed on-demand through audio and video platforms— an increase of 59% over the… Read More
July 12, 2016 – Music Biz/LOOP Study: Millennials Turn from Radio to Embrace Streaming
July 12, 2016 – The Music Business Association (Music Biz) and data partner LOOP (Lots of Online People) will unveil “Music & Millennials,” the first in-depth report from the member-exclusive Music Biz Consumer Insights portal, today at 2 p.m. ET during the “Music Biz Consumer Insights Powered by LOOP” webinar. Based on a study conducted… Read More
July 11, 2016 – Blink 182 Moves 186,000 Units To Dethrone Drake
Music Biz President James Donio commented on the recent sales figures released by Nielsen (published in Billboard) and BuzzAngle Music: Veteran Pop-Punk band Blink-182 got their groove back in a big way this week, moving 186,000 album equivalent units (including 172,000 in traditional sales) of new album California to dethrone Drake’s Views at #1 on… Read More
July 5, 2016 – BuzzAngle Music 2016 U.S. Mid-Year Report
U.S. consumption of music continued to grow in the first half of 2016, even as sales of most formats declined, according to Border City Media’s state-of-the-industry data service BuzzAngle Music. With the pace of audio streaming more than doubling, activity tracked over the same period last year, Total Industry Consumption was up by an impressive… Read More
July 5, 2016 – You Stream, I Stream, We All Stream: The Paid Streaming Opportunity in Canada
In Canada, 56% of teens and Millennials listen to music on their smartphones in a typical week. As music consumption–especially among these groups–moves to mobile devices, consumers are increasingly discovering music from online and app streaming services operated by AM/FM radio stations. That said however, “over the air” AM/FM radio still dominates how Canadians discover… Read More
June 29, 2016 – Listeners Know When Music Is Hi-Res, Study Finds
Can listeners really hear the differences between standard and high resolution audio formats? A new study arriving soon from Queen Mary University of London thinks so, though the results found that it clearly helps if you’re a trained audiophile.
