Music Industry Analysis
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July 25, 2018 – The Hit Songs Deconstructed Mid-Year Trend Report
During the first half of 2018 44 songs, 45 credited performing artists, 154 credited songwriters, 66 credited producers, and 12 record labels landed in the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10. Seven songs charted at #1. Click here to read more.... Read More
July 23, 2018 – From Ownership To Access
Across most media industries – music, video and news especially, the future of content monetization will be built around advertising for the mass market and subscriptions for the aficionados, while additional opportunities exist for one-off transactions within both environments. What is going as a mainstream proposition is selling physical media, though niche markets for collectables will thrive—ironically exactly because of the demise of physical media. Click here to read more.... Read More
July 20, 2018 – The Outlook for Music Catalogue: Streaming Changes Everything
News that catalogue acquisition business Hipgnosis Songs Fund is set to float on the London Stock Exchange, having already raised around $260 million, reflects a booming market for music catalogues. However, the outlook for catalogue is not quite as straight forward as it at first appears. MIDiA Research has just published a major new report looking at the state of catalogue and its future: The Outlook for Music Catalogue: Streaming Changes Everything. Click here to read more.... Read More
July 19, 2018 – Global Concert Sales Hit A Record High In The First Half of 2018… But So Did Average Ticket Prices
The world’s Top 50 best-selling tours of the first half of 2018 generated a record $2.21 billion — up 12% year-on-year by $240 million. However, alongside the rise in revenues, the average ticket price also hit an all-time high of $96.31 according to Pollstar’s mid-year statistics. That price is up over 14% on 2017’s mid-year ticket price average of $84.40. Click here to read more.... Read More
July 17, 2018 – Audio Advertising: The New Critical Interface To Reach Premium Consumers
Music subscribers are some of the most influential consumer segments that advertisers may wish to reach. This group – perhaps unsurprisingly – spend the most time with audio-based content of all consumers. This is true across all of the following audio only behaviors: using voice control (24% do so compared with a 9% consumer average); listening to podcasts (27% do so, compared with a 10% consumer average); and listening to music in a car (69% compared with a 55% consumer average).... Read More
July 13, 2018 – Merlin 10th Anniversary Impact Report
Thanks to Merlin being the licensing body for the independent sector, many more record labels and distributors have been able to participate in the astronomical expansion in adoption of digital music services all over the world…Thanks to Merlin, independents have not been locked out of the catalogues of music services just because they lack the scale to cut deals. If Merlin had not been established, numerous independent labels would simply have disappeared from sight as streaming overtook purchasing.... Read More
July 12, 2018 – Indie Labels Now Account For 14 Billion Streams Monthly
Most artists and bands would prefer to be signed to a major label instead of an indie, but the fact of the matter is that indies are gaining strength, especially where streaming is concerned. Indie label association Merlin (which consists of more than 20,000 indie labels, imprints and small distributors) reported that its member’s streams have now grown to around 14 billion per month, up by 37% over last year at the same time. click here for more... Read More
July 9, 2018 – 400B+ On-Demand Streams Speaks for Itself as Vinyl Keeps Momentum for 12th Year
Music Business Association President James Donio released the following statement regarding the release on Friday, July 6 of Nielsen Music’s Mid-Year Report: “As we reach the half-way point of 2018, streaming continues to flex its muscles as it keeps powering the music business to renewed strength and vitality, with overall album equivalent consumption rising by 18%. The striking impact of a record-breaking 400 billion+ on-demand streams speaks for itself. But it’s also impressive to see vinyl LP sales keeping up the increasing YOY momentum for a twelfth year in a row.”... Read More
