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The music industry (still) has a culture problem

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Hanna Kahlert

10 Feb 2022

Media and Marketing

2022 is set to be a year of great change (and consolidation of change) in entertainment and beyond . However, some things, it seems, have stayed the same. Last month, Rolling Stone reported that nine out...

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Artists survey 2022 - MIDiA asks music creators: how will you grow your audiences, earnings and career?

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Keith Jopling

8 Feb 2022

Music streaming

Content Creators

As the music industry continues to debate the many pros and cons of ‘the streaming era’ (while enjoying the unprecedented industry growth that it has brought), the spotlight can sometimes move away...

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From binging to burnout: the creator economy’s fault line

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Mark Mulligan

8 Feb 2022

Cultural trends

The streaming revolution has been built upon audience choice and control, replacing linear with on-demand and in turn opening whole new consumption paradigms. No user behaviour better encapsulates this...

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Climate crisis awareness is entwined with entertainment behaviour

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Hanna Kahlert

2 Feb 2022

Media and Marketing

Audience Insight

Despite the barrage of high-profile news items featuring so far in 2022, the climate crisis remains the high-stakes backdrop to our global future. MIDiA Research recently fielded a survey asking about...

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Spotify chose audio over music, but bigger decisions lie ahead

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Mark Mulligan

27 Jan 2022

The symbolism behind Spotify’s support of Neil Young removing his music from the platform, rather than Joe Rogan’s podcast being removed for peddling vaccine misinformation was inescapable. For many,...

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Unpacking music royalty investment NFTs

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Tatiana Cirisano

26 Jan 2022

Streaming Music

Last Thursday, a Royal NFT drop allowing fans to purchase a share in the streaming royalties of two Nas songs sold out within minutes. The drop was delayed by a week after high demand crashed Royal’s...

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Quick take: Gunna’s triumph over The Weeknd is all about moving the culture

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Tatiana Cirisano

20 Jan 2022

Media and Marketing

For the past week, hip-hop Twitter was buzzing with debate. The Weeknd and Gunna both released surprise albums on 7thJanuary: Dawn FM and DS4EVER , respectively. So, whose album would come out on top?...

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Music subscriber market shares Q2 2021

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Mark Mulligan

18 Jan 2022

subscriber market shares

streaming market shares

MIDiA’s annual music subscriber market shares report is now available here (see below for more details of the report). Here are some of the key findings. The global base of music subscribers continues...

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How relevant are awards in the age of Spotify Wrapped?

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Keith Jopling

12 Jan 2022

Are awards ceremonies relevant in today's entertainment landscape? The widespread boycott by major movie stars of this year’s Golden Globes is more than a temporary protest and will lead to a major period...

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The next evolution of direct-to-fan will be fan-to-fan

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Tatiana Cirisano

10 Jan 2022

Last month, we wrote about creator burnout and the need for more sustainable paths toward financial stability for artists. The abundance of creator platforms has opened the door for anyone to share their...

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Major label revenue surged in 2021, but what does that mean?

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Mark Mulligan

7 Jan 2022

Major label revenue surged in 2021, but what does that mean? 2021 was an anomalous year for the recorded music market. Two of the majors did an IPO, the pandemic continued to disrupt the marketplace,...

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Why UK Christmas number ones are the current charity of choice

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Ashleigh Millar

23 Dec 2021

Christmas streams

It is the most wonderful time of year… we get to watch (and influence) the fight for the Official Charts’ UK Christmas number one. And in the lead for, arguably, the most coveted spot in UK music is...

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How SZA is building a model for fan base advisory boards

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Tatiana Cirisano

20 Dec 2021

Earlier this month, SZA scored her highest-charting solo single with the breakup track ‘I Hate U’. Perhaps the more interesting milestone for us is that ‘I Hate U’ marks the second time she has...

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What BandLab and Bruce Springsteen tell us about the music business at the end of 2021

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Mark Mulligan

17 Dec 2021

music catalogues

Creator economy

2021 was another year in which capital continued to flow into the music business at pace. Two deals that got over the line before year end have shone an interesting light on the differing strategies that...

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The creator economy has a sustainability problem

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Tatiana Cirisano

10 Dec 2021

Last week, The Washington Post published a profile of Twitch gaming streamer, Tyler Steinkamp, a 26-year-old self-made millionaire who daydreams about “how blissful it must be to work in a cubicle”....

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Audiomack and the coming monetisation / remuneration tipping point

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Mark Mulligan

8 Dec 2021

digital collectibles

The music business is approaching a monetisation / remuneration tipping point. Long- and mid-tail creators are fast realising that, even with the most revolutionary of changes to royalty structures, streaming...

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Music market shares: independent labels and artists are even bigger than you thought

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Mark Mulligan

3 Dec 2021

independent labels

record label market shares

It has been a long time since the music industry has been in such good shape. So long, in fact, that there are not too many executives left who worked through the pre-crash days. 2021 was the year in which...

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Believe is building growth stories for local independent labels in India

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Srishti Das

2 Dec 2021

Believe Digital

emerging markets

Believe Music, launched in France in 2005 with an aim to empower and support independent artists and labels. Since launching in India in 2013, the company has worked hard to bring their values to the Indian...

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Looking forward and back: Why song interpolations reflect a new music industry outlook

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Tatiana Cirisano

2 Dec 2021

music publishing

If many popular songs from the past year sound familiar, it might be because they are. Song interpolations – when artists copy another song’s underlying melody, often with modified lyrics – are increasingly...

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Out with viral, in with niche: TikTok’s impact on music changes form

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Tatiana Cirisano

26 Nov 2021

In 2020, TikTok users proved their power for turning songs into hits. Tracks associated with dance challenges, memes and other TikTok trends regularly cracked the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 songs...

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