curation Reports from MIDiA Research

The Playlist Revolution
Streaming’s Battleground

Zach Fuller

30 Sep 2019

Playlists are swiftly becoming the lingua franca of the music streaming economy. While most closely associated with Spotify, playlists are now central to streaming as an entire sector. While playlists may not yet have become the dominant use case for streaming music in the way that binge watching is for video, they are transforming how audiences co...

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Streaming Music Health Check
Streaming’s Watershed Moment

Mark Mulligan

22 Oct 2016

Subscriptions Streaming Streaming Music

Q2 2016 emerged as a watershed moment for streaming music, with label streaming revenue growing strongly enough to lift overall revenues for all three major labels. Meanwhile Spotify and Apple registered record growth, soon followed by streaming announcements from Amazon, Pandora and iHeart Media.

Cross Border Listening
Borderless Hits And Curated Playlists

Mark Mulligan

31 May 2016

Streaming Streaming Music curation

The US and the UK have long dominated the global music industry, thanks in no small part to the benefit of having that most exportable of languages English as their mother tongue. A heritage of decade after decade of stellar artists and music scenes of course also helps, but the first signs are emerging of smaller music markets being able to make t...

After The Album
How Playlists Are Re-Defining Music Consumption

Mark Mulligan

30 Apr 2016

Subscriptions Streaming Music Subscriptions

Streaming hit a host of milestones in 2015, reaching 67.5 million subscribers and driving $2.9 billion of trade revenue, up 31% on 2014. While the competitive marketplace upped the ante, music services wielded curation to drive differentiation. Playlists have always been the core currency of streaming, but now more than ever they are becoming the b...

Reports: curation

The Playlist Revolution Streaming’s Battleground

Streaming Music Health Check Streaming’s Watershed Moment

Cross Border Listening Borderless Hits And Curated Playlists

After The Album How Playlists Are Re-Defining Music Consumption

The Playlist Revolution
Streaming’s Battleground

Streaming Music Health Check
Streaming’s Watershed Moment

Cross Border Listening
Borderless Hits And Curated Playlists

After The Album
How Playlists Are Re-Defining Music Consumption