Germany’s GEMA paid out $1.3B to rightsholders in 2025, up 1.4% YoY
Germany-based collection society GEMA paid out EUR €1.15 billion (USD $1.30 billion) to rightsholders in 2025, up 1.4% YoY, according ...
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Germany’s recorded music business generated USD $2.73B in 2025 – up just 2.3% YoY
Recorded music revenues in Germany rose just 2.3% year-over-year to EUR €2.42 billion in 2025.That’s according to the new annual results for the ...
Kobalt and indie music company umn team up to acquire catalog of superstar songwriters Peter Plate and Ulf Leo Sommer, in what they claim to be ‘Germany’s largest music rights acquisition yet’
A year ago, three ex-BMG senior execs – Dominique Casimir, Maximilian Kolb and Justus Haerder – launched a new Berlin-based entertainment ...
The Orchard launches physical distribution network, OPEN, following merger between Germany’s SPV Distribution and Membran
Two prominent physical music distribution companies, both headquarted in Germany, have merged – resulting in a new company under The ...
Germany’s recorded music sales grew 1.4% in the first half of 2025, marking a significant slowdown
Germany’s recorded music trade group says it still sees potential upside ahead, despite a slowdown in the growth rate of ...
Germany’s recorded music business generated $2.58bn in 2024, up 7.8% YoY
Recorded music sales in Germany rose 7.8% year-on-year to EUR €2.38 billion (USD $2.58 billion) in 2024, with digital music ...
AEG Presents strikes strategic partnership with, takes stake in, Germany’s MCT Agentur
Live music and events giant AEG Presents has acquired what it calls a “partnership stake” in MCT Agentur, the Germany-headquartered ...
TikTok says that over one in four of Germany’s Top 100 singles of 2023 was popular on its platform before becoming a chart hit in the market
More than one in four (27%) of the Top 100 singles in Germany last year went viral on TikTok before ...
