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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Recorded music revenues in Italy grew +10.7% YoY last year; paid streaming revenues in the market jumped 14.1% YoY
Italy’s recorded music market generated $579 million in trade revenues in 2025, up +10.7% YoY, largely driven by a double-digit jump ...
US wholesale recorded music revenue reached $11.5B in 2025, as paid streaming subscriptions hit 106.5M — adding 6.5M accounts YoY
The United States’ recorded music industry generated USD $11.535 billion in wholesale revenue in 2025, up 3.1% YoY.That’s according to ...
Spotify says it paid out $213M to Australian music rightsholders in 2025, up 7% YoY
Spotify reports that it paid out AUD $330 million (approx. USD $212.7M) to Australian music rightsholders last year, up 7% ...
Suno: We’ve hit 2M paid subscribers and $300M annual revenue
AI music generator Suno has reached 2 million paid subscribers and $300 million in annual recurring revenue.That’s according to CEO ...
ASCAP paid out a record $1.76bn to songwriters and publishers in 2025
US performance rights organization ASCAP has reported its revenue and royalty payout numbers for 2025, with both figures hitting all-time ...
Synsonic Instruments now offers their paid drum plugins for free
Synsonic Instruments has made three of its previously paid drum plugins free to download for macOS and Windows. If you’ve ...
Bandcamp Fridays hit $154m in payouts since 2020, with $19m paid in 2025 alone
Direct-to-fan platform Bandcamp has revealed that artists and labels have been paid out $154 million via its Bandcamp Friday initiative ...
BeatStars has paid creators over $400m to date. CEO Abe Batshon wants 1 million musicians to earn a living from his platform
Abe Batshon has been buying beats online since the mid-’90s.Back then, he recalls, the process was fundamentally broken. You’d send ...
50 Cent Mocks Dame Dash Over ‘Paid In Full’ Rights
50 Cent has mocked Dame Dash after he secured ownership of the rights to Paid in Full. Dash produced the ...
