12m artists uploaded music to Spotify last year. Less than 0.6% generated $10,000 or more in royalties
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of ...
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Superstruct revenues jumped 26% to $222m in 2023 – the year before it was acquired by KKR in a $1.4bn deal
Live music events organizer and promoter Superstruct Entertainment reported a 25.9% YoY increase in revenue for 2023 – the year ...
Sony’s music rights business generated over $10bn for the first ever year in 2024; firm’s outgoing CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida, applauds EMI buy as best of his tenure
Sony’s global music copyright business surpassed a significant financial milestone in the calendar year of 2024, according to MBW calculations.The ...
The major record companies lost market share again on Spotify last year. But BMG and ‘artist-centric royalties’ make this a more complicated picture than it first appears.
It’s one of the most interesting charts in the music biz.Each year, via its annual 20-F filing with the SEC, ...
Dan Nigro is awarded Producer Of The Year after working on Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan albums
In the Producer Of The Year category, Nigro beats fellow producers Alissia, Mustard, Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II and Ian Fitchuk ...
Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us” Wins Record Of The Year & Song Of The Year At 2025 Grammys, Social Media Approves
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin Winter / Getty Kendrick Lamar won Record of the Year for “Not Like Us” ...
Jae Skeese Puts in “40 Hours” to Start the New Year for Drumwork (EP Review)
Buffalo, New York emcee Jae Skeese is back for the 4th EP in his discography. Starting in 2010 off his debut mixtape W.A.C.K. ...
Fat Joe On 2024 Hip-Hop, “Worst Year Ever In History”
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: MEGA / Getty Fat Joe’s New Year’s resolution is likely for a better year in ...
Quavo Earns Humanitarian of the Year Award for Gun Violence Advocacy
Quavo has been honored as the ‘Humanitarian of the Year’ at the eighth annual Variety Hitmakers Brunch, held on Dec. ...
Daniel Ek cashes out another $37m in Spotify stock, bringing total value of shares sold this year to nearly $320m
Last week, MBW reported that key Spotify executives have sold some $1.16 billion in company stock so far this year ...
