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Did independents really do three times worse than the majors in 2021?

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

22 Mar 2022

Today, the IFPI released its estimates for the global recorded music market, with reported revenues of $25.9 billion. Last year, the IFPI estimated global revenues to be $21.6 billion (note that the IFPI...

Recorded music market shares 2021 – Red letter year

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

18 Mar 2022

Record music market

global music revenues

label trade revenues 2021

We suggested back in 2020, that 2021 was going to be a strong year for the recorded music market. As it turns out, 2021 was the fastest growing year in living memory, with growth across most formats, contrasting...

The live audio craze sparked in lockdown – but will it be part of our new normal?

Blog post by Annie Langston

17 Mar 2022

live audio

Amazon

audio creator

During the pandemic, live audio (arguably a new generation of radio) became a much-needed distraction and comfort to many people in lockdown. Clubhouse, which originally began with invite-only exclusivity,...

What the music industry can learn from play-to-earn gaming

Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

16 Mar 2022

fandom

social media

creator tools

Should entertainment fans be compensated for their fandom? Play-to-earn (P2E), a newly popular school of thought in the gaming space, says yes. People usually play video games for pure enjoyment, but in...

Why TikTok is primed to become the next-generation music company

Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

10 Mar 2022

TikTok

social media

creators

By now, TikTok’s impact on popular music is well-established. The platform routinely catapults songs to hit status, and it has become a regular part of digital marketing campaigns. But behind the scenes,...

Spotify’s Car Thing has radio listening in its sights

Blog post by Annie Langston

10 Mar 2022

Radio

Podcasts

audiobooks

The adoption of streaming into our audio experiences has created an industry-disrupting practice that broke away from physical forms of consumption. The hardware we once relied on has been seamlessly replaced...

Why Dolly Parton may want to wait before selling her catalogue

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

10 Mar 2022

Music

Cultural Trends

In a recent interview with the BBC, Dolly Parton said that she is considering selling her publishing catalogue, stating that she would simply launch a new publishing company and start all over again. On...

“Creativity has no genre”: What it takes to make it in music

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

8 Mar 2022

women in music

international womens day

music industry

The last few years have brought huge shifts in the music industry, from the rise of streaming to the prominence of readily-available creator tools. They have also brought cultural changes in music and...

Epic Games, Bandcamp, and fandom for the ‘me’ generation

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

3 Mar 2022

Music

Games

Cultural Trends

Honestly, it has been a struggle to find the inspiration to write a blog post about the music industry, considering what is going on in the world at the moment. But along came this story, which is eye...

The podcast push that mainstream audiences never asked for

Blog post by Annie Langston

1 Mar 2022

Podcasts

spotify podcasts

Audible

The investment from streaming platforms to bring podcasts to mainstream audiences has reached, quite literally, a stadium-sized push. These platforms are making investments as part of wider strategic objectives...

If Web3 is so forward-thinking, why is it so male dominated?

Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

28 Feb 2022

diversity

women in music

gender equality

Strike up a five-minute conversation with someone in the Web3 space, and any combination of the words “forward-thinking”, “revolutionary”, and “equitable” is bound to come up. Many proponents...

Kanye’s Stem Player release is a real-time experiment in superfan targeting

Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

23 Feb 2022

monetising fandom

music streaming

superfans

Never one to follow tradition, Kanye West has announced that his next album, Donda 2 , will not be available on streaming services. Instead, he will release it exclusively on the Stem Player (a handheld...

Music creators – we want your insight!

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

22 Feb 2022

Music

audience insight

Beyond our role in analysing, reporting, predicting, and consulting within music and media, MIDiA is a team of people - many of us creators too - who are committed to making a fairer, more sustainable...

BE THE CHANGE: Measuring the music industry’s inclusivity and diversity issue

Blog post by Srishti Das

17 Feb 2022

women in music

women making music

Music

Last year, MIDiA Research along with TuneCore and Believe conducted a study BE THE CHANGE: Women making music . The study was based on the experiences of female creators and the hurdles that they face...

Music artists are startups, and Silicon Valley is knocking

Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

15 Feb 2022

music industry

music investment

music rights

Music artists are startups, and Silicon Valley is knocking With big-name catalogue sales at one end, and alternative music funding at the other, the music and finance businesses are increasingly intertwined....

The past, present and future of the creator economy runs through Apple

Blog post by Kriss Thakrar

11 Feb 2022

Apple

creator economy

streaming

In previous posts, we have talked about the possibilities opening up for the next generation of creators . In particular, posts on fluid audio and social studios showed how music has the potential to become...

What the boom in young artist catalogue sales says about the music market

Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

11 Feb 2022

music catalogue

music catalogue M+A

streaming music

The catalogue-sales boom is one of the most talked about music trends of the past two years. Most of the conversation has, understandably, revolved around aging icons, like Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen,...

The music industry (still) has a culture problem

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

10 Feb 2022

Media and Marketing

women in music

be the change

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...

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

Blog post by Keith Jopling

8 Feb 2022

music streaming

Content Creators

creator tools

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...

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

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

8 Feb 2022

Music

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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