The Top 10 hits in the US last year accounted for fewer than 1 in every 200 streams
As MBW reported yesterday, the total number of on-demand audio streams in the US last year grew handsomely –...
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“The Job Is Not Hard”: An Ever-Confident Eric Adams Speaks to His First Year as New York City Mayor
Eric Adams won the 2021 Democratic primary for mayor of New York City—and, because this is a one-party town,...
Kamala Harris, a Very Turbulent Year in America, and the Challenge of Being First
When Vice President Kamala Harris learned the Supreme Court had reversed Roe, eliminating a constitutional right to an abortion...
Moonage Daydream, BMG and Live Nation’s David Bowie documentary, has grossed more than $12m this year at the box office
Moonage Daydream has been named the biggest-grossing documentary movie of 2022 in any category, generating over $12.2 million this...
A year ago, Patrick Moxey sold Ultra Records to Sony Music. Now the label is suing his publishing company.
In December 2021, Sony Music fully acquired Ultra Records from Patrick Moxey. Now, Sony-owned Ultra Records is suing Moxey’s...
Music audio streams just crossed the 1 trillion mark for the first time ever in a single year in the US
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a single data point that deserves the...
In 2021, Bad Bunny was the world’s biggest artist on Spotify with 9bn streams. This year, he doubled that tally.
Spotify announced on Wednesday (November 30) that Bad Bunny has become the service’s biggest global artist for the third year in a row, after...
It’s Going to Be a Very Rough Turkey Day at Mar-a-Lago This Year
Thanksgiving 2022 was never going to be a happy time at Mar-a-Lago, what with the shellacking of Donald Trump’s...
Daniel Ek poured €100m into Helsing AI last year. The startup just partnered with a European arms manufacturer
In 2020, Spotify Founder Daniel Ek pledged a personal commitment of €1 billion over the next decade to invest in...
The US music publishing industry generated $4.7bn last year – but the record industry grew twice as fast
There are financial statistics in the music business that, on the surface of things, don’t tell us too much....