22,100 artists generated over $50k on Spotify last year. The company argues that ‘way more artists are generating meaningful money now than in any previous era of the music industry’.

There are two ways to look at how much artists are earning on Spotify. On the one hand, more artists…

Spain generated nearly half a billion dollars from streaming in 2024, as total recorded music revenues rose 9.42% YoY

Spain’s recorded music industry continued its upward trajectory in 2024, with revenues rising 9.42% to EUR €568.8 million (USD $615.5m…

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.…

Sony generated $2.70 billion from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q4, as ATEEZ topped firm’s global sales chart

Sony’s global music rights operation – across recorded music and music publishing – generated USD $2.70 billion in the three…