Sony’s global music rights operation – across recorded music and music publishing – generated USD $2.54 billion in the three…
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Universal acquires recorded music rights to catalog of Turkish superstar Sezen Aksu
Universal Music Türkiye, a division of Universal Music Group (UMG), has acquired the recorded music rights to the catalog of…
Italy’s subscription streaming revenues grew 17.1% in 2024, as recorded music market hit $499m
Italy’s recorded music market – the third largest in the European Union, behind Germany and France – saw an 8.5%…
Global recorded music revenues hit $29.6bn in 2024, up 4.8% YoY; users of paid music subscriptions reach 752m
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of…
Recorded music streaming revenues grew by just 3.6% YoY in the United States in 2024 – dragged down by a decline in advertising payouts
The IFPI’s official global trade figures for recorded music in 2024 are due tomorrow (March 19), and MBW is hearing…
Global recorded music revenues rose 6.5% to $36.2bn in 2024, says MIDiA Research
IFPI is expected to release the official global recorded music revenue results for 2024 this month, but in the meantime,…
UK trade recorded music revenues topped $1.9bn in 2024
The United Kingdom’s recorded music trade (wholesale) revenues rose 4.8% year over year in 2024 to GBP £1.49 billion, according…
France’s recorded music revenues reached $1.1bn in 2024, up 7% YoY
Revenues in France’s recorded music market rose 7% year on year in 2024, the country’s recorded music industry group, boosted…
From YouTube’s 125m subscribers to UMG’s $5bn recorded music subscription revenues… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines…
Universal Music Group’s recorded music subscription streaming revenues topped $5bn in 2024, up 9.1% YoY
Universal Music Group‘s latest FY results are out. Within UMG’s financial figures for the 2024 fiscal/calendar year lies this pearl:…