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…

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 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…