Music

According to the RIAA, Revenues from streaming music grew 26% to $5.9 billion in the first half of 2021, accounting for 84% of total music revenues for the period and a 4% climb from 2019 levels. Dr Rick Hendrix comments on the growth of streaming.

A brief timeline of key breakthroughs in recorded sound

Music is as old as time, but we’ve come a long way since drums and wooden flutes. As technology has grown, music production and consumption has seen

Vinyl made up a total of 70% of physical music sales in 2022, bringing in $1.2 billion in revenue, per the Recording Industry Association of America.

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Ed Goldfarb spends most of his time composing music for film and TV—including the Pokémon franchise.

BTS is the world’s highest-paid K-pop group, according to Forbes, earning $57 million in pretax income over the past year. As K-pop’s richest boy band, here’s how the members make and spend their money. MORE MAKES AND SPENDS: How Jack Ma Makes And Spends His Billions https://youtu.be/QMlF8Vc3gII How Rihanna Makes And Spends Her $600 Million https://youtu.be/FPy-bLijJos How Taylor Swift Makes And Spends Her Millions https://youtu.be/3u7Jlbaw6F4 ------------------------------------------------------ #BTS #Kpop #BusinessInsider Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit us at: https://www.businessinsider.com Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/businessinsider BI on Facebook: https://read.bi/2xOcEcj BI on Instagram: https://read.bi/2Q2D29T BI on Twitter: https://read.bi/2xCnzGF BI on Amazon Prime: http://read.bi/PrimeVideo -------------------------------------------------- How BTS Makes And Spends Its Money

Artists are cancelling live dates owing to soaring costs, venue bottlenecks, Brexit and the pandemic. Can touring ever be viable again?

Helping professional entertainment companies safeguard, monetize & analyze their content.

Artists deserve clarity about the economics of music streaming. This site aims to increase transparency by sharing new data on the global streaming economy and breaking down the royalty system, the players, and the process.

Anyone who still remembers the basic principle of Economics 101 understands, on a gut level, one big problem with recorded music: It costs too much. The price of music has everything to do with supply — in that the major labels and music stores set the price of music — and little to do with […]

A huge number of people and institutions are affected when a group parts ways.

Even before the recent Taylor Swift ticket snafu, Ticketmaster and its parent company, the concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment, have been criticized for controlling 70% of the big concert ticket market, leaving fans and artists nowhere else to go. Live Nation is now being investigated by the Justice Department, and last month was called to testify before a Senate anti-trust subcommittee. Correspondent Rita Braver talks with Sen. Amy Klobuchar; with an attorney who has filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster; and with disappointed Swifties – fans of the pop star who can't "shake it off."

It was a mess: Ticketmaster glitches, hourslong virtual queues, and tickets on resale sites hitting five digits.

Live Nation Ticketmaster President and CFO John Berchtold testified in Washington D.C. Tuesday morning about the company's alleged monopoly.

Despite a vow of “fair prices for all,” the country star’s options to circumvent Ticketmaster on an anticipated tour are limited

With a blockbuster case set to begin, the superstar rapper sits at the intersection of complex questions about art, crime and the criminal justice system.

That daily musical intros game

Spotify’s 'Billions Club' playlist tracks every song with over 1 billion streams. We took the data and broke it down by decade and artist.

When it comes to streaming services, which one has the customer's ear? Answer: Spotify Questions: What is your go-to source for music? What do you like most about it? How much do you pay for it?

Wrapped is where Spotify listeners get a deep dive into their most memorable listening moments of the year.

The Instafest apps lets you generate your own music festival poster based on your Spotify listening habits.

Apple Music Replay tries to compete with Spotify Wrapped.

No, Swifties are not getting exploited by Ticketmaster.

Taylor Swift's upcoming US tour of 52 concerts has all the ingredients of a post-Covid demand shock. Some resellers reportedly asked $40,000 or more for concert tickets following last week's run on official sales, which left millions empty-handed and ready to pay whatever it takes to score a seat. Augusta Saraiva has more on "Bloomberg Triple Take." Follow Bloomberg for business news & analysis, up-to-the-minute market data, features, profiles and more: http://www.bloomberg.com Connect with us on... Twitter: https://twitter.com/business Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bloombergbusiness/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake/?hl=en

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