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Are indie or major record labels better for your music career? This guide compares the two record label choices and offers insight from music industry pros.
The big three record labels with details on their roots, best known individual imprints, and key artists. All three are multimedia conglomerates.
Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group make up the list of Big Three record labels, making up the vast majority of the market.
The three major labels still dominate recorded music sales, according to a surprising industry report on marketshare and royalties.
Who were the most popular songwriters of the last year? If you take a look at the most popular artists from last year and compare them to this year's list so far, you'll notice a lot of differences. Last year at this time, people like XXXTentacion and Tekashi 6ix9ine were pulling millions of views o...
For burgeoning artists, streaming services can be both salt and salve.
While Sony, Universal and Warner are the music industry's biggest players, there is a lot more going on with the music business that doesn't involve these three giants, as Professor David Philp of William Paterson University explores. ____________________________ Guest post by Professor David Philp of William Paterson University from the...
We ask some of the brightest minds in music industry analytics & journalism to talk through their predictions for the music industry in 2019.
We take a look at how recent technological innovations could nourish – or diminish – the joy of creating and consuming music