More than 1/4 of all music streamed in the USA last year was hip-hop

Overall on-demand stream volume will likely top a TRILLION this year
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The US Chart Wars Heat Up – PMC Makes Strategic Investment in BuzzAngle

  Can Penske Media Corporation and BuzzAngle Music finally make music charts understandable? When you think of music charts, you immediately think of Billboard.   Yet, admittedly, their charts aren’t as clear as the music industry would hope. So, …

Watch out Billboard: Variety and Rolling Stone owner buys into Nielsen rival BuzzAngle for ‘aggressive’ music charts push

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) makes strategic investment in Jim Lidestri’s company
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There were 4 times as many paid on-demand audio streams as ‘free’ ones in the US last year

Streams happening on subscription tiers rose 57.5% to hit 301.3bn, according to BuzzAngle report
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YouTube loses ground on US subscription music stream count in first six months of 2017

Both single-track downloads and digital album sales fall 24% compared to 2016
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Universal and Sony neck-and-neck in US video streaming market share – as Tunecore leads the indies

Universal dominated the US last year – but was neck-and-neck with Sony for video streams

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Warner gains, Sony holds, Universal falls in US 2016 market shares

MBW estimates based on BuzzAngle’s new report lay bare the winners and losers of 2016The post Warner gains, Sony holds, Universal falls in US 2016 market shares appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.

Independent labels claimed 35% market share in the US last year… by ownership

New BuzzAngle stats show power of independent labels – and major distribution – in the US

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YouTube loses US music streaming dominance as subscription plays jump 124%

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