Category archives: Analysis

Sir Lucian Grainge on streaming growth, catalog deals and the balance of power between labels vs. DSPs

Universal’s Chairman and CEO participated in a Q&A session at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference
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UK record labels spent $41m on A&R every month in 2021

MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a single data point that deserves the attention of the global music industry. Stat Of the Week is supported by Cinq Music Group, a technology-driven record label, distribution, and rights managem…

NFT marketplace OpenSea’s trading volume nosedives 99%. Is the bubble bursting?

On August 28, OpenSea processed $9.34 million in NFT (non-fungible token) transactions, well below its May 1 peak of $2.7 billion, according to data from decentralized applications tracker DappRadar.
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India is home to the largest number of YouTube viewers in the world. But the platform’s music chart isn’t without flaws.

Amit Gurbaxani investigates why a lyric video with more than 400m views hasn’t charted on YouTube’s charts for India
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Utopia is raising €300 million in a Series C round that would value its company at €2.5bn. But what’s it building?

A deep dive into one of the most intriguing companies operating around and within the modern music business
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