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Category: Industry insights

Collections madness #1: France

By MJD Posted on March 12, 2022 11 Comments
Collections madness #1: France

What if I tell you that there are 3 billion album sales lost in the nature? Sales that have been ignored by both charts and certifications. These sales bring millions of units to many artists. How is this possible, and …

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Are Apple Music streams underestimated?

By MJD Posted on September 30, 2019 15 Comments

It has been nearly 4 years since we try at ChartMasters to portray the global music market the best we can. A significant component of it is audio streaming that we value thanks to platforms like Spotify, Genie, AWA and …

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Streams shot the US music industry to nearly $10 billion

By MJD Posted on March 5, 2019 25 Comments
Streams shot the US music industry to nearly $10 billion
<em>US Sales Database by the RIAA </em>

The Recording Industry Association of America, better known by their RIAA acronym, has published their much anticipated 2018 Shipment & Revenue Statistics. The main conclusion? Streaming is no longer a utopia but instead a true game changing actor. In fact, …

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A step into club sales of all-time top US sellers

By MJD Posted on September 5, 2018 47 Comments

The Eagles‘ Greatest Hits 1971-1975 sold 38 million copies in the US, making it the best selling album of all-time in the country. That’s a good story, at least good enough to make headlines of major American media for a …

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Go through music industry’s amazing journey

By MJD Posted on May 29, 2018 7 Comments

We love stories of books and movies. We also love music. What about telling the story of the music industry then? Studying history is a key factor of success for upcoming challenges. The industry of music has been going through …

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Artists who have yet to reach their peak?

By MJD Posted on May 26, 2018 34 Comments
Artists who have yet to reach their peak?

Many of you enjoy advanced analytics. Others love to follow closely their favorite artists. In both cases, you will adore this piece of data! Do you know when an artist reaches his peak? After how many albums, or how many …

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How streaming will change your way of enjoying music

By MJD Posted on November 14, 2017 4 Comments

I know you wonder what you are doing here. If you will change your behavior, that’s most likely not me who’s going to tell you that. Well, I still will. Choices do not need to be conscious to happen. Streaming …

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How your fave artist will adjust to streaming

By MJD Posted on November 13, 2017 5 Comments

Living species always need to adapt to their context in order to survive. For businesses, the situation is no different. As streaming is fully changing the music industry, its actors, both the labels as well as the artists need to …

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How streaming will change the music industry

By MJD Posted on November 10, 2017 32 Comments

Streaming is organically increasing. When I first wrote The Music Industry, an infinite journey way back in early 2014 I concluded the study with the chapter titled The Future, which determined how the industry would be by 2020. One section …

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Streaming World: Back To 2012

By MJD Posted on November 7, 2017 3 Comments

Not all elements can face the test of time the same way. Some will get erased within’ seconds, others will last forever. This samelogic perfectly applies to our favorite music tunes. As a music industry watcher, one of the most appreciated …

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