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Category: Industry

IFPI Global Top 10 Albums of 2018

By MJD Posted on March 13, 2019 79 Comments

It’s time to welcome the IFPI Global Top 10 Albums of 2018! It’s a good ol’ list, focusing on pure album sales. This atypical methodology leads to the most unique list ever by the IFPI since they debuted them in …

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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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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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Spotlight: a trip into Congo’s lone music retailer

By MJD Posted on April 10, 2018 12 Comments

For many years, I studied the recording music industry while living in France. During that time, it was frustrating to see charts, certifications and industry data about the same two dozens of countries again and again. I couldn’t help but …

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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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The Ravaging Impact of Download Sales 2004-2014

By MJD Posted on July 11, 2017 23 Comments

When something dies down, there are two ways to feel about it – Rest In Peace or Good Riddance. The choice is easy while speaking about the music industry-killer from iTunes, legal downloads. They downgraded way more physical sales than …

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Streaming World: Back To 2000

By MJD Posted on August 19, 2016 4 Comments

Not all elements can face the test of time the same way. Some will get erased within’ seconds, others will last forever. This same

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