Music industry – One step closer to being accurate
On April 28, 2003, a store called iTunes opened. Ultimately, it severely damaged the music industry, but it also granted milions of sales for many global hits. Now that this market is in its last breath, we review the very …
As they have been doing since 2001, the IFPI published this week the top selling albums of the year. Unlike the previous edition, when they got the #1 wrong, this time they properly reported the global domination of Korean superstars …
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Starting her career so strongly, the popularity of Lady Gaga inevitably began to diminish album by album. As the years passed by, that’s exactly how her career was being painted but then out of the blue, the singer decide to …
Iconic diva Lady Gaga made a stunning comeback since the release of the song Shallow from A Star Is Born movie. The track and the album quickly jumped to the top of sales and streaming charts all over the world. …
If you go through various online sites covering music sales, you’ll find close to no information at all about the best selling artists in the USSR and Russia. A black box up to this day, we digged through the data …
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Korean music behemoth BTS continue to make history. The boy band from Seoul sold over 5 million units with their new effort Map of the Soul: 7. This is the second fastest selling album of all-time.
So, are you ready to see a countdown of the best selling artists of the 2010s? A decade ago, the music industry was completely different. We still had record players at home, downloads was the big thing, Adele and Drake …
[UPDATE] The most streamed artists list is now updated automatically at this link. If you visit us, you surely saw a lot of news in recent years stating streaming records. What’s unlikely is that you ever saw a comprehensive list …
Every year China seems to be climbing several positions on IFPI’s top music market’s ranking and the growth doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. In just a few years we could see this country overtake markets like the …
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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 …