Music Ally Report : Q1 2021 Edition
April 21, 2021
Our main feature this quarter is an analysis of the UK’s music streaming economics inquiry, including its key talking points so far, and what might happen next. The report went to press before this morning’s story...
Music Ally End-of-Year Report :: 30 Trends of 2020
January 4, 2021
It’s time for our end-of-year trends report. And no, it’s not just a giant, printable poster of a Covid-19 virus. Nobody wants that on their wall. We couldn’t ignore the novel coronavirus and its effects...
Music Ally Report:: Q3 2020 Edition
October 26, 2020
Our main feature focuses on TikTok’s eventful 2020 so far, from the deepening of its relationship with artists and the music industry to its tangles with the Trump administration, along with the rise of the short video...
Music Ally Report :: Q2 2020 Edition
July 20, 2020
Our main feature explores the evolution of live music, as we look towards a time when concerts are able to resume safely. What have we learned from the livestreaming boom during the Covid-19 lockdown, and what are the prospects...
Music Ally Report :: Q1 2020 Edition
April 15, 2020
Our main Music Ally report is getting bigger and going quarterly! This is the first edition of the new report including some of the new elements we’ve been planning, with more to be added in the Q2 report in early July....
Music Ally Report 426: Trends of 2019
January 6, 2020
This year we’ve picked 42 (also the answer to life, the universe and everything as fans of Douglas Adams will know) of the trends and moments we found most significant in 2019. What are they? *takes deep breath* industry...
This report focuses on AI music – both in terms of artificial-intelligence systems that are creating original music, and AI-driven tools that human musicians are using for their own creative purposes. There’s lots...
Report 424: Music/Tech Startups in 2019
September 2, 2019
Our focus is on music/tech startups, and their interaction with the music industry. Screenwriter William Goldman’s famous line about Hollywood – ”Nobody knows anything” – applies just as well to the task of spotting...
BPI Insight Session. What’s next for music and podcasts?
August 1, 2019
It’s notable how little research is publicly available on the size of the podcast audience globally. Ovum is the one research firm to have published estimates. Having previously claimed that there were 484 million [monthly]...
Report 423: YouTube’s India opportunity
May 23, 2019
India is the second largest country in the world by population. It is also YouTube’s fastest-growing market where the platform is accessed by 20% of the population. YouTube is not just a way for Western acts to break in...
Report 422: Playlisting’s next leap forward
March 27, 2019
Playlists have been referred to as everything from the new album, the new compilation, the new greatest hits, through to the new radio, the new MTV and more. Whether you’re a pop act trying to build a truly global audience...
Report 421 : AI on the Prize
February 28, 2019
Artificial intelligence is a hot ticket in the music industry and is spinning off in a variety of exciting new directions. It is being used to create music but also to power recommendations, to better understand the contexts...
