Tag: music industry

There is more about sandwiches and cigars in the Financial Times's 'Lunch With the FT' interview with YouTube's music boss Lyor Cohen. Which, in fairness, is the point of this particular slot...

In this report, we’ve rounded up 60 startups that we think are particularly worthy of your attention. This is not a “best new startups of 2021” list – instead, it’s a snapshot of our view of this ecosystem: these...

Women in Ctrl campaigns for the music industry to be more diverse and inclusive and has just published a year-on follow-up report to assess progress.

We’re delighted to announce that the second edition of the Music & Tech Springboard Programme that we have partnered with British industry body the BPI on has launched this morning. It’s an initiative aimed...

We’re trying something different with our Q2 report. From now on, it’s going to be our International Focus edition, gathering our country profiles from throughout the year into one report, for a snapshot of...

The UK’s recorded music industry continues to grow, both at home and abroad, although Brexit remains a headache for new UK talent.

The South African recorded music market looks set to return to growth in 2021, after enduring a difficult 2020. Recorded music income in South African shrank by some 2.8% last year, according to Music Ally’s local sources,...

South Africa is bursting with musical talent – but its industry has to compete with a creaking digital infrastructure.

British industry body the BPI is stepping up its lobbying efforts for more support from the British government. Today’s instalment is the announcement that British music generated £517.9m in export earnings in 2020, up...

“Diversity on the charts, but not in executive ranks of music companies” is the top-line finding of the latest report on music industry diversity by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. It’s a study of 4,060 executive...

Revenues from music streaming subscriptions in Japan grew by 128% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021, according to figures published by industry body the RIAJ. Those subscriptions generated ¥14.62bn (around $133.4m)...

Journalist Ben Cardew is a long-time writer for Music Ally: he does our Sandbox report guides and our country profiles. He’s also just written a book, Daft Punk’s Discovery, which comes out in September but can be pre-ordered...