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Even As Streaming Changes Music Listening, The Album Holds Its Own
Contrary to popular opinion, the album is not dead or being totally replaced by playlists. At least, not yet. For some, like Kanye West who is using streaming to redefine it, the album is just evolving. Whatever the motivation, streaming music users still very often listen to full albums. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA Research ...
68% Of Smartphone Users Stream Music Daily
Illustrating just how pervasive streaming music has become, a new study shows that 68% of smartphone users listen to an average of 45 minutes of streaming music daily. By comparison, 71% watch video daily on their smartphones, but only for an average of 24 minutes. According to a new Parks Associates study, digital media usage varies ...
French Music Sales Plummet
Although a decline in recorded music revenue is pretty much par for the course by this point, France was hit particularly hard with a 7% drop in 2015, and although streaming was up, it was hardly enough to counteract overall plummeting sales. Guest Post by Mark Mulligan on his Music Industry Blog 2015 was another year of mixed ...
More Than 50% Americans Listen To Online Radio Weekly
Online radio has reached a new high with 50% or 126 million Americans 12+ now listening weekly. The number of listeners is up from 44% last year, according to new Edison Research survey. “We’ve been tracking this behavior since 2000, and it has truly been remarkable to see this march upward from 2% to half of all ...
Are 15 Second Songs The Future Of Music? [Mark Mulligan]
As music messaging apps continue to grow in popularity, so too do the truncated versions of pop hits which accompany them, suggesting the traditional three minute song structure could soon be replaced by a somewhat briefer model. Guest Post by Mark Mulligan on his Music Industry Blog Music messaging apps have become something of a boom area in recent ...
Spotify Killed Piracy? 57M In U.S. Still Pirate Music, Says New Survey
According to the prevailing wisdom, education, judicial action, Spotify, Pandora and streaming music that makes a free or almost free infinite jukebox available to everyone, has killed piracy. But that's not true, according to a new study by MusicWatch. Despite the best efforts of the music industry, the acquisition of unlicensed music from unsanctioned sources has ...
Back Catalog Sales Overtake New Releases
A recent review of music sales has revealed 2015 to be the first year where back catalog sales (18 months +) exceeded those of new releases, even with the launch of big name titles like Adele's 25. Guest Post by Kevin Cornell on the TuneCore Blog Every year since people have been reading and writing blogs, January has ...
Twitter Lost 2 Million Users Last Quarter
Twitter reported another gloomy quarter last week; narrowing losses, but shedding 2 million customers with no turn to profitability in sight. 2015 fourth quarter sales were up by 48% to $710 million over the same period in the previous year- a record quarter for the company, and a strong showing for their advertising model. Driven by ...
Justin Bieber And The Self-Perpetuating Upward Spiral
Here we closely examine how Justin Bieber's domination of the charts is both a cause and effect of his popularity on Spotify, and why the streaming playlist is edging out radio as a hit maker. Guest Post by Chris Price on New Slang Media New Slang is excited to announce the publication of Part 2 in the Listomania playlist report series. ...
Revenue From Music Streaming Apps More Than Doubles
Music streaming entered the mainstream in 2015. Jay Z's Tidal purchase, Spotify's growth and the launch of Apple Music and YouTube Red helped drive consumer awareness and adoption. That growth is turning into real dollars, according to a new analysis by App Annie. Mobile based music streaming is the new normal, according to the newly releases ...
