Financials

British Recorded Music Industry Eeks a Modest 2021 Gain as 1,918 Artists Surpass 10 Million Domestic Streams

January 5, 2022

The UK music industry's total streams reached 147 billion in 2021 – a 5.7 percent increase from 2020 – as streaming accounted for 83 percent of the market’s overarching music consumption, according to newly r... Read More...

Hipgnosis Pauses Plans for Issuing ‘Further Shares’ as Net Debt Cracks $550 Million

Dylan Smith

December 20, 2021

UK-based song-investment fund Hipgnosis dropped $260 million on song catalogs from April 1st through September 30th of this year, but with net debt having surpassed a staggering $550 million, the company does... Read More...

Warner Music Group Stock Slips Following Q4 FY 2021 Earnings Miss — Despite Double-Digit Revenue Growth

Dylan Smith

November 15, 2021

Warner Music Group (NASDAQ: WMG) turned in a 22 percent year-over-year revenue increase during the fourth quarter of its 2021 fiscal year – covering the three months ending on September 30th – as digital grew... Read More...

UMG CEO Lucian Grainge Is Getting Paid $201 Million This Year — Which Is More Than All UK Songwriters Combined

Dylan Smith

November 10, 2021

Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge is reportedly set to earn north of $200 million in 2021 – more than the total songwriting income (attributable to streaming and sales) in the UK in 2019 – and the 61-y... Read More...

Tencent Music Cracks 71 Million Paid Users, Generates $1.22 Billion In Q3 Despite Exclusive-Music Crackdown

Dylan Smith

November 9, 2021

Despite being forced to nix most of its exclusive music agreements, Tencent Music posted a more than 37 percent year-over-year gain in paid subscribers during 2021’s third quarter. The Shenzhen-headquartere... Read More...

Live Nation Stock Surges to Record High As Quarterly Revenue Approaches $2.7 Billion

Dylan Smith

November 5, 2021

With Q3 2021 revenue of about $2.7 billion – up from $184 million during the same period in 2020 – Live Nation has indicated that the “third quarter marked return to live at scale.” The Beverly Hills-based c... Read More...

Believe Spends $14 Million On 25% Play Two Stake, Reports Double-Digit Q3 Revenue Jump

Dylan Smith

November 4, 2021

Indie distributor and label Believe, having debuted on the Euronext Paris over the summer, has acquired a 25 percent stake in TF1 Group’s Play Two, which bills itself as “France’s foremost independent music l... Read More...

Sony Music Q2 FY Revenue Approaches $2.4 Billion On Continued Streaming Growth — Despite Relatively Small Quarterly Gains

Dylan Smith

October 28, 2021

During the second quarter of its 2021 fiscal year – covering the three months ending on September 30th – Sony Music Entertainment (SME) turned in double-digit year-over-year (YoY) streaming growth on both the... Read More...

Moonbug Entertainment Pulls In $53.8M In Revenue for 2020

Ashley King

October 11, 2021

Moonbug Entertainment has raked in over $50 million in revenues in 2020 – proving how lucrative kids' music can be. Moonbug Entertainment owns popular YouTube channels like Cocomelon, Little Baby Bum, and Bl... Read More...

Blackstone Is About to Drop $1 Billion on Music Copyrights — With Merck Mercuriadis Managing the Fund

Paul Resnikoff

October 8, 2021

The Blackstone Group is in serious discussions to inject more than $1 billion into a dedicated music copyright investment fund — with Hipgnosis Songs Fund founder Merck Mercuriadis potentially running the sho... Read More...

The Music Industry Has a Growing Payments Problem — Tipalti Is Out to Solve It

Paul Resnikoff

August 5, 2021

The music industry is notorious for not being able to pay people effectively — a problem that is only getting worse as the creator economy explodes. Tipalti is now aiming to upend the industry’s status quo an... Read More...

Spotify Earnings: A Look at the Latest Quarterly Results, Historical Revenue, and Future Outlook (2015-2020)

Dylan Smith

July 7, 2021

Since going public via a direct listing in April of 2018, Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) has been the subject of ample investor discussion and speculation. Here’s a comprehensive overview of Spotify earnings, including... Read More...

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British Recorded Music Industry Eeks a Modest 2021 Gain as 1,918 Artists Surpass 10 Million Domestic Streams

Hipgnosis Pauses Plans for Issuing ‘Further Shares’ as Net Debt Cracks $550 Million

Warner Music Group Stock Slips Following Q4 FY 2021 Earnings Miss — Despite Double-Digit Revenue Growth

UMG CEO Lucian Grainge Is Getting Paid $201 Million This Year — Which Is More Than All UK Songwriters Combined

Tencent Music Cracks 71 Million Paid Users, Generates $1.22 Billion In Q3 Despite Exclusive-Music Crackdown

Live Nation Stock Surges to Record High As Quarterly Revenue Approaches $2.7 Billion

Believe Spends $14 Million On 25% Play Two Stake, Reports Double-Digit Q3 Revenue Jump

Sony Music Q2 FY Revenue Approaches $2.4 Billion On Continued Streaming Growth — Despite Relatively Small Quarterly Gains

Moonbug Entertainment Pulls In $53.8M In Revenue for 2020

Blackstone Is About to Drop $1 Billion on Music Copyrights — With Merck Mercuriadis Managing the Fund

The Music Industry Has a Growing Payments Problem — Tipalti Is Out to Solve It

Spotify Earnings: A Look at the Latest Quarterly Results, Historical Revenue, and Future Outlook (2015-2020)