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Data-driven analysis of the music industry — streaming revenue, independent artist economy, market trends, and more.

$17.1B
US Recorded Music Revenue (2024)
RIAA
67%
Streaming Share of Total Revenue
IFPI
1.2M+
Artists on Streaming Platforms
MBW
12.8%
Indie Label Market Share Growth
MIDiA
500M+
Global Paid Streaming Subscribers
IFPI
$0.003
Avg Per-Stream Payout (US)
DSP Data
Source
13 reports
DATA REPORTDigital Music News6/12/2026

Spotify and Amazon Music’s Bundling Shenanigans Have Cost Music Publishers Nearly $500 Million Since 2024, NMPA Reveals

Spotify and Amazon’s bundling strategy has had a major impact on music publishers’ royalty haul, resulting in nearly $500 million in lost royalties since 2024. The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) revealed some worrying data tied to the sustained hit the industry has taken from streaming providers’ “bundles.” As Spotify (and similarly, Amazon Music) started […]

$500 Million
DATA REPORTDigital Music News6/12/2026

Distribution Startup Madverse Scores Willard Ahdritz-Led Seed Round, Says Its Userbase Has Grown ‘25% in the Last Month Alone’

Amid rapid music sector growth in India – and on its own platform, which has seen its userbase expand by “25% in the last month alone” – Madverse Music Group has scored an Ahdritz Capital-led seed round. New Delhi-headquartered Madverse unveiled the raise, but not the precise funding at hand, today. Founded in 2023 by […]

25%
DATA REPORTMusic Ally6/12/2026

Spotify releases latest Gen Z trend report

<p>Spotify has just unveiled its new “Culture Next” report, highlighting Gen Z consumer behavior trends around music, culture and brand loyalty. Based on an analysis of first-party data, over 4.2m songs and 680k podcast episodes, the streaming platform found Gen Z is the most culturally influential cohort on the platform. This refers to the group’s [&hellip;]</p>

DATA REPORTDigital Music News6/12/2026

Alleged Napster Funding Fraudster Faces Criminal and Civil Cases — Company ‘Never Received Any Money’ Despite the Individual’s ‘Promise to Invest $3.36 Billion’

It turns out Infinite Reality/Napster’s huge funding round was even more suspicious than we thought: Now, two federal cases are in motion against the individual who allegedly “fraudulently obtained” almost 240 million of the company’s shares. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York formally announced a criminal indictment against the alleged […]

$3.36 Billion
DATA REPORTMusic Ally6/12/2026

How ‘Superfandom’ is Reshaping Music Streaming’s Next Chapter

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DATA REPORTDigital Music News6/12/2026

Deezer Launches AI Detection Tool for Playlists, Says 43% of New Users’ Libraries Contain ‘AI Music’

Deezer is kicking its AI detection capabilities up a notch with a new tool that identifies machine-generated tracks in playlists – including those saved to competing streaming platforms. The Paris-headquartered DSP announced and launched its artificial intelligence music detector today. And while Deezer itself is pinpointing the AI audio, it’s playlist-transfer service Tune My Music […]

43%
DATA REPORTDigital Music News6/10/2026

‘Michael’ Crosses $900 Million Worldwide; Film Is Quickly Closing In On ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ for All-Time Biggest Musical Biopic

Michael is not only Lionsgate’s highest-grossing movie in history, but is now just $11 million shy of surpassing Bohemian Rhapsody as the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time. The record-smashing Michael Jackson biopic Michael just crossed another threshold with $900 million at the worldwide box office. That places the film at just $11 million behind […]

$900 Million
DATA REPORTDigital Music News6/10/2026

GMR Saddles Music Choice With $14 Million Lawsuit Over ‘Willful Copyright Infringement’

Global Music Rights is suing Music Choice over “willful copyright infringement” for continuing to play its catalog after its licensing expired. U.S.-based performance rights organization Global Music Rights (GMR) has filed a lawsuit against Music Choice for “repeatedly and willfully infringing upon nearly 100 GMR-licensed songs.” The infringement allegedly began after Music Choice’s licensing deal […]

$14 Million
DATA REPORTMusic Ally6/12/2026

Study claims Liverpool’s music economy is worth £780m a year

<p>The UK city of Liverpool’s music heritage did not start with the Beatles. Its thriving port made it a gateway for American jazz, blues and R&B as well as Irish folk music well before the Fab Four emerged. Now a report has been published that puts a number on the Liverpool City Region’s music economy. [&hellip;]</p>

DATA REPORTMusic Business Worldwide6/11/2026

US music publishing revenues hit $7.3B in 2025, NMPA reveals at Annual Meeting honoring P!nk, Julian Bunetta and Harvey Mason jr.

NMPA Chief Legal Officer and Chief Operating Officer Danielle Aguirre said publishing outpaced the growth of recorded music for the fourth year in a row. <p><a href="https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/us-music-publishing-revenues-hit-7-3b-in-2025-nmpa-reveals-at-annual-meeting-honoring-pnk-julian-bunetta-and-harvey-mason-jr/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

DATA REPORTMusic Ally6/12/2026

Post Malone’s Guwahati concert had an economic impact of Rs43 crore

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DATA REPORTMusic Ally6/11/2026

Lexic launches legal mentorship programme for Indian independent acts

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DATA REPORTMusic Ally6/11/2026

LyricFind integrates video-creation tool into Indian distro service SwaLay

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