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2022

Music Industry 

Spotify now has nearly half a billion monthly users, still not profitable

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2022, Q4, Spotify, Subscribers

Spotify reported its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2022 today (January 31), telling shareholders that the company now

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Music Industry 

The year-end numbers are in. How did the Canadian recorded music industry do in 2022?

January 16, 2023January 15, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2022, Canada, Recorded Music Industry, Sales, Streaming

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Now that we’re into a new year, the recorded music industry

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Music News 

In memoriam: A Sgt Pepper-style album for all those we lost in 2022

January 8, 2023January 8, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2022, Beatles, Clive the Barker, Sgt Pepper

Brutal truth time: The next ten years are going to be a mass extinction as performers that have been a

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Music Industry 

Vinyl hits another high in its comeback

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2021, 2022, Sales, Taylor Swift, Vinyl

After 15 years of year-over-year growth, there are still people who believe that our interest in vinyl is a fad.

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Dave Grohl’s Hanukkah Sessions wraps up with a Randy Newman cover

December 26, 2022December 27, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2022, Cover Version, Dave Grohl, Greg Kurstin, Hanukkah Sessions, Randy Newman

The 2022 Hanukkah Sessions is a wrap with the vinyl video excerpt taken from a live gig in LA back

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Music Industry 

Here are the year-end charts for Canadian rock in 2022

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2022, AirPlay, MediaBase, Radio, Top Active Rock, Top Alternative

Mediabase, the company that tracks radio airplay and other statistics, has issued its list of the biggest rock songs of

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Recommended Music 

Dave Grohl’s Hanukkah Sessions 2022, Night Two

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2022, Cover Version, Dave Grohl, Greg Kirsten, Hanukkah Sessions, Pink

Dave Grohl and his buddy Greg Kirsten are back with a series of covers, one for each night of Hannukah.

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Music News 

Google’s list of the most-searched songs of 2022 will surprise you

December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2022, Ali Sethi, Google, Harry Styles, Keisya Levronka, Most-Search, Shae Gill

‘Tis the time of year-end lists when we look back to see what happened over the past 12 months. Google

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Music News 

The year in review, TikTok and music edition

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2022, Lizzo, TikTok, Year in Review

‘Tis the season for many, many year-end reviews/summaries/lists and TikTok has some data worth exploring. It’s hard to overestimate what

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Music News 

Here are the top-earning tours for 2022

December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments 2022, Bad Bunny, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weeknd, Touring

It’s been a tough year for the majority of touring artists, given the pressure to play live and spiraling inflation.

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Music News 

Spotify unveils its 2022 Wrapped campaign. Here’s what we listened to this year.

December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 Alan Cross 5 Comments 2022, Bad Bunny, Justin Bieber, Spotify

It’s that time of year again to review what happened in music. Here’s what Canadians and the world streamed most

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