Some interesting Spotify stats from 2024
Industry watchers are still going through Spotify’s annual Loud & Clear report which looks into the economics of, well, being Spotify. Here are some notable statistics. Music Business Worldwide puts
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Spotify has released its annual Loud and Clear music economics report. Let’s dig in, shall we?
Now that all the data is in from 2024, Spotify can issue its Loud and Clear report with all its stats and analysis and crazy-fun number crunching. If you want
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And the biggest artists in the world in 2024 were… [UPDATED]
The IFPI, the organization that represents the global interests of the recorded music industry, just published four charts that ranking the biggest-selling artists on the planet in 2024. Here are
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What do the numbers tell us about our music consumption for 2024? Let’s take a look.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Luminate is the watcher of all music consumption in Canada and the U.S. and has just issued its year-end report for
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1036: In memoriam 2024
A couple of years ago, it became obvious that we were entering an era where music fans were increasingly going to be sad. That’s because our musical heroes are shuffling
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This is the very last Canadian CD and vinyl sales report for 2024. And the winner is…REALLY? What year is this?
The chart year officially came to an end last week with the final five days of 2024 were incorporated into Luminate’s data. Here’s how we’ll remember CD and vinyl sales
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Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry is now an award-winning podcast
This was a nice surprise over Christmas week. My true crime podcast, Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry was named the winner in the “Outstanding Music Series” category at
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The numbers are in: The biggest-selling rock albums of 2024
Now that we’re approaching the end of 2024, the year-end lists are coming fast. This one goes through the biggest-selling rock albums of the year. Although sales are what they
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The 2024 touring season is over. Here are the year-end summaries of the top tours.
Although there’s a couple of weeks left in the year, the 2024 touring season is pretty much complete. Pollstar, the bible of the live music industry, has compiled some charts
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What were the most-searched-for artists on Google this year?
Every year, Google releases info about what people searched for the most over the previous twelve months. One of those lists includes that musical artists who people wanted to know
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Amazon Music’s year-end stat summary is called Delivered. Check out these streaming number
Along with Spotify delivering its Wrapped report and Apple Music dropping Replay, Amazon Music has released Delivered, its look back on who streamed what on that platform. Here’s a summary
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