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Music Consumption

Music Industry 

What kind of music fan are you? This chart might help.

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments IFPI, Music Consumption, Music Fans, Study

Now that we have unlimited access to 100 million songs via streaming music services, we’ve also seen an explosion in

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Music Industry 

How are most people getting their music these days? You have one guess.

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments IFPI, Music Consumption, Music Engagement, Survey

A new study by the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry (the global group representing the interests of the recorded

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Music News 

MUST READ: Why old music is better than today’s new music

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 Alan Cross 5 Comments MRC, Music Consumption, New Music, Old Music

If you’ve ever heard me speak on music somewhere, there’s inevitably an audience question that goes something like this: “Why

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Music Industry 

Proof that 2021 was not great for new music

January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments 2021, Music, Music Consumption, Music sales

Quick: Name an album released in 2021 that will go down in history as an all-time classic. Other than Adele’s

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Music Industry 

Where do you sit in this global study on music consumption?

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment IFPI, Music Consumption, Survey

The IFPI represents the interests of the global recorded industry in a variety of ways, including doing research into how

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Music Industry Radio 

How are Canadians listening to music today?

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Consumption, Music Listening, Signal Hill

Jeff Vidler and his company Signal Hill is always looking at how people consume music. Here are a couple of

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Tech 

How will we be listening to music ten years from now?

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Consumption, Spotify

Twenty years ago, we thought that digital downloads were the bomb. This was the future. Then came streaming which has

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Music Industry 

There’s a new Spotify report on how Millennials and Gen Zs are using digital audio

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Culture Next, Gen Z, Millennials, Music Consumption, Spotify, Streaming

Spotify is forever analyzing the music consumption patterns of its users. And given that Millennials (ages 26-40) and Gen Zs

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Music Industry 

Streaming consumption hit a new record in the US last year. These are BIG numbers.

January 10, 2020January 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2019, Music Consumption

BuzzAngle, a company that keeps an eye on what we listen to and watch, has released their final report for

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Music Industry 

Look how we’ve changed the way we access music over the last ten years

December 21, 2019December 19, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Consumption

You don’t realize how much our music consumption has changed until someone starts pointing out how different things were ten

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Music News 

New study: Radio is still the main source for music in the car

March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 Alan Cross 5 Comments Infinite Dial, Music Consumption

There are those that will have you believe that traditional terrestrial radio is dead. “Who listens to that anymore?” That

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