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A Deep Analysis Of Global Copyright Value Offers Suprising News

Spotify's director of Economics has done some number crunching, and his finding is that the transactional value of international copyrights is exploding.

A Deep Analysis Of Global Copyright Value Offers Suprising News

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What is the entire music industry actually worth?


Such a seemingly simple question went without an answer for years until Will Page, Spotify's Director of Economics, previously published a landmark analysis via Music Business Worldwide.

Now Page is back to present his latest analysis covering the calendar year 2016, which you can read right here.

The reason this number-crunching takes time to emerge is exactly what differentiates it from any other work: Page brings together complex revenue sources for all rights-holders in the relevant year – from labels to publishers and collective management organisations (CMOs).

The headline stat: in 2016, the combined publishing and recorded music industry grew by US$1.5B, up significantly on the sub-billion-dollar rise seen in the prior year... (MBW)

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Karan Aujla & Ryan Tedder
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Karan Aujla & Ryan Tedder

Chart Beat

Karan Aujla's Super-Collab with OneRepublic and Ikky Debuts at No. 54 on Billboard Canadian Hot 100

Of the song "Tell Me," singer and producer Ryan Tedder tells Billboard that anyone not paying attention to the music of India or Southeast Asia is "asleep at the wheel." Canadian singer Alexander Stewart's radio hit "His Problem Instead" also debuts at No. 100.

Karan Aujla, Ikky and OneRepublic are telling it like it is and climbing the charts.

Their new collaboration, "Tell Me" has debuted on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 for the chart dated March 15 at No. 54. The song is OneRepublic's first English-Punjabi effort.

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