Paid subscriptions grew 8.8% in 2025. The more interesting number is what the remaining thirty per cent is made of....
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Roughly a trillion streams in 2025, and only seven to ten per cent of listeners paying. Universal is testing a...
Ratios, weighting and rules about what counts. The chart is a measurement instrument, and instruments have settings. Charts are usually...
Album-equivalent accounting rewards deep tracklists, and hip-hop was built for it before the rule existed. Hip-hop's sustained position at the...
For an independent release, the placement decision does more than the campaign around it. Independent artists are routinely advised to...
A coalition spanning all three majors and a long list of independents has put six eligibility criteria on the table....