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Music’s Future Means Even More Ed Sheeran, Drake
The industry’s revenue is concentrated around a few big names.
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There are two topics the global music industry loves to talk about, via its chief lobby group: How hard done by they all are, and what wonderful opportunities they're providing for artists to be discovered.
Witness the International Federation for the Phonographic Industry’s latest annual Global Music Report. It’s chock-full of data and executive quotes. And ads for streaming music services.