10 Music Business Predictions for 2019; Mariah Carey's Big Streaming Day Shows Little Payment

There have been many trends in the music business in the last year that point to what might happen in the new year.

The pop star's Christmas song has been streamed more than 10 million times today. Relatively speaking, there won't be a huge payout.

The significant selloff in Spotify Technology stock is overdone and driven by pressure from the general market, according to MKM Partners analyst Rob Sanderson.

The current ARIA top 50 is a confusing mess of retro classics that have stumbled their way to the top for the first time in years - and this is why.

Comcast, the U.S. cable provider, announced that it will be dropping Fuse Music Channel, which is partially owned by Jennifer Lopez, from its services in the new year.

The music industry continues to integrate new technologies and streaming music services are no exception. The collective goal is to make further progress in the customization of music, achieved largely by some platforms thanks to the implementation of artificial intelligence.

Sampling, streaming brings unintentional rebirth to music classics including Santana thanks to a sample in Rihanna's "Wild Thoughts."

Even in the anything-and-everything streaming era, the world of music boxed sets is showing plenty of life. After all, sometimes you need a curator. Before we focus on 2019, here are some archival releases not to be overlooked.

While the prohibitive costs of the necessary music licenses has made launching a new streaming service next to impossible, Neil Young is trying a different approach by rolling out a platform that only offers his own music, in joint venture with Warner music that might actually be successful.

As smart speakers go mainstream, the walls between the tech giants' walled gardens are starting to come down.

The rise of Netflix and rental streaming services seem to have caused a plunge in DVD sales.