Share this postPlatform & StreamHow One Artist Beat the Independent Blues with Blockchain; Music Business: Biggest Growth in 20 YearsCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreHow One Artist Beat the Independent Blues with Blockchain; Music Business: Biggest Growth in 20 YearsPlatform & StreamApr 26, 2017Share this postPlatform & StreamHow One Artist Beat the Independent Blues with Blockchain; Music Business: Biggest Growth in 20 YearsCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreShareSinger/songwriter Tatiana Moroz shares her personal story of how she came to embrace blockchain and cryptocurrencies, and how she got involved with Tokenly.The music industry showed its biggest growth in 20 years, according to the IFPI's annual report, but YouTube remains the biggest threat.Americans spent $75 per person in 1999 on recorded music compared to only $23 last year.SoundExchange president and CEO Michael Huppe is optimistic about the current rate increase trial in Washington, DC, against Satellite Radio and "Preexisting" Subscription Services (SDARS III) -- the category solely used by SiriusXM.If you've noticed that JoJo's classic self-titled debut is no longer available for all the streams you want on Spotify, you're not alone. Tencent-backed music apps KuGou (酷狗 in Chinese), QQ Music (QQ音乐 in Chinese) and Kuwo (酷我in Chinese) were the three most popular music apps in China in terms of monthly active users (MAU) in the first quarter of 2017.The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) recently released recorded music sales revenue figures for 2016 and some of the historical music salesThe company was incorporated by Nardone on January 23, less than half a year after Fling went bankrupt, according to a document filed with Companies House.Revenue from the Latin sector of the U.S. recorded-music industry grew last year for the first time since 2005, up three percent over 2015 to $176 million, according to the RIAA.Over a year ago, Spotify inked a deal with music annotation startup Genius to provide the backstory to the songs you're streaming through a feature called..PreviousNext