Best Covers Ever…
We at The Music Universe love original content from the artists we call our favorites, but we also appreciate a good cover of a popular song as well. Oftentimes the cover is better than the original, but we’ll let you…
Editorials
Three of East 17’s best songs
First hitting the big time in the early 1990s, East 17 were at one time the biggest rivals to the clean cut Take That. Featuring an edgier sound with rap and hip-hop influences and a more streetwise fashion sense, East…
Report: Where’s the money in music in the 21st Century?
European services Kobalt and Sounday ensure that artists receive 100% of royalties Musicians today often feel like they can’t make great money, at least not like the “rich rock stars” of the later 20th century. The album format no longer yields riches…
Your country music festival playlist
It seems like every year there are more and more country music festivals popping up. This means a TON of new music and how are we all supposed to keep up with it? We get so wrapped up in choosing…
The summer of Hendrix tributes
Jimi Hendrix Park is one of several tributes to the late guitarist There are some musicians over the years who are so iconic that we can hardly stop doing tributes to them and recognizing their work. Jimi Hendrix certainly falls…
Nielsen Music: Streaming has flowed to the top
According to Nielsen Music, 2016 saw the consumption of music grow by three percent over 2015. This increase was quite strongly driven by a 76% increase in demand for audio streaming. In the Nielsen report, which was shared by ReportLinker,…
Problems for Music Streaming Profitability in Asia
Limited income, piracy and mobile data plans are part of the issue Although the popularity of streaming music has steadily increased in east Asia, making it profitable for streamed music service providers is a hard road. But why? One obvious…
A new Golden Age of music
The exponential growth of the digital age, also known as the Web 2.0 era, has, undoubtedly changed every aspect of business behavior. With the global number of internet users now over three billion as of 2014, it is expected that…
How digital service providers can strike a streaming deal
In June, French collecting agency ADAMI released a report on the global market for neighboring rights in collective management, a market the agency believes will grow quickly in the near future. While the market may be increasing, the rate of…
The Music Universe 2016 Year in Review
Welcome to the The Music Universe Year in Review. In our inaugural edition, I will recap some of the more highlighted moments from our website and discuss what’s to come in 2017. We appreciate all of our readers because without you, we wouldn’t…
The Music Industry in 2016
The music industry is constantly evolving and changing, and 2016 was no exception. In October, the United States Department of Commerce released its 2016 Top Markets Media and Entertainment report. Here are the major findings: Overall, the music industry declined…
Top Ten Casino Themed Songs
Whether its movies, books or music, tales about taking risks just seem to make art seem that little bit cooler. There’s been hundreds of songs about poker, casino, roulette and everything in between since music began, and we take a…