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24.01.14 MusicWeek 3


MARKET SHARES WEEK 3: TOP 75 SHARE BY CORPORATE GROUP


ARTIST SINGLES Universal 45.1% Sony 39.5% Warner 8.6% Others 6.8%


ARTIST ALBUMS Universal 50.0% Sony 34.0% Warner 8.7% Others 7.3%


ALL ALBUMS (Combined Artists & Compilation Albums) Univsersal Music 41.4% Sony Music 31.1% Warner Music 6.8% Sony /Universal 4.9% Sony/Universal/Warner (65/25/10) 1.0% Universal /Warner (83/17) 0.8% Others (See breakdown to right) 14.0%


WEEK 3: TOP 75 SHARE BY RECORD COMPANY


SPOTIFY: NEW SERVICE IS AN INDUSTRY FIRST


DIGITAL n BY TIM INGHAM


‘We’ve unified merch’ S


potify believes its new artist merchandise service can grow artists’ current income - as the UK awaits


BELIEVE DIGITAL 1.0% DOMINO RECORDINGS 1.5% DVS 0.5%


MINISTRY OF SOUND GROUP 8.8% NETTWERK 0.7% NEW STATE 1.5%


an official launch date for rival streaming service Beats Music. The Swedish streaming company


launched its merchandise effort in tandem with TopSpin earlier this week. Artists can now display T-shirts, vinyl,


ARTIST SINGLES Virgin/EMI 18.69% Polydor 12.65% RCA Label Group 34.74% Island 4.99% Atlantic 2.01% Columbia 2.10%


Others 24.83% Decca 1.14% Domino Recordings 0.41% Epic Label Group 2.70% Infectious Music 1.50% Macklemore 0.96% Metal & Dust Recordings 0.41% Ministry Of Sound 0.93% Nettwerk 0.61% Parlophone 1.95% Red Bull 1.40% Skint 0.56% Umc 2.12% Umtv 5.49% Warner Bros 4.65%


ARTIST ALBUMS Virgin/EMI 15.58% Polydor 22.25% RCA Label Group 13.33% Island 9.59% Atlantic 4.77% Columbia 17.36%


posters, bundles and other merchandise to all of their fans and followers, using TopSpin’s ArtistLink tool. This allows acts to link to any web-based merchandise vendor of their choice - including their own website. It joins forces with a similar ticketing system on the platform, which is powered by Songkick. Spotify and Topspin are taking nothing


Others 17.11% Believe Digital 1.22% Decca 2.60% Domino Recordings 1.89% Dvs 0.64% Epic Label Group 1.98% Macklemore 0.47% Metal & Dust Recordings 2.27% Nettwerk 0.80% Parlophone 1.16% Rhino (Warners) 1.38% Sony Music Cg 1.28% Warner Bros 1.42%


in fees or commissions from the merch store, and are clearly hopeful the service will help boost their reputation amongst artists and managers. “From an artist perspective, we think we


YEAR TO DATE: TOTAL MARKET SHARES BY CORPORATE GROUP


SINGLES Universal 41.2% Sony 25.3% Warner 13.7% Others 14.1% Ministry - 1.4% Infectious Music - 0.4% XL Beggars - 0.9% BMG Rights - 0.5% Domino - 0.6% Red Bull - 0.4%


ALL ALBUMS  Universal Music 37.2% Sony Music 22.9% Warner Music 13.9% Minstry Of Sound 4.5% Demon Music Group 1.5%


ARTIST ALBUMS Universal 41.2% Sony 25.3% Warner 13.7% Others 14.1% XL Beggars 0.9% Domino Recordings 0.6% Infectious Music 0.4% Red Bull 0.4% BMG Rights 0.5%


Domino Recordings 1.2% XL Beggars 1.2% Union Square Music 0.9% Not Now Music 0.6% Delta 0.6% Others 15.5%


YEAR TO DATE: TOTAL MARKET SHARES BY RECORD COMPANY


SINGLES RCA 18.5% Polydor 11.4% Island 8.7% Virgin/EMI 15.0%  Atlantic - 4.4% Columbia - 3.9% Warner Bros - 5.1% UMTV - 2.1% Parlophone - 3.0% Others - 26.4%


ARTIST ALBUMS RCA Label Group - 10.2% Columbia - 7.5% Polydor - 12.3% Warner Bros - 4.1%  Island - 7.3% Virgin/EMI - 12.0% Atlantic - 3.9%  Decca - 3.3% Rhino - 3.6% Sony Music CG - 3.9% Others - 32.1%


have an incredible opportunity to do something no platform has ever done before with this merchandise feature,” Spotify’s director of artist services Mark Williamson told Music Week. “Fans can fall in love with artists on Spotify, then we can show them a gig that’s happening - where they’ll really make that connection. Then we can sell you a T-shirt when you get back because you probably spent all your cash on beer. “Continuing this fan engagement cycle


is really important to us - turning passive fans into curious fans and then engaged fans. We’ll continue to look at different tools and features for artists that give them really cool ways to engage with fans.” Each merch listing is moderated and


approved by Spotify to make sure it’s a legitimate offer, and then appears in an artist’s listings within 24 to 48 hours.


“This integration means that just in your daily listening, you’re exposed to merchandise. We’re going to see people buying more merch than they have before” MARK WILLIAMSON, SPOTIFY


So far, it has launched in the US, UK,


Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland. “I haven’t bought merchandise away


from a concert in years and that’s probably because merchandise is so fragmented across the web,” added Williamson. “Everyone has their own merch stores. There’s no merchandise [area] on Amazon because [the sector’s] fairly controlled at the moment. Unless you’re specifically searching for a ‘Led Zeppelin jumper’ or see one at a concert, you’re never really exposed to it. “This integration means that just in your


daily music listening, you are exposed to merchandise. We’re going to see people thinking about and buying more music merch than they have before. Something like this doesn’t really exist elsewhere.” Spotify’s new rival, Beats Music,


launched in the US earlier this week. Unlike Spotify, there is no free tier beyond a Netflix-style 30-day free trial. Subscribers pay $9.99 a month - the


same as Spotify - for unlimited access to a catalogue of more than 20 million songs.


Sony’s run of No.1s


Sony Music UK chairman and CEO Nick Gatfield is celebrating an impressive string of No.1s on this week’s UK charts. Not only did the major claim the No.1


position on the Official Singles and Albums charts - with Pharrell Williams’ Happy (Columbia) and Bruce Springsteen’s High Hopes (Columbia), respectively - it also hit the top spot on the Official Compilation Chart with The Trevor Nelson Collection 2 (Sony Music CG). Williams’ Happy is also No.1 on Radiomonitor’s weekly UK airplay chart. Elsewhere, One Direction’s This Is Us


(Sony Pictures/Syco) is top of the Official Music Video Top 40, while Timber by Pitbull ft. Ke$ha ( J/MR 305/Polo Grounds) is No.1 on the Official Streaming Chart. The track is No.2 on the Official Singles list. “It’s a great way to kick off the year


and we look forward to doing it again a few more times throughout 2014,”Gatfield (pictured) told Music Week.


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