Over 8 Million Artists Released Music on Their Own

In 2024, there were 8.2 million artists who released music on their own. No record label. They generated $2 billion last year in recorded music. In a recent Trapital episode, Mark Mulligan from MIDiA Research and I talked about his company’s Global Recorded Music Report

We discussed:

• The rise of self-releasing artists
• Why the streaming services outperformed the labels
• The future of merch and expanded rights
• Potential M&A deals in the future

You can listen to this episode on Trapital wherever you get podcasts. ‘Streaming Slowed Down. What’s Next?’

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