Music Business Journal | Berklee College of Music

Information is changing the music industry; not only in the ways we consume and discover music, but as well in the ways companies are arming themselves for competition. Streaming services...

Musicians, artists, and music business entrepreneurs need cash to start a project and nurture it to fruition. They are hardly unique in this respect, and face many of the...

In January, various speakers at the MIDEM Show in Cannes suggested that music streaming may no longer be considered a complement to traditional music sales but the new way to access music....

Music Intelligence for Sale

by Kyle Billings 1

Understanding Crowdfunding

by Peter Alhadeff and Luiz Augusto Buff 2

Streaming’s Global Momentum

by Christian Florez 3

by Dan Servantes

The Hit that Broke the Mold

On December 12, 2013, Beyoncé released her fifth studio album exclusively on iTunes without any radio promotion, roadside billboards, or viral campaigning. By the end of December 15, her album had sold 828,773 copies worldwide.1 This speaks volumes about not only the current state of the music...

by John Lahr

Beats v. Spotify

As of January 21st Spotify now has a legitimate contender in the music streaming market, as Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine’s Beats Music steps into the ring. It is the culmination of eighteen months of development after Dr. Dre’s lucrative consumer electronics company purchased MOG in July of 2012....

by Athena Butler and Linnea Lundgren