Music Business Journal | Berklee College of Music

Over the last fifteen years, since the advent of the worldwide web, there has been a revolution in the world of finance. More money is being raised online today than ever before from crowds...

With both dismal CD sales and the advent of 360 deals, many observers and artists consider money generated from the sale of recordings as ancillary revenue. This seems to be right. After...

In February of 2013, Billboard and Nielsen made another modification to the “Billboard Hot 100” chart, the official singles chart in the United States. The chart now includes data...

Music and Equity Crowdfunding

by Peter Alhadeff 1

The Poverty of Artist Royalties

by Stephen Marcone 2

Modernizing the Hot 100

by Eduardo Loret de Mola 3

by Emilie Bogrand

Apple Plans for Internet Radio

When Pandora Internet radio entered the market with a strong initial public offering in 2011, a reporter from Bloomberg TV asked the Chairman and CEO, Joseph Kennedy, about how his company compared to Apple. He said that, out of all the people who listen to music, eighty percent listen in a radio...

by Colin Ramsay and Mical Klip

Psy and Gangnam Style

Recently boasting over 160 million YouTube views, Korean rapper Psy’s “Gangnam Style” music video became a viral sensation after it was released in July. The comedic song and video refer to the ritzy neighborhood of Gangnam in Seoul, South Korea. Despite the fact that few people other...

by Troy Church