The Price of Music
The Price of Music: your essential weekly music biz explainer – with Steve Lamacq and Stuart Dredge.
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Latest Episode
Spotify's prices go up again; Which album's songs are in the wrong order?; Napster are being sued (is it 1999 again?); How easy is it to get a #1 album?; Steve's tip for getting into a sold-out gig (13.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Beyoncé sells $400m+ of tickets; How much money is Oasis making from merch?; Spotify wants a billion subscribers; Hayley Williams surprise-releases songs; and Cardi B’s "full-on cheese experience"... 06.08.2025
- Steve and Stu answer your questions! Does the money from a stream get split evenly? Do bands get paid if a festival is cancelled? How do music-making AIs work? What is Spotify's Discovery Mode? 30.07.2025
- Will Drake face Kendrick in the witness box?; Los Campesinos! turn down a $60,000 ad deal – but why?; Steve takes a music superfan test; ... and what connects Taylor Swift & Five Finger Death Punch? 23.07.2025
- How do songwriters *really* earn money (and which bands moonlight as cover bands)?; Spotify under investigation; Netflix K-Pop animation artists; and Ozzy Osbourne's chimpanzee art 17.07.2025
- Oasis are back; The AI-generated band with a million listeners; Indies vs Universal Music spat gets grumpy; and who owns your songs if your label goes bust? 09.07.2025
- The Price of Music: your essential weekly music biz explainer – with Steve Lamacq and Stuart Dredge. (Trailer) 02.07.2025
- Spotify responds to Kate Nash’s comments on streaming royalties, Warner Music's superfan app 16.04.2025
- AI music startup Suno in hot water again, South African artists double their Spotify payouts 09.04.2025
- PPL posts highest ever annual revenues, Harry Kane invests in ticketing firm 02.04.2025
- US hits 100 million paid music subscriptions, Mariah Carey cleared of copyright infringement 26.03.2025
- SXSW finances analysed, the music economy of Gloucestershire 19.03.2025
- Interview: Youth Music CEO Matt Griffiths 12.03.2025
- Brit Awards artists speak out on grassroots venues, Snoop Dogg vs Spotify 05.03.2025
- Over 1,000 artists back 'silent' AI protest album, Casey Lowery making debut album through Kickstarter campaign 26.02.2025
- Spotify's new superfan tier, Sony's multi-billion dollar revenues 19.02.2025
- Ticketmaster cancel Oasis tickets, The Black Crowes relaunch Crowe-Mafia club 12.02.2025
- James Blake lifts the lid on the music industry, The Libertines as holograms 05.02.2025
- Spotify and Universal sign new licensing deal, Deezer publishing 10,000 AI-generated tracks every day 29.01.2025
- Interview: Simon Raymonde, Cocteau Twins and Bella Union records 22.01.2025
- Travis Scott, SZA and Future sued by Victory Boyd, Ed Sheeran launches music education foundation 15.01.2025
