There are a lot of reasons for the music industry to be excited about Fortnite’s fast-growing creator economy.

China was once a hotbed of music-downloads piracy, until the government cracked down – and very suddenly it wasn’t.

Afrobeats music has been having a sustained period of sharp growth on global streaming services. Now Spotify is hoping to capitalise.

Over the last year, 228,000 artists had concerts listed on Spotify; 182,000 had those listings clicked on by fans; and 74,000 sold tickets.

Anthrax fans got a shock this week when a new album called ‘Crazy Sheep’ popped up on the band’s Spotify profile.

Bandcamp recently teased a new feature called Bandcamp Clubs. Now it has launched as a “subscribe-to-own music discovery experience”.

Goldman Sachs predicts streaming price increases and a bright future for the music industry. Discover key findings from the report.