IMS Business Report 2022: Electronic Music Sales & Streaming valued at $1.3 billion
The IMS Business Report 2022 reveals that music sales and streaming of electronic music are now valued at $1.3 billion – a 32% increase from 2020. The annual study of…
IMS Business Report 2022: Recorded music industry tops $26 billion in continued growth
The IMS Business report 2022 reveals continued growth driven by a rise in streaming as well as physical music sales. The yearly IMS (Internation Music Summit) business report for 2022…
IMS Business Report 2022: DJ Software & Hardware value up 14%
The IMS Business Report 2022 is finally out and has provided the hard numbers and fact-based statements on trends within the electronic community. While there are a plethora of keynotes…
IMS Business Report 2022: Dance music on the rise again in German and UK markets
The German and UK Dance shares have accelerated over the past year, as detailed by the IMS Business Report that has just been issued. Since 2015, the UK has seen…
IMS Business Report 2022: 3LAU, Don Diablo, Steve Aoki & more in top list of NFT sellers
There’s no secret that electronic artists have dominated the NFT space, and according to findings published by the IMS Business Report 2022, this is more evident than ever. 64% of…
IMS Business report 2022: Less than 1.2% of electronic artist catalogues make more than $65k per year
According to the IMS Business Report 2022, only 1,650 artists make over $65,000 annually from their streaming catalogue. “It has been brutally difficult for artists to make a living from…
IMS Business Report 2022: tech house takes the top spot in Beatport’s chart
The IMS Business Report 2022 revealed that after holding 2nd place for the past few years tech house overtook techno in 2021 as the best selling genre. But what determined…
IMS Business Report 2022: Electronic Music is small on social, compared to other genres
According to the recently announced IMS Business Report 2022, Electronic Music is 6th out of 7th for social media shares and actions compared to other genres such as R&B and Hip-Hop…
IMS Business Report 2022: Electronic Festivals & Clubs valued at $2.5 billion
Presenting their annual IMS Business Report, it has become more than evident that 2022 is shaping up to become a successful year for the dance scene in more areas than…
IMS Business Report 2021 to be presented LIVE on Beatport
Rounding off an interesting year to say the least, the International Music Summit (IMS) will be presenting its annual IMS Business Report on Monday 28th of June! As the leading platform…
IMS Business report shows the rise and fall of dance music financial share
The IMS Business report 2020 is here! As with every year, the study conducted by the London-based strategy specialist Kevin Watson has shown some of the most interesting data relating the electronic dance…
IMS Business Report 2020 details rise in festival alternatives, sponsorship and donation opportunities
With the challenges posed by COVID-19 this year, the IMS Business Report for 2020 has made for interesting reading with information and statistics regarding to the current state of the…
IMS Business Report looks at festival cancellations and income losses
it’s no secret that pretty much every festival across the world has been cancelled, and festival season for 2020 is non-existent. It seems like every day people wake up to…
IMS Business Report: Beatport’s highest selling music genres
Per the IMS Business Report, techno remains among the hype taking Beatport’s #1 top-selling genre. Following closely behind in order of sales are tech-house, house, deep house, and drum &…
IMS Business Report reveals exponential growth for Spotify and Beatport
The International Music Summit (IMS) returns to Ibiza annually for an array of interesting seminars, interviews, debates and masterclasses. With many major dance music icons in attendance, the conference provides…