Spotify’s ‘Loud & Clear’ website used to involve a single data drop every year. However, in 2024 it’s been a series of releases focusing on payout stats for individual markets. Yesterday it was an entire continent’s turn: Europe. “European artists generated almost €1.5bn on Spotify in 2023, an increase of 16% year-on-year – and more
IMG Artists is delighted to welcome the six-time GRAMMY® Award-winning conductor Giancarlo Guerrero to our roster for European management. He will be represented by Senior Vice President Derek Chandruang. Guerrero has been praised for his “charismatic conducting and attention to detail” (Seattle Times) in “viscerally powerful performances” (Boston Globe) that are “at once vigorous, passionate,
The amount of royalties generated by European Union artists on Spotify has tripled in the past six years, and listeners’ tastes are becoming increasingly local. So says Spotify’s inaugural European Union-focuded Loud & Clear report, which for the first time breaks down Spotify listener and royalty data specifically for the European Union. The report found
For the first time since the 60th Venice Biennale opened in April, the curator of its central exhibition, Adriano Pedrosa, has spoken publicly about his experience and the show’s mixed critical reception. In a conversation earlier this month at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts in Manhattan, Pedrosa discussed his curatorial tactics and the
Spotify has released its European Loud & Clear data report, in which it captures artist royalty payments from across the European Union for the first time since its inception. The platform shares these findings in order to showcase “the current streaming economy, the players, and the process from the region at large”. Spotify is currently
While some reports about the live music business — lawsuits, cancellations, slow ticket sales, excitement for festivals waning, etc. — can make one a little wary of the industry’s projected growth over the next several years, there is hope of what Pollstar dubbed as the Golden Age 3.0 to keep going strong. It lies in
Robilant+Voena’s exhibition offers an unparalleled journey through the history of European, particularly Italian, art. Organised in collaboration with The Hyundai Seoul, a luxury department store with a museum-style exhibition space that has previously held exhibitions with the Pompidou Centre, Paris and the Archaeological Museum of Naples, this is the first exhibition of its kind to
Marc Straus is pleased to present Shadowland, featuring works by Jānis Avotiņš, Marius Bercea, Zsolt Bodoni, Josef Bolf, Matija Brumen, Robert Fekete, Adrian Ghenie, Ion Grigorescu, Elvis Krstulović, Marin Majić, Ciprian Mureşan, Djordje Ozbolt, Volha Panco, Daniel Pitin, Șerban Savu, Leonardo Silaghi, Alexander Tinei, Josef Tirić, and Zlatan Vehabović. The rapid acceleration of technological development,
Calling all lovers of Greece and Greek music! If you’re going to Greece this summer, we’re sure you’ve got your flights booked, accommodation sorted and itineraries set in stone, right? But, if you’re like us and love Greek music, listen up – The Greek Herald has got the scoop on some must-see concerts to squeeze
Marta Dettlaf was born in Gdansk in Poland, a city rich in culture, history and best known from the novel “The tin drum” of the German Nobel Prize winner, Günter Grass. Growing up in a town where architecture styles combine cultures, ethnicities, historical moments and different eras, embracing music and discovering new cultures has been her way