Power and Influence in the Modern Recorded Music Industry

With a focus on Spotify, the major labels (Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music, and Warner Music Group), and artists themselves, this narrative review seeks to identify consistencies and discrepancies across the multiple schools of thought regarding remuneration and control in the modern music-streaming ecosystem.

Ultimately, in evaluating the power dynamics which characterise the ‘new system’, the review identifies a tense and contingent symbiosis between the players of the market that often leaves artists in a precarious position.

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