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106,000-a-Day Deluge: 88% of Tracks Starve for Streams

According to Luminate’s 2025 Year-End Music Report, the global streaming landscape is becoming increasingly saturated. 106,000 new tracks are delivered to digital service providers (DSPs) every single day. This represents a 7% increase over the 2024 daily average of 99,000.

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Vinyl trades call Billboard chart change ‘abdication of responsibility’

Two top vinyl manufacturing trade groups have joined a coalition of independent music stores in opposing the December 29th launch of changes in how sales of physical goods (vinyl, CDs,. Continue reading

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Luminate claims ‘consensus’ but Indies still want delay in Billboard Chart sales data changes

Luminate will proceed with changes in how it counts physical sales from independent music stores used to calculate the Billboard Charts despite significant pushback from the independent community. Yesterday, Luminate. Continue reading

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Chart data collection change will under-report physical sales by 95%, say indie music stores

Indie music stores and labels are sounding the alarm over plans by Luminate, the music data provider for the Billboard charts, to change how it calculates physical sales at independent. Continue reading

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