U.S. Music Industry

Record labels, streaming, charts, contracts, rights, producers, and the business behind music.

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Composição dividida entre um espaço de criação com partituras e piano e um estúdio de gravação com microfone, console, fones e disco de vinil ao centro.

U.S. Music Industry24/09/202610 min read

Master and musical composition in the U.S.: who controls each right and where royalties go

Understand the difference between composition and master rights, who may control each layer, and how streaming, radio, cover, sampling, and sync royalties follow different paths in...

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Dois discos metálicos, um dourado com as inscrições Gold e Single e outro prateado com Platinum e Album, diante de barras de streaming, mapa dos Estados Unidos e capas de discos.

U.S. Music Industry24/09/20266 min read

Gold or Platinum in the U.S.: How RIAA Certifies Singles and Albums

Learn the RIAA's Gold, Platinum, and Diamond milestones and how downloads, streams, and sales become different units for singles and albums.

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Smartphone com player de música, fones, microfone, CDs e discos de vinil diante de um painel do Hot 100 em estúdio iluminado.

U.S. Music Industry18/09/20267 min read

Billboard Hot 100: how streaming, radio and sales shape the chart and why there are no three fixed percentages

The Hot 100 combines streaming, radio audience and sales through equivalent weights. See the formula published for 2026, its limits and why it cannot be reduced to fixed percentage...

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