MC is a scale of what is considered to be art, things pretending to be art, and garbage. Thinking Teenage Dream should have a high MC score because you enjoy it is as delusional as thinking amusement park rides are pieces of art simply because you enjoyed them. They are craftily engineered things to give enjoyment, nothing else. A generic pop song is much the same, a musically engineered song to be enjoyed by many, nothing else. Critics see right through these albums for what they really are.
The US numbers for Anti were to be expected since they never used her albums anyway but what worries me is the reception from the UK.... #7 and already falling. This is a huge bomb!
MC is a scale of what is considered to be art, things pretending to be art, and garbage. Thinking Teenage Dream should have a high MC score because you enjoy it is as delusional as thinking amusement park rides are pieces of art simply because you enjoyed them. They are craftily engineered things to give enjoyment, nothing else. A generic pop song is much the same, a musically engineered song to be enjoyed by many, nothing else. Critics see right through these albums for what they really are.
Warner Music Group will share the profits with its artists if Spotify, one of its reported investments, goes public or is acquired.
In Warner Music’s earnings call Thursday, CEO Stephen Cooper referenced the debate over artist compensation on streaming services and said he wanted to strengthen and maintain Warner Music’s relationship with its artists.
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Warner Music reportedly owns a stake in Spotify, according to Re/Code, which was last valued at $8.5 billion. Cooper said that Warner Music Group had not paid for the equity stakes in streaming services.
Musicians such as Taylor Swift and Adele have been outspoken over streaming services use of their albums without sharing the proceeds with artists.
Warner Music’s first-quarter sales were lead by sales of albums including Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Enya
