Does the Music industry in China have a future?
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http://www.inaglobal.fr/en/music/article/does-music-industry-china-have-future
Inside the Rise and Receding of Russia’s Music Industry
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http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6707208/russian-music-industry-history
These two articles examine the future of the music industry in China and Russia. The article about the future of the music industry in China states that companies in the music industry see China as a major potential place for music due to its enormous population. Although it is not currently ranked as one of the best in the world, the music market in China is expected to rapidly grow in the future. In contrast, the article about the future of the music industry in Russia claims that the music industry is receding in Russia due to its government’s strict control over Russian music companies. Here is a link to the Global Music Report of 2018 to know more about the music industry all over the world: https://www.ifpi.org/downloads/GMR2018.pdf
I believe the music industry in China has the potential to grow. Since China has one of the largest populations in the world it’s very possible. The United States is one of the largest leading title ships for the music industry. We do a lot of trade with China also; therefore, in my opinion China has the potential to become one of the leading country for the music industry. Trade has nothing to do with this but it’s the mutual agreement we have with each other. On the other hand the music industry in Russia isn’t looking the greatest. Even though both governments are dictatorial, it seems that Russia is more strict than China when it comes to government power.
Here is a link that talks more about Russia’s music industry:
https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6707208/russian-music-industry-history
The first article about the state of the Russian music industry was interesting. Unlike the US, music in Russia is censored to an extent; especially Hip Hop/ Rap. Being a musician they might be have to resources are networks to utilize their platform effectively. Executive director of Revolutions Per Minute (RPM), Jessica George puts artists in contact with non-profits that contribute to causes they care about.
The other article tracks the branding and re-branding of Vice Media. Where their identity struggled to coexist with profitability because they initially adopted the counter-culture market. they also struggled to find a profitable medium launching their Viceland channel in 2016 in a dying cable television market. while innovating and staying true to their roots they switched to a content creating media group producing exclusives for Netflix, Amazon Prime, and podcasts for Spotify.
This article shows streaming data/music sales history in Russian music market –> http://json.tv/en/ict_telecom_analytics_view/global-and-russian-music-streaming-market-results-of-2018
These two articles on the music industry in both Russia and China were very informative and interesting. Starting off China has TONS of potential for growth in the music industry since it is one of the most populated countries in the world, so because of this many major companies in the music industry are interested in doing business with China. Even though China isn’t seen as a top music destination right now, but in the future I wouldn’t be shocked if China becomes a top music destination. Unfortunately, on the other end of the spectrum we have Russia who’s music industry hasn’t been growing at all in fact, Russia’s music industry in receding as of late. Most of the issues involving Russia has to be with their Government with its strict regulations and censorship on music it has been very tough for musicians to even make a dime.
Here is a link to an article about the top 10 most musical countries.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/top-10-most-musical-countries?slide=10
And this link is for the history of China’s music.
https://www.britannica.com/art/Chinese-music/Tonal-system-and-its-theoretical-rationalization
From the information gathered from these two articles, it really only makes sense to me that China has the potential to grow their music industry even more than they already have. However, I do believe that Russia may suffer quite a bit from their limitations. Although both governments have many deep rooted practices in censorship, I do believe that Russia may have too many strict limitations on their music industry to allow any substantial growth. Here is some more information for the music market in China:
https://soundcharts.com/blog/chinese-recording-market-streaming
for some reason I couldn’t able to access these 2 article but from what I know is that in the Chinese market for music, they have a deep rooted of money in their market. The population in china is so much bigger then the US and their market is huge. China is a country with low labor cost and good economy so I would assume that their music market would be bigger than the US. but according to this article :”https://www.ifpi.org/china.php”. They stated that China doesn’t have fully performance rights for artist, but they moving toward it like the rest of the world and there is a bill been pass to be approve by this. So from this I can say that the record deal label get everything but then the artist doesn’t have any rights to their music.
But with the French market it is growing 1.8% the French music market is 57% global sale, the French music market seem to be larger then the US and everywhere else according to :”https://musically.com/2019/03/15/france-recorded-music-market-grew-by-1-8-in-2018/” . another thing this article said was 19 out 20 album that sell and rank top chart was from the French company which is suprisng to me because I would never thought of the French music is wider then the US. You would hear US artist being more known then French but reality is French artist make more money because the artist got more rights onto their music.
The chinese market is expected to grow in the future despite massive counterfeiting and state censorship. It has a very good potential with rock artists making breakthroughs. In Russia, it is quite the opposite. Things are very restricted and strict in Russia and for that reason, it is harder for new music to emerge especially with the cultural music we have globally in today’s day in age.
Here is a link about Vladamir Putin ordering to actually support pop music: https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8499804/vladimir-putin-russia-pop-music-support-rap-crackdown
China is one of the largest manufacturing companies in the world and also one of the largest digital places in the world. China’s music industry is seldom to grow because of the new technological advances and the new things being created for the music industry everyday. Russia isn’t as known in the music industry as China or other places because they haven’t had the best rep with the industry and the world in general. Russia’s rise and fall and sudden slow rise is subjected to the new artist that are soon entering the business through Russia.
here is a link of the history of music industry within China
https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/02/paradox-of-chinas-music-industry-in-2018.html
Because China is high in population, is shows potential for success in the music industry (despite some technological set backs), as it is also expected to grow some more in the near future. Though both China and Russia are run by dictators, the music industry in Russia shows less promise due to an even harsher government that seems to be against the industry as a whole. At this rate, I foresee that the music industry in Russia will almost disappear before it has the chance to thrive.
Here is an article I found on more reasons why Russia isn’t the best.
https://medium.com/@meohoh/twelve-reasons-why-russia-sucks-9ceb0feddcd6
Reading these two articles was interesting because it’s easy to forget how different other music industries are from the United States. I wouldn’t have stopped to think how strict Russia can be with the limitations they have in the music industry. Because there are so many, I wonder if the market will be able to continue to grow in the future? I do believe China’s success will continue increasing. This article goes in more depth about China’s music history.
These two articles touch base how the music industry in Russia and the industry in China is like. Russia is receding in the business due to the strict censored laws that have been put in place which doesn’t allow for Russia to grow in the music industry. China is able to grow more because of its high population rate that can bring great interest for global companies to settle there and grow. China already has its own very successful platform so I don’t doubt that it will generate more interest for these companies to invest for themselves to be in the Chinese music market.
I found more statistical information of the different sectors in the Chinese music industry market. https://soundcharts.com/blog/chinese-recording-market-streaming
I found from these two articles that the music industry is very different depending on the country. In Russia they deal with limitations in their music industry due to communist rule. They do not have complete freedom and with censorship it is hard for the industry to grow with new positive changes. In China the industry is much different then this even though they do experience censorship they still are expanding because they have a huge population and also does a lot of trade with the U.S.. Below I have attached a article that talks about the impact censorship has on a countries music industry.
https://freemuse.org/about-music-censorship/
Russia and China have a historical reputation for tight control over the populous. Ancient kingdoms and notorious rulers have left behind a residual feeling of putting the people second to the needs of the authority. This trend of course translates to the growing censorship of media and music that the people are allowed to consume. China actually has a few things that aren’t considered lawful to speak about; which translates to the music that can be recorded or played. I’ve found some stories with a few examples.
https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-06-03/7-things-you-cant-talk-about-china
These two articles were very interesting, getting insight to China and Russia’s industries. In Russia, since the censorship is so restricted, I do not see much exponential grown that could occur. In China, althought they are also censored, I believe that there is room for growth just because of their population size. Here is more information on China’s music industry: https://musically.com/2018/05/22/chinas-music-potential-we-are-finally-getting-there/
These two articles discuss the music industry in Russia and China and more importantly, the future of it. One of the articles discusses China’s potential in the music market due to its very large population. On the other hand, Russia will most likely not flourish as much due to the strict government and limitations that the country faces. I find interesting that both countries are run by dictators but are still very different in the ways that they are run. I enjoyed this article because we got to see the music industry in parts of the world that you wouldn’t typically learn about. I think it’s smart to study the industry in different countries in case a job takes you to different places outside of the U.S.
Here’s an article about the largest music industries in the world:
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/largest-music-industries-in-the-world.html
Not sure which article you were wanting to focus on as both links have multiple articles (some not directly related to China or Russia). I’ve heard many horror stories from friends who have toured in Russia and former soviet block countries and as well as China. To really be successful at live music in that part of the world one has to think outside of the box. I have 2 friends I went to high school with Chad and Cary Floyd that did just that and produced a concert from the top of the great wall. Here is the IMDB link of the event:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1269691/
After reading about the Chinese market and its dependence on live performance revenue because of the rampant piracy problem, I became very thankful that we are even able to receive the little we get from Spotify and Apple Music and other distributing services. The Chinese are going to have to crack down even harder on piracy if they want to make anywhere close to the amount of money that a market that size should be able to yield. I think that the Chinese music market has a bright future if they are able to capitalize on royalties as well as being able to mobilize fan bases in a similar way to the way that K-pop can. I wasn’t able to access the billboard article because it said the article was only for subscribers. This article made me wonder whether the U.S. market is improving its ability to reduce piracy in this era of streaming services and I found this article from the Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/music-piracy-remains-a-problem-in-the-spotify-era-1539118332
In my opinion, I believe China’s music industry will only continue to grow, Part of this is due to their counterfeiting of music from outside China, their massive population which affects their music consumption, and the fact that they basically own everything in the nation. However, in terms of Russia, I believe that the music industry will continue to suffer as they have harsh limitations and censorship. Even other music markets such as Korea are trying to break into the Chinese market because of the opportunities for China to grow with SM Entertainment’s recent boy group titled Wayv which is based in China.
Here is an article talking about Wayv’s potential in China
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1150239.shtml
Russia has such a tight hold and restrictions on their music industry. Artists are restricted to what they can produce for their fans because of Russias strict laws. They are very limited to what they can do because of the government. It would have to take Russias government to change these laws to be able to let the artist have more freedom in what the can create, but I think it will take Russia a long time to be able to finally let this happen. Compared to Russia, China’s music market is more lenient and has more room for growth. They have lot of people that they can market to and the market keeps growing as well. Here is a link that talks about the current growth of the music industry in china. https://soundcharts.com/blog/chinese-recording-market-streaming
After reading these articles I was able to gain knowledge about both China and Russia’s music industry. Having read their point of view they have very strict standards especially Russia. With that Russia’s music industry is hard to grow. China has so much potential to grow as it is increasing already because the population in China is way larger then the United States.
This article I found talks about more of the Russia Music Industry.
https://www.rbth.com/arts/2013/11/05/technology_and_russias_music_industry_30585
These articles contain interesting information on the Chinese and Russian music industry. The Chinese market has major potential to grow due to the country’s enormous population, and probably has the potential to overtake the entire industry alone. People usually leave out the rest of the world when it comes to the music industry and usually the United States is at the forefront of it all, but China is projected to grow in this area. Unlike China, Russia cannot grow in the music industry due to the restriction, censorship and tight government control over its citizens. It is likely that the Russian music industry will cease to exist going off of what it currently looks like. Here is an article having to do with China becoming the forefront of the music industry.
http://hub.stereotheque.com/2018/07/05/five-reasons-why-china-is-going-to-be-the-new-leader-in-music/
These two articles give great insight into the music industry in China and Russia and show just how different the industry is from our country. For example, I had no idea how restricted artists are in Russia because of the laws that they have that prohibits what you can say in your music. Because of this, i do not see Russias music industry cannot grow. China, on the other hand, is thriving because of its saturated market and counterfeiting. China is projected to grow in the music industry in the future, soon surpassing the United States.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/largest-music-industries-in-the-world.html
These articles give incredible insight as to what to expect from other countries besides ours and how they will flourish or crumble with in the music industry. The article about China and whether the music industry will prosper is promising, as China’s market is very large due to the enormous population China currently has. But in other aspects of how China is prospering in the music industry, its not ranked number one but is expected to become something big within the music industry. As of Russia, it seems very bleak to say the least as the country itself has government restrictions which doesn’t allow the music industry to flourish with in the country.
Here is a article on countries and how they have responded to the music industry.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/largest-music-industries-in-the-world.html
I do believe we will see the rise of the music industry in China very soon. Recently we’ve seen many people of asian decent indulge in other cultures and generes of music, such as rap; which began in the black community. We see artist like Keith Ape who has taken rap/black culture to fit the taste of his audience, and has been successful doing so. When China sees that pop and rap can make them money, we can expect to see the government slowly but surely ease on limitations and censorship. https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8496661/outdustry-china-recorded-music-industry-challenges-streaming
After reading both articles I have come to see that China does have a great potential for the music industry to grow there. China has a lot of culture and there is a lot of influence already in America from China. I just feel like once they see a certain music style really take off for them then the Chinese music industry will start to blow up. In Russia on the other hand, I do not see the music industry growing for them at all. They are too censored by the government to even let the music industry breathe in Russia. Below I attached an article about how China’s digital music market is expanding.
https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414f794d6a4d34457a6333566d54/index.html
After reading both articles there was a different perspective of both places and the effect the music industry will change over time. The article stated that China will become a big player in the music industry, they may not be on the list of the top music countries they soon will be. China is a money making place and they notice how much money there is in the music industry so in their eyes they wanna get some of that bag and become a big player. The second article stated the Russia was a big player in the music industry, key word “was”, that is because of the harsh laws that are now restricting the music from getting out. In my eyes I see china will be replacing Russia in the music industry. The way I see it is Russia is going to no longer be a player in the music industry and when they try to it might be to late to turn back.
Here is a website that shows the revenue of the music industry in china.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/498094/music-industry-revenue-china/
This article is specifically about the music industry in two huge republics in the world, China and Russia. The author clearly informs the reader about the huge potential that china currently holds for markets within the music industry; in fact, it is presumably going to only grow rapidly within the next few years. Although China does have a lucrative platform, once there is a presence of global record/music companies the growth will be immense, due to the population. As for Russia however, it is made clear that the music industry is experiencing a recession due to government restrictions and intervention regarding the industry.
Here is a list of songs/music that is band from the Soviet Union:
https://consequenceofsound.net/2014/06/heres-what-music-was-banned-in-the-soviet-union-and-why/
China has a growing market and population. Some actions within the music industry may not be entirely legal but those that are have potential of growth. Both of these articles were interesting based on chinas growing population and Russias censorship.
Heres an article that talks about China’s music potential: https://musically.com/2018/05/22/chinas-music-potential-we-are-finally-getting-there/
The Chinese market is one of the most important markets to tap into just because of their sheer numbers. With a population of that magnitude, you really only need to capture a very small percentage to become profitable. The main concerns with the Chinese music industry is their censorship. If one really wants to break into their market, they need to make sure their songs pass the Chinese standards tests. Here is a list of the top pop singers in China —> http://www.chinawhisper.com/top-10-chinese-pop-singers/
While China has the largest population, music isn’t a top industry there due to their strict rules. However, many people believe there is still an opportunity for music to be successful there if it is possible to change the legal framework of being a musician. Another challenge for the music industry in China is the high rate of piracy. Government control has also shaped the music industry in Russia, where only one official record label exists and only artists who affiliated with this label are allowed to have concerts.
Here is an article that talks more about the music industry in Russia:
https://learnrussianlanguage.net/surprising-facts-of-music-industry-in-russia
Being that China has one of the largest populations in the world, they have an advantage at the music industry being prominent there in the future. However, according tot he article, music isn’t quite something as popular among the Chinese crowd, thus resulting in stricter policies for artists and music distribution. On the other hand, Russia is experiencing a recession in their music industry due to censorship, therefore they may not have a successful music industry in the near future. Here is an article I found examining the market sales in China’s music industry. https://soundcharts.com/blog/chinese-recording-market-streaming
The music industry in China is its own entity. While everywhere else in the world generally follows the same status quo, China’s music industry does its own thing just like they do with everything else they do. However, due to strict regulations, the music scene in China isn’t as popular as it is here in the U.S. Russia is similar to China in the fact that they both have heavy censorship guidelines. They even go as far as to blacklist Western artists. Here’s an article I found that explains why certain artists are banned from places like Beijing: https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2122972/banned-china-why-some-musics-top-stars-are-blacklisted-beijing
As China is overwhelmed with population, I feel the potential for growth in the music industry is a large possibility. China does things differently than others across the world and they have that possibility. As we see so many things moving towards the digital industry, China is way ahead when talking about the technological aspect of anything. With the way they are and how far ahead they are, there has been a great growth in the China music industry when looking at the digital music world.
This article talks more about that growth.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017-11/06/content_34180258.htm
This article was interesting I never knew a whole lot about France and Chinas relationship and how far back they went. In the “are french media interested in china in the 1960s” I didn’t know how far they were willing to go to get their point across. Seeing how people reported seeing cut girl’s hair off in the streets was very alarming. For more information on the rise of Russia’s Music Industry visit this website for more information: https://www.namm.org/playback/around-globe/russia-new-musical-frontier-ripe-market-growth
I gained much insight from both specific articles, “Inside the Rise and Receding of Russia’s Music Industry” and “China’s Alibaba, JD Report Booming Singles Day Sales.” I never realized how much correlation there was between the country/ government and the music business. For example, in Russia 25 years ago, the music industry was just an idea and not taken very seriously under communist rule compared to America where the music industry is worth billions in correlation to an independent government. China created, “Singles Day” in the 90s where there are discounts on all goods from groceries to technology. They reported 60 billion in sales through Singles Day which makes me wonder if China can create this same demand for music through streaming and revenue. The link attached below explains.
https://musically.com/2018/05/22/chinas-music-potential-we-are-finally-getting-there/
Reading this article gave some insight into the music industries in both of these countries which I did not have any prior knowledge of. After reading these articles however, its clear that these countries differ in potential for the future of the music industry. Where China shows promise with its high population rate which can bring interest for global companies to set up shop there, Russia on the other hand has many censoring laws in place which cause restrictions on the potential of the industry there. Below is an article describing the growing influence of Tencent over the asian music market: https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/8530559/tencent-growing-sway-over-asian-market
These two articles were eye-opening for anyone (read: me) who isn’t familiar with foreign music markets, especially these two particularly secretive nations. Russia’s stagnant market really isn’t surprising considering the heavy censorship done in all forms of media published there and their geographically widespread population. China in its similar-but-opposite problem is really what was shocking. I would like to believe that in the age of streaming piracy would have beeen effectively thwarted, but no. The music industry is supported by merchandise and live shows. For them to see more significant growth, they would have to mobilize more of thir paying fanbases and somehow temper the rampant piracy.
Linked is an article explaining some of the more recent attempts of curbing China’s problems.
https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/08/10/china-steps-up-fight-against-online-music-piracy/
Although Russia has limitations when it comes to music, I still feel as if Russia’s music industry can grow. There is still so many beats artists in Russia can create. In fact, many young people attended the NAMM 2017 exhibit. Here is a link further explaining why Russia’s music industry can grow. https://www.namm.org/playback/around-globe/russia-new-musical-frontier-ripe-market-growth
Music will never die. Every culture has their own version. While China is going through a historically rough time with their government doing Nazi-level things, the rank and file will always find a way to express themselves in vibrations. The profits will almost certainly go down however. I’ve linked to an article about the culturally genocide going on in China right now.
https://matadornetwork.com/nights/11-places-see-incredible-live-music-san-antonio/
Wrong link, this is the correct one:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/19/china-has-chosen-cultural-genocide-in-xinjiang-for-now/
These articles consider the future of music in the Asian market – where the last remnants of communism have loosened it’s grip in recent decades. In both China and Russia, the governments have had long histories of oversight, enforcing strict media censorship. After reading these articles about the music industries in two challenging environments, I believe that even with late starts, both China and Russia can expect major industry growth and certainly look forward to a thriving music industry. Although there are still challenges to face (state censorship and massive counterfeiting) for both, factors like large populations and major technological advances present a perfect opportunity for progress. Here is a look at how communism has shaped art in the past: http://www.quartets.de/articles/freedom.html
Both articles were very interesting to read. China, as stated before me, as room for growth beyond many measures. As china continues to advance in its technological realm, that adds more fuel to the growth. Russia, however, is on a totally different spectrum than China. Although Russia’s music industry is experiencing a nice amount of growth, the country’s political background puts it at a setback when dealing with its music industry. Here’s an article explaining the relationship between politics and music industry https://www.bohemianguitars.com/blogs/bohemian-guitars-blog/how-does-music-affect-politics