What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| pricing | Streaming services (subscription tiers), digital storefronts, sync licensing agencies, publishers' rate cards; statutory mechanical rates… | Per service per tier per territory; per-license deal terms; statutory per-unit… | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | Collecting societies and PROs (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, PRS, SACEM, GEMA), ISRC/ISWC registries (IFPI, CISAC), MLC (US mechanical licensing… | Per work / per recording / per rights-holder share split | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistics offices (labour force surveys), musicians' unions (AFM, Musicians' Union), industry bodies (UK Music, RIAA economic… | Annual counts by occupation and region; union membership rolls | public |
| financial filings | Listed majors (UMG, Warner Music Group, HYBE, Believe), music-royalty funds (Hipgnosis, Round Hill), national statistics offices, IFPI… | Quarterly and annual company accounts; annual national recorded-music revenue… | public |
| production output | Labels, distributors, IFPI/RIAA/BPI industry bodies, discography databases (Discogs, MusicBrainz) | Per release (album/single) per date per label per territory; annual aggregates… | public |
| transactional/sales | Streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple Music), digital distributors (DistroKid, Believe/TuneCore), collecting societies (ASCAP, BMI, PRS… | Per stream/download event, aggregated to per-track per-territory per-day or… | purchasable |
| geospatial/movement | Streaming platforms and analytics vendors reporting listener location; radio airplay monitors (Nielsen BDS, Radiomonitor) | Per track per city/DMA per week; per airplay spin per station | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | Review outlets (Pitchfork, Metacritic), social platforms (TikTok, YouTube, X), fan communities (Rate Your Music), social listening vendors… | Per release/per artist per post; daily aggregated sentiment and engagement… | purchasable |
| communications/marketing performance | Labels' marketing teams, playlist/pitching platforms, social analytics vendors (Chartmetric, Soundcharts), ad platforms | Per campaign per channel per day; per-playlist add/removal events; per-track… | purchasable |
| inventory & supply chain | Physical distributors, vinyl pressing plants, CD manufacturers, retail chains and wholesalers | Per SKU per warehouse; pressing plant order backlog per plant per month | partnership |
| customer demographics | Streaming platforms' artist dashboards (Spotify for Artists, YouTube Analytics), labels, market research firms (Luminate, MIDiA Research) | Per artist per territory per age/gender bucket, monthly; survey panels at… | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Distributors and DSPs (metadata validation, content-ID/fingerprint matching), Audible Magic, DDEX-standard implementers, anti-piracy… | Per delivered asset / per takedown notice / per infringement detection event | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Recording studios, mastering facilities, studio-booking platforms | Per session booking (room, date, hours) | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.