'I am a one in ten': success ratios in the recording industry
Book chapter
Osborne, R. 2021. 'I am a one in ten': success ratios in the recording industry. in: Osborne, R. and Laing, D. (ed.) Music by Numbers: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in the Music Industries Bristol, UK Intellect. pp. 56-71
Chapter title | 'I am a one in ten': success ratios in the recording industry |
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Authors | Osborne, R. |
Abstract | This chapter explores the recording industries statistic that only one in ten of its projects will succeed. It begins by outlining the origins of the one-in-ten statistic, before tracing its prevalence within the recording industry and its analyses within academia. It next examines the uses of the ratio when coupled with the employment of ‘new’ music. Finally, this chapter looks at the promotional literature of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which is deploying these tropes to defend the purpose of record companies in the digital age. |
Research Group | Music group |
Page range | 56-71 |
Book title | Music by Numbers: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in the Music Industries |
Editors | Osborne, R. and Laing, D. |
Publisher | Intellect |
Place of publication | Bristol, UK |
ISBN | |
Hardcover | 9781789382532 |
Electronic | 9781789382556 |
Electronic | 9781789382549 |
Paperback | 9781789387520 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 02 Dec 2020 |
05 Feb 2021 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 11 May 2020 |
Accepted | 2020 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | This is an Accepted Manuscript of a chapter published by Intellect in 'Music by numbers: the use and abuse of statistics in the music industries', the final published version is available at: https://www.intellectbooks.com/music-by-numbers |
Web address (URL) | https://www.intellectbooks.com/music-by-numbers |
Language | English |
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