Group revenue: $86.1m, up from $70.3m, an increase of 22.5% YoY
International revenue has grown from $47.3m in FY19 to $86.1m in FY24
Digital and traditional media combine for international success of the music overseas audiences love
Bluey doubled its Disney+ US viewing time in 2023 to 43.9 billion minutes, besting Cocomelon as the top streaming program for kids.
It is the most-watched show in the US partway through 2024.
The music composed by Joff Bush (Universal Music Publishing) and team for Bluey is a hit across streaming and TV broadcast (Disney Junior) in the US.
Illustration: Beth Harvey
Tim Minchin’s (Kobalt Music Publishing) stage success, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical was adapted for the big and small screen, charming cinema audiences and going Top 10 in 89 countries on Netflix.
Photo: Maria Boyadgis
‘Unstoppable’ from Sia’s (Sony Music Publishing) massive 2016 This Is Acting, is featured in an extensive Samsung Galaxy ad campaign that began airing in 2022. Uplift in streams, US radio airplay and over 100 weeks on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart contributed to Sia winning Most Performed Australian Work Overseas at the 2024 APRA Music Awards.
Photo: supplied
Overseas live performance submissions increased 30% YoY, on a trajectory to pre-pandemic numbers
Clockwise from top: The Beths (photo: @joylandfest), Thy Art Is Murder (Photo: Kim Quint), TKay Maidza (Photo: Sounds Australia), Nick Cave (Photo: Daniel Boud)
Members took mainstages by storm and coolly co-wrote some of the biggest hits in music's biggest genres
L-R: Vassy (Photo: Joel Tinker), Muki and Ninajirachi at SongHubs ADE
Clockwise from top left: SongHubs Melbourne to Nashville (Photo: Evan Michaels), Kaylee Bell in Times Square (photo: Kaylee Bell Facebook), Nate Smith and Lindsay Rimes (Photo: supplied).
Photo: Kylie Minogue took home her second Grammys win (Photo: Getty Images Alberto E Rodrigez)
L-R: Liza Lim (Photo Ricordi Harald-Hoffman), Ayda Akbal (Photo: supplied)
Who: JKING
Song: ‘Cinderella’
What: Winner, Most Performed R&B Work at the 2024 APRA Music Awards
The Samoan-Australian songwriter and producer JKING’s ‘Cinderella’ connected with fans digitally in a major way and went viral across the #polytok community with short-form video and remixes and an open verse challenge.
From there - airlines, commercial radio in NZ,
nightclubs and background music suppliers used the track widely.
Who are the rising stars making waves on streaming services and platforms like TikTok and YouTube Shorts? These new members are building dedicated fanbases and accumulating impressive streaming numbers and featuring in countless short-form videos created by fans.
The data shows that what connects on the platforms is not often heard in the mainstream.
Many are from diverse backgrounds and getting discovered by local audiences, hungry for local content ranging from Joel Sunny’s cinematic 'Luminary' to That Gurl Bella’s collab 'Why' with SkuX, Myshaan’s breezy 'Sway', Teo Glacier’s major label debut 'close with desires (right person wrong timing)' and Thelma Costolo's co-release with Alex Yurkiv 'Take Me To The River (I Will Swim)', co-written with Konstantin Kersting (Concord Music Publishing).
Clockwise upper left: Myshaan, Thelma Costolo, Joel Sunny, Teo Glacier, That Gurl Bella. (source: official artist socials)
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