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Music Industry or Music Business, branch of commercial trade dealing with the production and sale of musical recordings, music publishing, and related merchandise.
For information on:
- initial growth of the music publishing industry, see American Music: Late 19th and Early 20th Century;Irving Berlin
- how the music industry influences mainstream musical tastes, see Popular Music: 1955 to Present
- concert tours and promotion, see Marlene Dietrich; Madonna; Liza Minnelli; Oscar Peterson; Bruce Springsteen; The Who; Lester Young; Marian Anderson; The Grateful Dead
- music videos that promote specific songs or artists, see Music Television
- recording and distribution of music, see Sound Recording and Reproduction: Commercial Recording and the Music Industry; Rhythm-and-Blues Music: Origins
- music charts as a barometer of sales and popularity, see Chuck Berry; Garth Brooks; James Brown; Whitney Houston; Herbie Hancock; B. B. King; Elton John; Bette Midler; Paul Simon; Rap
- independent music industry in which musicians record for small companies to create their own labels, see Elvis Presley; Motown Record Company, L.P.
- music executives, see Quincy Jones; David Geffen
- legal background, see Copyright
- selected companies, see DreamWorks SKG; Motown Record Company, L.P.; Sony Corporation; Time Warner Inc.; Universal Studios Inc.
- types of music in the industry, see Popular Music; Rhythm-and-Blues Music; Rock Music
- music industry awards and honors, see Grammy Awards; Juno Awards; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
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