This is a blog post that breaks down some recent trends in the music industry, providing more evidence that digital distribution has not led to a democratization of the music industry. The article highlights that in most areas of the recording industry, it is established artists that make up the vast majority of sales. This suggests that the promise of a differently organized music industry that circulated in the early 2000s has not come to materialize.

Graph showing distribution of income between established and emerging artists. From the post linked to above.