"The Big Three"

The 'Media Gods' (David Gountlett), of the music industry, the big three, are;

1. Universal Music Studios
2. Sony Music Entertainment
3. Warner Music Group

Do these media companies dominate the music industry?


Katy Perry is the most followed artist on twitter (with 80.3 Million Followers) yet she isn't actually part of the big three companies, she's actually with Capital Records. Which disproves the domination of the big three as a artist outside their company is dominating this part of social media, also known as Web 2.0.


For 2015 Drake was the most streamed artist, with 1.8 billion streams. Drake was a former member of OVO, who's parent companies Warner Brother Records before leaving that record for a independent label.