Why Country Music Could Be THE Music Biz Story of 2022, feat Round Hill's Josh Gruss (Talking Trends)

<p>Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Trends, the weekly podcast from <a href='https://musicbusinessworldwide.com/'>Music Business Worldwide</a> – where we go deep behind the headlines of news stories affecting the entertainment industry. Talking Trends is supported by <a href='http://www.volymusic.com/'>Voly Music.</a><br/><br/>This week on Talking Trends, <em>MBW </em>founder, Tim Ingham, posits that country music could be the biggest story in 2022 for the voracious catalog-acquisition world of the modern music business.<br/><br/>Ingham notes that country music&apos;s market share of total streaming (according to Nielsen / MRC Data) grew by nearly 1% in 2021 vs. 2020 and grew by 2% in 2021 vs. 2019.<br/><br/>Joining Ingham on this episode is Round Hill Music founder and CEO, Josh Gruss.<br/><br/>Round Hill made significant acquisition and go-forward deals with songwriters in 2014 onwards. <br/><br/>Those writers include a number of writers who contributed to the biggest overall and streaming album in the United States in 2021: Morgan Wallen&apos;s Dangerous: The Double Album.<br/><br/></p>