Understanding the transformation of the music industry[Comprendre les transformations de l’industrie musicale]

The music industry is of major interest for management research. Indeed, transformations in artistic, management, design, financing and distribution practices of works are numerous. In addition to presenting the articles that make up this special issue, the objective is here to review the profound changes that have affected recorded music since the advent of digitization, which has allowed the dematerialization of works. We propose a general framework to better understand them, mobilizing an approach based on the business model. More specifically, we defend the idea that a new music ecosystem is developing, requiring the collective acceptance of a «meta business-model». However, in light of the new players and the new roles of each, we address the many challenges facing the music industry in the development of the «meta business-model» we describe.