BRIDGE is an initiative launched in 2025 to bridge the digital divide and strengthen independent music companies across Asia, Latin America, and the WANA region. The research identifies common and specific structural barriers that independents share across these diverse markets and is accompanied by a suite of practical resources: reports, country factsheets, and a digital toolkit.
The Latin American Observatory of Independent Music (OLMI) is a data analysis platform aimed at characterizing the Latin American independent music ecosystem. Launched in 2021 by trade associations ABMI, ASIAr, and IMICHILE, with the support of WIN, it operates as an independent body since 2023. Its latest report, commissioned by WIN and published in 2025, highlights how presence on digital platforms and affiliation with independent record labels positively influences the economic sustainability of artists.
In 2022, WIN published WINTRENDS, a report that focuses on the trends observed across the independent recorded music sector globally, integrating the findings of a major collaborative global survey conducted in 2021.
WIN has produced three WINTEL reports to date mapping the global market share of the independent sector at copyright, rather than distribution level. The results represent the most comprehensive assessment of the global independent record label sector ever compiled. Each one analyzes data from the previous year, covering the period 2015 to 2017.