Hey, good news! US recorded music revenue grew 16.5 percent in 2017, to $8.7 billion! Two straight years of double-digit growth! The '90s are back, and not only sonically! It's entirely because of streaming, of course. But oh those streams. Paid subscriptions to full-service streaming sites grew by another 56 percent in 2017, after doubling in 2016. More than $4 billion in subscription revenues. More champagne, please. And then, like RECORDING ACADEMY head NEIL PORTNOW showing up in the middle of a GRAMMY AWARDS celebration to yell at us for illegal downloading or to yell at CONGRESS for outdated music royalty laws, the RIAA's CARY SHERMAN is here to remind us that the industry's recovery is "fragile" and that it's a long way, in terms of dollars of cents, from the actual '90s. Revenues are 60 percent of what they were at their late '90s peak. The '90s business revival, like the '90s cultural revival, is but a pale imitation of the original. There is a long way to go. There's a streaming value gap. There's a need for legislation. This all feels, to me, like watching TOM BRADY, after his PATRIOTS beat the BRONCOS by 25 points, complaining about how much better they could have played and what a long way they still have go. I get it, I totally get it, but sometimes I want to throw a football right back at him and say, "Enjoy it, Tom. It's OK"... It's been raining here in LA and according to the internet it's been snowing pretty much everywhere else, so maybe stay indoors today with a bowl of popcorn, a pot of tea and, speaking of streaming revenues, your NETFLIX subscription. The ROXANNE SHANTÉ biopic ROXANNE ROXANNE, a hit at SUNDANCE, premieres on Netflix today, telling the hard-luck story of the pioneering female rapper. THE MUSE's MARIA SHERMAN says the film "places more onus on Shanté’s path to notoriety rather than glamorizing how she transformed hip-hop—in sharp contrast to the conclusive glory of other rap biopics. In this realm, male rappers appear like supreme beings, female emcees simply survive"... Also on Netflix today: The DARYL HANNAH-directed PARADOX, featuring lots of live footage of her boyfriend NEIL YOUNG and his band PROMISE OF THE REAL, and the streaming debut of HBO's mostly great, often thrilling, JIMMY IOVINE/DR. DRE documentary THE DEFIANT ONES... DIPLO actually said this... It's FRIDAY and that means new music from JACK WHITE, the MESSTHETICS, DON FLEMONS, the MAGHREBAN, MARK PRITCHARD, TROUBLE, TONI BRAXTON, CHLOE X HALLE, KASBO, YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN, DIPLO, COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS, NEIL YOUNG, JORDAN DAVIS, KURT ELLING, ALICE BAG, PREOCCUPATIONS, MONSTER MAGNET, the SWORD, BLESSTHEFALL, GEORGE EZRA, SUNFLOWER BEAN, GUIDED BY VOICES, PAUL THORN, CAVERN OF ANTI-MATTER, SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS and DON MCLEAN.