{"id":2330,"slug":"catalogue-deal-structure-robustness","title":"Robustness of What actually changed hands in 21 verified African-linked music deals, 2018-2026 (corporate_equity_flag)","source":"Recomputed from catalogue-deal-structure","source_url":"","source_type":"computed","method":"Sensitivity check on \"corporate_equity_flag\" in the dataset catalogue-deal-structure, 21 rows carrying a value. Rows sorted by that column, then the totals recomputed with the largest rows dropped one scenario at a time, and again with named rows excluded. sum_change_pct and mean_change_pct are each scenario against the full set. A finding that moves sharply when a single row leaves is a finding about that row.","unit":"count","license":"Afrobeats Wire's compilation and analysis are licensed CC BY 4.0. Rights in the underlying source data remain with the source named above.","confidence":"high","retrieved":"2026-08-23 07:42:57","n":21,"first_party":0,"columns":[{"key":"scenario","label":"Scenario","type":"text"},{"key":"n","label":"Rows","type":"number"},{"key":"sum","label":"Total","type":"number"},{"key":"mean","label":"Mean","type":"number"},{"key":"top_share_pct","label":"Largest row share, %","type":"number"},{"key":"sum_change_pct","label":"Change in total, %","type":"number"},{"key":"mean_change_pct","label":"Change in mean, %","type":"number"}],"rows":[{"scenario":"All rows","n":21,"sum":14,"mean":0.6667,"top_share_pct":7.14,"sum_change_pct":0,"mean_change_pct":0},{"scenario":"Excluding the top 1 (Trace Partners SAS, 75% stake to US private equity)","n":20,"sum":13,"mean":0.65,"top_share_pct":7.69,"sum_change_pct":-7.14,"mean_change_pct":-2.5},{"scenario":"Excluding the top 3 (Trace Partners SAS, 75% stake to US private equity, Warner u2026)","n":18,"sum":11,"mean":0.6111,"top_share_pct":9.09,"sum_change_pct":-21.43,"mean_change_pct":-8.33},{"scenario":"Excluding the top 5 (Trace Partners SAS, 75% stake to US private equity, Warner u2026)","n":16,"sum":9,"mean":0.5625,"top_share_pct":11.11,"sum_change_pct":-35.71,"mean_change_pct":-15.63}]}