News Wendy Goldstein and Jim Roppo named Co-Presidents of Republic Records “Wendy and Roppo together are the ultimate dynamic duo," said Chairman/CEO Monte Lipman
News Epic Games buys Rock Band maker Harmonix to ‘reimagine how music is experienced, created and distributed’ Harmonix is the creator of the popular Rock Band and Dance Central franchises
News Kane Brown’s Be Like That ft. Swae Lee and Khalid was the most listened to Country song in the US in the past year (according to the NMPA Gold & Platinum Program, based on RIAA certifications) Be Like That was the most listened to Country song in the past year according to RIAA certifications
News Joyner Lucas, Nas join $55m funding round in 3LAU’s blockchain-based music investment platform Royal Platform aims to enable fractional music ownership through its own version of NFTs
News Sony Music buys $100m of shares in NetEase’s music service; Chinese platform’s IPO set for December 2 Sony Music named as Cornerstone Investor ahead of IPO
News Synchtank raises $5.8m in Series A funding round led by Octopus Ventures Latest investment brings firm's total raised in the past year to $6.6m
News Voice and music recognition firm SoundHound to list on NASDAQ with $2.1bn valuation via SPAC merger Firm has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners Co
News AI-powered music platform Aimi raises $20m in Series B funding round Platform uses Artificial Intelligence to play an 'endless' stream of music created by DJs and producers
News From Elton John not selling his catalog to TIDAL’s user-centric payments – It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The music industry's biggest few stories from the past week, and why they matter
News ABBA’s first new studio album in 40 years sold in excess of 1m combined album units globally in its first week Voyage also debuted at No.1 on album charts in 18 countries
News Quincy Jones-backed platform OneOf to auction unreleased Whitney Houston recording as an NFT OneOf raised $63m in a seed round in May from prominent tech and music industry veterans
News Exceleration Music acquires rights to Justin Townes Earle recordings Exceleration says that the deal with the estate extends beyond the term of his licensing agreement with Chicago-based Bloodshot Records
News Primary Wave strikes $30m deal to buy catalog of TOTO drummer Jeff Porcaro Deal includes music publishing catalog and master royalties
News Reservoir acquires hit songs by platinum-selling songwriter and producer Dallas Austin Catalog spans several decades and includes hit songs such as Boyz II Men’s Motownphilly
News Spotify launches real-time lyrics for all Free and Premium users globally Feature has been launched in partnership with Lyrics provider Musixmatch