News Bobby Ju named Managing Director of Sony Music Korea Ju will oversee the company’s operations in the country
News Kanye West hits 775m streams in Donda’s first week… as Drake smashes his own Spotify record A look at the streaming numbers from two blockbuster albums released last week
News South Africa’s Gallo Music Investments acquires 45% stake in distributor Content Connect Africa (CCA) Superstar South African DJ Black Coffee acquired a significant stake in Gallo in May 2021
News After announcing their first studio album in 40 years, ABBA surpass 80,000 UK pre-orders in just three days ABBA score Universal Music UK’s biggest ever album pre-order
News From Vivendi selling 2.9% of UMG to ABBA’s new album: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News Legendary pop group ABBA return after 40 years with ‘revolutionary’ concert and brand new studio album ABBA Voyage will open May 27, 2022 at the ABBA Arena, a 3,000 capacity arena located at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London
News First Official Charts launched in South Africa based on streaming data Data will be aggregated from three digital streaming platforms: Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer
News African Music service Mdundo hits 8.7m Monthly Active Users, inks telco partnership with MTN Nigeria Mdundo listed on the Danish stock exchange (the Nasdaq First North Growth Market) in September 2020
Analysis YouTube Music surpasses 50 million subscribers Major milestone crossed by Spotify's rival service, across YouTube Music and YouTube Premium
News Tencent axes all exclusive label deals in China following antitrust clampdown Tencent published a statement on WeChat announcing that it has written to all "upstream copyright" holders to end their exclusive agreements
News Tamaki Yamashita named Director of SPACE SHOWER FUGA, as joint venture opens for business in Japan First announced in December 2020, the JV adds 15 Japanese DSPs to FUGA’s network of DSPs across APAC
News Natalie Madaj promoted to SVP, Global Digital at Warner Chappell Music Eric Mackay, EVP, Global Digital Strategy, to exit company
News Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff’s Oak View Group to merge with venue management firm Spectra Oak View was founded in 2015 by live industry heavyweights Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff
News Hong Kong-based Allsaints Music Group raises $60m in series B round Company's investors include mobile device giants OPPO and Xiaomi
News Shanice Edwards to receive 2021 Richard Antwi Scholarship Edwards will be awarded a full scholarship for a place on the university’s Music Business Management MA course