News Sam Smith beats The Beatles and Emeli Sande to UK Albums Chart record Debut LP sales record goes to Capitol-signed artist
News Spotify targets Foo Fighters fans directly with email marketing UK mail plugs upcoming live shows
News ReverbNation database, containing 3.8m artist accounts, breached Breach took place in January 2014
News Independents join forces to battle major label streaming playlists New playlist brand being built - indies invited to get involved
News UMG poised to settle major iTunes royalty case with artists Class action believed to include Chuck D and Rob Zombie
News Nuclear Blast launches new label imprint, Arising Empire Germany-based label signs Novelists and Imminence to imprint
News British man arrested on suspicion of ‘costing music biz millions’ PIPCU and PRS crack down on suspected leaker
News Latin Grammys boss lays smackdown on Donald Trump’s Mexican tirade 'This denial of Latino contributions cannot be tolerated'
News Dr. Clemens Trautmann appointed President of Deutsche Grammophon Exec will replace Mark Wilkinson at German label
News Pandora tries to fix its subscription problem… by going ad-free (for 24 hours) Just 5% of Pandora's income currently comes from subscription
News Canada’s JUNO Awards get a new Chairman, Mark Cohon Former Canadian Football League boss will also head up CARAS and MusiCounts
News Sony/ATV strikes JV with Magic! manager Charles Chavez Former Pitbull manager teams up with Martin Bandier
News Tunecore launches in the UK, charging £19.99 per album upload Service appears to rival Believe Digital's own Zimbalam
News Imagem enters joint venture with New York-based Rebel One Entertainment Independent publisher 'welcomes songwriters into our family'