News Johnny Hallyday album shatters records, selling more week-one units in France than Drake’s Scorpion did in the USA MBW expects that the album generated more than $14m in a single week
News Sony $2.3bn takeover of EMI Music Publishing gets green light in Europe Deal takes Sony's ownership of publishing copyrights above 4m
News Astralwerks jumps into the world of video games with Twitch star Ninja – and his tens of millions of followers 'Partnering with Ninja and taking our first step into the gaming world simultaneously as a label is an extremely exciting proposition.'
News Downtown signs Theophilus London to his first music publishing deal Deal with Kanye West collaborator includes catalog
News Universal signs K-pop girl band to Interscope – can they repeat BTS success? The South Korean quartet is currently the highest-charting female K-pop act in Billboard Hot 100 history
News Forget Drake. The music sales story of the year could soon be Johnny Hallyday. Mon Pays C'est L'amour shifted more than 630,000 copies in three days
News BMG extends digital licensing deal with GEMA to 48 more territories The deal has extended to territories such as Russia, Turkey, the Middle East and Africa
News Alex Hill upped to AEG Europe’s CEO & President as Tom Miserendino steps down Alex Hill, AEG Europe’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer will succeed Miserendino on January 1, 2019
News Facebook expands music offering for users and artists Facebook is expanding its music offering via Facebook Stories, Lip Sync Live and profiles
News Pandora hires Brad Minor as VP, Head of Brand Marketing and Communications Minor will split his time between Pandora’s headquarters in Oakland and its New York City offices.
Analysis News Spotify has lost $9bn in market cap value in less than three months A rough time for tech stocks has badly damaged streamer's valuation
News Spotify UK hires Christie Driver-Snell as Editor for Dance Music Ex-Rinse exec will report into Austin Daboh, Spotify's Head of Shows and Editorial in the UK
News Believe buys one of Europe’s biggest independent distributors – Germany’s Groove Attack Believe is in contention to become the largest independent music company in Germany
News LyricFind inks licensing deals with Brazil’s main publishers and PRO These partnerships include digital distributor, ONErpm and publishers like Som Livre and MK Music
News SiriusXM posts record $1.5bn Q3 revenue, hits 33.7m subscribers The company's net income totaled $343 million in Q3 2018