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Global recorded music revenues reached $28.8bn in 2021, says Midia

Estimates for global recorded music revenues in 2021 were published by Midia today (March 18)

Tra’Von Williams joins Joie Manda’s Encore Recordings as VP and Head of Streaming

Encore was launched in November 2021 by music industry veteran Joie Manda

HIFI closes eight-figure funding round with backing from Quincy Jones, Coran Capshaw, Diplo, 3LAU and more

Michelle Jubelirer, Ron Laffitte, Gee Roberson, Tom Windish and many others also joined the round

TikTok’s partner for its new SoundOn distribution service is… TuneCore

TikTok confirms that Believe's service has been signed up

From the United States’ $15bn revenue to Downtown’s $200m indie artist fund: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter

With $15bn in revenue, 2021 was the US record industry’s biggest EVER year (kind of…)

MBW reveals historic numbers for the US market last year (although you should really factor in inflation)

TikTok just launched its own music distribution platform, SoundOn

SoundOn can distribute music to other music platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and Instagram

Dua Lipa sued for alleged copyright infringement over hit single Levitating

Artikal Sound System claim Dua Lipa hit sounds 'substantially similar' to their song