Billboard In The News

Official: Latin music surpassed $1 billion in US recorded music revenue in 2022 (and claimed an 8% market share of streaming revenues)

According to data released today (April 12) by the RIAA, total revenues generated by Latin music in the States came in at just slightly below $1.09 billion last year, an increase of 23.8% YoY from 2021

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Cordae launches HI-LEVEL Publishing JV with PULSE Music Group

Cordae to head up new company, HI-LEVEL Publishing

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No, Diddy isn’t paying Sting $5K a day for sampling ‘Every Breath You Take’.

Multiple media outlets reported the figure, but Diddy now says it was a joke.

Interviews

‘You can’t work with someone if they’re not going to trust you. That’s when it all goes out the window.’

Nonstop Management founder Jaime Zeluck-Hindlin talks about her career to date and how her clients had a hand in two of the biggest tracks of the year

Interviews

‘There’s nothing like making it in New York. I know it’s a cliché, but it’s true.’

Norwegian production duo Stargate look back on a 25+ year career that has taken them from Trondheim to LA via London and New York, working with some of the greatest artists in the world on the way

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Primary Wave acquires stake in catalog of Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan

Deal sees company acquire a stake in McLachlan’s music publishing and recorded music catalog

Analysis News

Reservoir Media has spent over $695m on catalogs to date (and 5 other things we learned about the company from its new Investor Factsheet)

MBW fillets a new investor factsheet published by the publicly-traded firm

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Hipgnosis acquires ‘Despacito’ co-writer Erika Ender’s catalog

Hit song was written alongside Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee