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Dan Nigro on changing the pop landscape with Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan

The hottest-to-go songwriter around right now talks to MBW about writing some of the biggest hits of the last few years, TikTok and launching his own label

Interviews

Key Songs in the Life Of… Maykel Piron

CEO & Co-founder of legendary dance music label and now major force in copyright acquisition selects his personal magnificent seven

News

SoundCloud rolls out new monetization feature as part of enhanced upload experience

The new feature eliminates multiple steps previously required for artists to monetize their content on the platform

Analysis News

TikTok’s SoundOn is signing artists… and battling labels on the charts.

MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from Music Business Worldwide written in response to major recent entertainment events or news stories...

News

TikTok deepens integration with Spotify and Apple Music via new feature that lets streamers ‘Share to TikTok’

‘Share to TikTok’ allows users to share music they found on streaming platforms to TikTok

Analysis

‘We put a lot of time and pressure on ourselves to make our social media the best it can be, but at the end of the day, it’s a vanity project.’

The following is an extract from Sound Advice, a health-focused career guide for artists written by MBW Contributing Editor Rhian Jones and performance health and psychology coach Lucy Heyman

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UMG sues Believe and TuneCore for $500 million, alleging ‘industrial-scale copyright infringement’

Lawsuit focuses on so-called 'manipulated' audio remixes of copyrighted tracks

News

Marco Paglia and Rio Caraeff appointed Co-Presidents of Musixmatch

Paglia and Caraeff will report to Max Ciociola, Musixmatch Founder and CEO