IFPI In The News

Sony Music Africa strikes strategic partnership with Crux Global to support artists from Ghana

Crux Global has been providing digital distribution services to local artists for over six years

Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s Universal Music Capital Markets day opening address in full: ‘Streaming will continue to propel many years of industry growth.’

Superfandom, quantum leaps, and fundemental facts...

Tempo Music sues Miley Cyrus (and half the music industry) for allegedly copying Bruno Mars’ ‘When I Was Your Man’ on megahit ‘Flowers’

Numerous music streaming services, along with Live Nation and Disney, are named as defendants in the copyright infringement suit

Universal launches Def Jam Recordings Sweden under the leadership of Mattias Caliste

Mattias Caliste most recently ran Virgin Music Sweden

Local artists absolutely dominate EU charts, but Europe falling behind on music exports: IFPI

In the 22 EU markets tracked yearly by IFPI, 60% of the Top 10 tracks were by domestic artists, compared to 47% in non-EU markets

The US music streaming market might be feeling less-than-fizzy, but over in Brazil… it’s still party time.

After last week's deflating numbers from the RIAA, Brazil's local trade body has some good news for record labels

Warner Music Brazil restructures, with Tatiana Cantinho named General Manager and Mariana Frensel appointed Director of Marketing

Changes have been designed to "turbocharge" company's presence across a range of the country’s domestic genres

Paid streaming subscriptions grew just 2.7% YoY in the US in H1 2024 – but overall market revenue topped $8.6bn

The RIAA has published its new midyear report for the United States