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Kanye West was the biggest songwriter in the US in Q3, with 39 certifications

He was followed by Lil Wayne, with 25 certifications

Interviews News

How Splice, which paid out $11m in royalties to musicians in the first 9 months of 2020, wants to help a ‘million more people to make music’

Chief Music Officer Maria Egan discusses Splice and the DIY musician sector

Reservoir signs Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Ben Harper to worldwide publishing deal

Deal includes global rights to Harper’s entire catalog

Twitch music copyright headache gets worse as ‘thousands’ of videos get deleted over infringement notices

Rightsholders put pressure on livestreaming platform

Warner Chappell Music signs X Ambassadors in exclusive publishing deal

Band’s RIAA platinum hits include Renegades and Unsteady

Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams generated over 36m global streams in the last two weeks following viral TikTok video, confirms Warner Music Group

Classic track exploded after a video from TikTok star Nathan Apodaca went viral

Warner Chappell Music inks exclusive worldwide administration deal with Grammy-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet

Their EP From the Fires has garnered over 330m global streams to date

Twitch, still unlicensed by majors, launches rights-cleared music via deals with indie distributors and labels

Soundtrack by Twitch will have more than a million tracks available from over 30 music companies