RIAA In The News News Sony/ATV Nashville signs Grammy-winning songwriter Josh Kear to worldwide publishing deal He has written songs for Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley and others News Pop Smoke estate signs global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Debut album set to be posthumously released this summer News Maria Egan, Pulse Music Group’s former President & Head of Creative, joins Splice as Chief Music Officer Egan will oversee all aspects of the company's engagement with the creative community and wider music industry Analysis US publishers pulled in $3.7bn during 2019 – just over half what record labels made David Israelite and the NMPA break down the performance of members last year News Twitch users face potential channel bans following platform’s ‘sudden influx of DMCA music takedown requests’ "This is the first time we have received mass DMCA claims against clips. We understand this has been stressful for affected creators and are working on solutions, including examining how we can give you more control over your clips." Analysis The music industry is still obsessed with charts – but is it always looking at the right data? US consumer surveys from MusicWatch shows that measuring music's popularity goes far beyond the Spotify charts News Sony/ATV signs Rod Wave to worldwide deal First studio album Pray 4 Love earned over 100m streams in the first week News Lil Baby was the biggest songwriter in the US in Q1, with 22 certifications 805 songwriters were certified Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum in Q1Prev 1 … 50 51 52 … 73 Next
News Sony/ATV Nashville signs Grammy-winning songwriter Josh Kear to worldwide publishing deal He has written songs for Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley and others
News Pop Smoke estate signs global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Debut album set to be posthumously released this summer
News Maria Egan, Pulse Music Group’s former President & Head of Creative, joins Splice as Chief Music Officer Egan will oversee all aspects of the company's engagement with the creative community and wider music industry
Analysis US publishers pulled in $3.7bn during 2019 – just over half what record labels made David Israelite and the NMPA break down the performance of members last year
News Twitch users face potential channel bans following platform’s ‘sudden influx of DMCA music takedown requests’ "This is the first time we have received mass DMCA claims against clips. We understand this has been stressful for affected creators and are working on solutions, including examining how we can give you more control over your clips."
Analysis The music industry is still obsessed with charts – but is it always looking at the right data? US consumer surveys from MusicWatch shows that measuring music's popularity goes far beyond the Spotify charts
News Sony/ATV signs Rod Wave to worldwide deal First studio album Pray 4 Love earned over 100m streams in the first week
News Lil Baby was the biggest songwriter in the US in Q1, with 22 certifications 805 songwriters were certified Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum in Q1