News As of Thursday, Ek ranked 384th on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a net worth of $7.95 billion Interviews MBW's Trailblazers series meets Andrew Klippel, co-founder of Australia-born music company Ourness News KAJ won the event with their track Bara Bada Bastu and will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest News China's largest operator of music streaming services says live music is becoming increasingly important to listeners Analysis Interviews The Sony Music Group boss sat down with MBW's Tim Ingham for a recent interview in London Analysis News Spotify confirms to MBW that its recorded music royalty payouts in the US last year grew by double-digits Analysis News RIAA has published its 2024 Year End report for the world's largest recorded music market News Tencent Music says it now offers 260 million licensed and co-created tracks on its platform, significantly more than Spotify’s “over 100 million”