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5 Seconds of Summer sign global record deal with BMG to release new album

The band have sold over 2.5 million concert ticket and amassed over 8 billion streams

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Nepal-based producer Sagun launches lo-fi label Arden Records in collaboration with Platoon

Sagun's work has clocked in over 200 millions streams worldwide

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Coldplay and Warner Music ink long-term deal, via Parlophone and Atlantic

Coldplay have sold over 100m albums worldwide and won seven Grammy Awards

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Here’s what women are earning (compared to men) in the UK music industry

Three majors plus Spotify and Live Nation reveal their figures as required by UK law

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Imagine if the government gave record labels over $5m a year to spend on A&R. In Italy, it’s already happening.

Local labels in EU country can claim nearly a million dollars of tax relief across three year period

Interviews

‘German hip-hop audiences not only want to listen to the music, they want to be part of the movement.’

Patrick Mushatsi-Kareba, CEO, Sony Music GSA on the company's hip-hop strategy in Germany, breaking artists, and the success of the genre in the country as a whole...

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Matt Pincus-backed HIFI buys AI-powered artist funding startup The Music Fund

Company counts Warner Music Group as an investor

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TikTok is evolving into a very different kind of music streaming giant.

Ole Obermann, TikTok's Global Head of Music, discusses opportunities for artists... and a major new launch for indie acts