YouTube In The News

Universal inks multifaceted global strategic partnership with Latin music superstar Daddy Yankee

Deal includes release of new music and film projects

YouTube Music partners with NIVA to support independent venues across the US

YouTube & NIVA to work on 'unique programming that will help bring live performances back into music venues safely'

Streaming pushed Spain’s record industry revenues up 4% to $158m in H1 2020… despite pandemic

'The fact that the industry has proven to be resilient to the Covid crisis in the first half of 2020 is very rewarding.'

Sony Music and YouTube launch global competition challenging creators to produce music videos for original compositions by Hans Zimmer

Winning videos will be released as official music videos for compositions from The World of Hans Zimmer album

Last month, TikTok launched music distribution. Now, its users can sell merch direct to fans.

After UnitedMasters tie-up, TikTok inks deal with Teespring, which works with over 300,000 creators

Nearly a third of people in the US are using music streaming subscriptions

Some 51% of the $10.3bn generated by streaming in 2019 was paid out to US labels and distributors

eMusic partners with 7digital to launch virtual concert platform, eMusicLive

'For the first time, livestream can be a primary source of income for artists.'

BTS’s Dynamite topped 12.6m streams on Spotify on day one – but 4.9m of them were discounted from its Chart

Spotify confirms that Dynamite was streamed 12.6 million times in total