News Deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin raise $4.5m to build ‘the leading music metaverse’ Could PIXELYNX build music's definitive metaverse?
News Jenna LoMonaco appointed Head of US Marketing at ONErpm LoMonaco has worked with Mumford & Sons, Phoenix and Childish Gambino
News FADER Label launches distribution division Division is working with five artists: Kim Tee, Origami Human, Eddie Burns, Pauli The PSM and Slaters
Analysis News Universal vs Spotify: Which of music’s two giants will be worth more at the end of 2021? It's neck-and-neck right now, with Universal $7 billion ahead of Spotify following a damaging wave of headlines about stand-up comedians
News From BMG’s Mötley Crüe catalog buy to the UK’s rejected music bill – It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The music industry's biggest few stories from the past week, and why they matter
News Bill that would have hit record company profits in the UK rejected by British government 'Brennan bill' caused a stir amongst labels, but didn't pass this morning in Parliament
News YoungBoy Never Broke Again was SoundCloud’s Top Artist in 2021 SoundCloud Playback highlights the platform's highest achieving artists and tracks
Analysis News Major record companies are losing market share on Spotify. But Spotify is gaining market share in Warner’s own revenues. Spotify, Apple, and YouTube contributed 42% of Warner Music Group's annual revenues in FY2021 between them
News Kobalt is shorn, reborn… and still full of scorn (for those who keep money from songwriters) Willard Ahdritz and Laurent Hubert explain Kobalt's sell-offs, and why they're coming for collection society wastage
News NetEase music service lists on Hong Kong Stock Exchange Cloud Village raised $421m in initial public offering
News Singapore’s BandLab Technologies rebrands as Caldecott Music Group CMG comprises three divisions: BandLab Technologies, Vista Musical Instruments, and NME Networks
News Angel Martinez named VP of Marketing at Asylum Records Martinez recently oversaw releases for Sada Baby, 1TakeJay, Seddy Hendrinx and more
News Believe acquires 15% stake in Philippines-based Viva Music and Artists Group for $26m Company is one of the largest labels in South-East Asia
News Natascha Augustin promoted to Vice President of Warner Chappell Music Germany Augustin has been a "key player" in the growth of Germany’s rap and hip-hop scene
News Bad Bunny is the most-streamed artist globally on Spotify in 2021… and he didn’t even release a new album Olivia Rodrigo’s drivers license was the most-streamed song of 2021 globally on Spotify with over 1.1 billion streams
News Matt Colon promoted to Global President of Music at YM&U Group Previously, Colon held the position of Managing Director of US Music
Analysis Blog Latin Grammys cap a blockbuster year for Latin Music Research and revenues highlight music’s fastest growing genre
News Phil Kaso promoted to SVP, Rock Promotion, at Atlantic Records/Elektra Music Group Kaso was most recently Vice President of Rock Promotion for Elektra