News Legendary pop group ABBA return after 40 years with ‘revolutionary’ concert and brand new studio album ABBA Voyage will open May 27, 2022 at the ABBA Arena, a 3,000 capacity arena located at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London
News First Official Charts launched in South Africa based on streaming data Data will be aggregated from three digital streaming platforms: Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer
News Warner Music UK and ADA ink global distribution deal with new label Never Seven, co-founded with UROK’s Sam Eldridge Label is co-founded and led by music curator and artist manager Jasmine Srih and marketing and A&R exec George Quann-Barnett
News African Music service Mdundo hits 8.7m Monthly Active Users, inks telco partnership with MTN Nigeria Mdundo listed on the Danish stock exchange (the Nasdaq First North Growth Market) in September 2020
News Fabiana Kulick joins Live Nation Concerts as Head of Latin Marketing Kulick most recently worked as Senior Label Manager and Director of International Repertoire at Warner Music Latina
Analysis YouTube Music surpasses 50 million subscribers Major milestone crossed by Spotify's rival service, across YouTube Music and YouTube Premium
News Tencent axes all exclusive label deals in China following antitrust clampdown Tencent published a statement on WeChat announcing that it has written to all "upstream copyright" holders to end their exclusive agreements
News Tamaki Yamashita named Director of SPACE SHOWER FUGA, as joint venture opens for business in Japan First announced in December 2020, the JV adds 15 Japanese DSPs to FUGA’s network of DSPs across APAC
Analysis Blog NFTs and Music Royalty Streams: 5 Legal Issues To Be Aware Of Three top lawyers from Covington & Burling spell out potential problems for rights-holders in the NFT space
News Natalie Madaj promoted to SVP, Global Digital at Warner Chappell Music Eric Mackay, EVP, Global Digital Strategy, to exit company
News Carolyn Williams appointed Executive Vice President at RCA Records Williams most recently served as RCA’s Executive Vice President, Marketing
News Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff’s Oak View Group to merge with venue management firm Spectra Oak View was founded in 2015 by live industry heavyweights Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff
News Roberto Neri, ex-Downtown EVP, joins Utopia Music as COO Fast-growing music tech company now has over 100 employees – and is continuing to staff up
News Hong Kong-based Allsaints Music Group raises $60m in series B round Company's investors include mobile device giants OPPO and Xiaomi
News Shanice Edwards to receive 2021 Richard Antwi Scholarship Edwards will be awarded a full scholarship for a place on the university’s Music Business Management MA course
News Susan Hilderley joins Universal Music Enterprises as Executive Vice President of Business Affairs Hilderley joins UMe from King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, LLP
News Bill Ackman: Universal and Warner are both under-valued… but UMG’s the right bet for us Billionaire investor explains his rationale for paying nearly $4 billion for 10% of Universal Music Group
News Vivendi sells additional 2.9% of Universal Music Group to Pershing Square for $1.15bn Pershing Square will now own 10% of UMG's share capital