Analysis News Did Germany just overtake the UK as the world’s third biggest recorded music market? BVMI numbers are slightly bigger than UK's for last year – but there's a caveat
News Afropop star Mr Eazi’s emPawa Africa incubator selects 30 new artists to receive $10,000 in startup funding #emPawa30 mentors Include Diplo, Dj Maphorisa, Jae5, Fred Gibson, Shekhinah And Harmonize and others
News Music publishers and Peloton reach settlement over copyright infringement lawsuit They will also work together to 'further optimize' Peloton’s music licensing systems and processes
News Can AI-driven A&R transform the music business? This patented tech can predict the potential success of new and unknown songs, says HITLAB
News Pro Music Rights founder Jake P. Noch named CEO of publicly-traded Net Savings Link Company plans to enter into the music IP sector
Interviews ‘Essentially, music is an emotional language that connects people.’ Andy Macdonald, founder of Go! Discs and Independiente, won the A&R Icon Award in London last November. We sat down with him to hear his career story.
News Streaming revenues topped $1bn in Germany for the first time last year, with total recorded music sales up 8.2% Streaming accounted for 55.1% of total revenues
News R&B star Kehlani inks exclusive deal with Pulse Music Group Deal includes entire catalog and future works
News Songtrust expands global leadership team with hiring of Rob Wetstone as Head of Client Relations Exec was previously a VP of Digital Strategy and Operations at RED Distribution/The Orchard
News Universal Music Group expands operation in India, promotes Vinit Thakkar to COO in region "This is an exciting time for Indian artists and music, and we are looking forward to further expanding the horizons of what is possible to achieve with VYRL Originals."
News UK promoters Rockfeedback, One Inch Badge & Kilimanjaro create new live joint venture, FORM Rockfeedback and One Inch Badge stage in excess of 600 shows every year across the UK
News Vevo expands into Australia and New Zealand, hires Shazam exec Steve Sos to lead new operations Platform has 10m monthly unique viewers in Australia and 2.2m in New Zealand
News BTS label Big Hit Entertainment picks underwriters for IPO (report) Total valuation could be as high as $5bn, say reports
News Paradigm promotes Melisa Baloglu, Len Chenfeld, Brittany Miller and Ryan Theobalt to Agent Promotions made across the company's New York and Los Angeles offices
News Peermusic signs exclusive deal with Jason Aldean collaborator Michael Dulaney Dulaney has seven No.1 songs to his credit
News UK-based Chrysalis Records re-launches as frontline label Label partners with Partisan Records for first signing, Laura Marling
News Reservoir invests in MENA via PopArabia partnership, headed by Spek "I could not have found a better partner to help expand PopArabia and am excited to drive Reservoir’s next steps into new markets.”
News US recorded music revenues hit $11.1bn in 2019 and streaming accounted for nearly 80% of it The RIAA has published its 2019 Year-End US Music Industry Revenue Report