News Kanye West makes US chart history with The Life Of Pablo Around 70% of album's Billboard 200 performance comes from streaming
News Warner leaves Universal to fight VK alone as it settles out of court Sony settled with social networking site last year
News Universal Music Group is ‘out of contract’ with YouTube – sources Sony and Warner are set to follow suit in the coming months - ready for a summer showdown
Analysis Ad-funded streaming income trebles as Australian music market grows 5% Digital takes 61% of market - as download continues to dominate
News Apple Music’s biggest swipe at Spotify yet: Drake’s exclusive new album 'Thank you Apple Music - always, man'
News Warner edges out Sony and Universal in 2015’s blockbuster singles list But Universal takes half of Albums Top 10 placements
News Def Jam promotes Nicki Farag, Keith Rothschild and Noah Sheer Trio will report into Rick Sackheim in their new roles
News New UK collection society rules come into force next week PRS and PPL to be affected by Collective Rights Management Directive
News Germany’s ‘Album Of The Year’ isn’t Adele’s 25 – it’s a Christmas record Helene Fischer's festive effort, featuring Ricky Martin, triumphs at Echo Awards
News Rhapsody/Napster: Losing millions every month, but still innovating Allow us to introduce 'a Tinder for music lovers'
News SFX to cut New York staff by 50 people as Beatport sale progresses Company continues to expect to emerge from Chapter 11 in summer this year
News Greg Thompson leaves Capitol to run management empire Maverick Maverick Music brings together some of the world's biggest artist managers
News Sony/ATV promotes Jorge Mejia to President of Latin America and US Latin Colombian-born exec steps up under Martin Bandier
News Francis Keeling is leaving Universal Music Group British exec exits a year after former boss Rob Wells
News The biggest artist on Spotify is a shareholder in TIDAL UMG-signed artist is being listened to by almost a third of Spotify's audience
News A fifth of UK young adults use piracy sites – in Spain, it’s a third New EU stats come from EUIPO report
News Ludacris lawyer Darrell Miller wins Beverly Hills Bar Association award Fox Rothschild partner also reps Brandy and others
News A physical single just went to the top of the French charts City Of Love needs just 6,700 sales to claim chart summit