News Beyoncé’s Lemonade is a piracy smash – but it’s taken TIDAL to No.1 Album surges on torrent sites, as Jay Z's app overtakes Spotify on daily US chart
News David Lowery urges songwriters to back ‘transparent’ case against Spotify Cracker frontman responds to CD Baby blog on streaming lawsuits
News President Obama, Frank Ocean lead tributes to ‘electrifying’ icon Prince Elton John, Paul McCartney, Russell Simmons, Madonna and many more pay tribute
News Prince found dead aged 57 at home in Minnesota Shock as publicist confirms pop-funk legend's death
Analysis YouTube’s not scared of Universal – but it should be petrified of an artist revolt If YouTube is the 'devil', who's going to stand up to it?
News Gareth Smith named Director of A&R at Sub Pop Publishing Tony Kiewel welcomes former BMG and Big Deal exec to US indie
News Hannah Dudley joins Sony Music Nashville as Marketing Director British exec gets big job in the land of country music
News Lucian Grainge to receive honorary doctorate from Berklee Ceremony, from Rethink Music institute, takes place on May 7
News Chris York named Senior Director of A&R for Capitol Records in Nashville Exec will report into Ashley Newton at CMG
News Caroline’s Mike Harris named COO of Universal Music Group Nashville Harris spent 15 years with EMI before joining Caroline in 2013
Blog ‘The music industry needs more innovators and fewer lawyers’ CD Baby CEO Tracy Maddux on class action lawsuits fired at streaming services
News Phil Christie named President of Warner Bros in the UK Miles Leonard switches full focus back to Parlophone Records
News Sony Music launches kids’ label with Genius Brands and Ron Fair Maker of Baby Genius and other brands teams up with major
News SoundCloud inks Europe-wide licensing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing Big deal in the lead up to SoundCloud Go's arrival in territory
News Sony Music UK’s Insanity hires Virgin EMI’s Alice Beal Exec worked on James Bay's highly successful UK campaign
News Adele snubbed by Ivor Novellos – but Skepta, Ed Sheeran and Jamie XX make shortlist Roots Manuva, Wolf Alice and Jamie Lawson all get nods
Analysis Why Pandora’s $2bn music biz payout leaves a lot to be desired Tim Westergren is beating his chest - but we're not quite so convinced
News Simon Barnabas named MD of Universal’s UMTV Ex-Sony exec takes over at fast-expanding compilations label