Analysis Adele is NOT No.1 on this chart (and it’s a really important one) Latest piracy charts throw assumed logic into question. Adele does that a lot.
News Adele’s 25 is on fire: 1.9m sold in just two days in the US American sales record looks like a foregone conclusion
News Germany’s finetunes expands in Asia with new partnerships Germany company teams up with Singapore's Cross Ratio Entertainment
News Adele’s 25 just went platinum in 24 hours Over 300k sold in the UK - US performance is "beyond belief"
News £2.7m ad campaign for Jagermeister soundtracked by UK duo Koven Electronic artist is part of Jager's artist support programme
News The Orchard acquires metal label Shrapnel Records catalogue Catalogue of 3,000 tracks includes Paul Gilbert and Indigenous
News Jimmy Iovine: ‘Women find it very difficult at times to find music’ Unusually gender-specific comments arrive on CBS
News SFX boss Sillerman pulls bid to buy firm, wiping 41% off share price Entire business now worth just $27m
News UMPG signs deal with independent movie studio STX STX is on course to make 12 major motion pictures each year
News Adele’s 25 reviews appear online: ‘Pop perfection’ or ‘far too safe’? The Telegraph loves it, others more lukewarm on Ms Adkins new LP
Interviews What will record deals look like in the future? Martin Goldschmidt, Paul Spraggon, Billy Bragg and Phil Morais debate the big topics
News Rob Wells hires Dick Wingate to join him at Crowdmix in the US Record industry veteran has previously worked at the likes of Columbia, Epic and Polygram
News Owner of $6m illegal cyber-locker hit with jail term in US RockDizMusic operator stung with 36 month sentence
News Martin Mills re-appointed as Merlin Chairman Secretly Canadian and other join not-for-profit's global board
News UK law firm Lee & Thompson merges with Forbes Anderson Free New music biz legal powerhouse created
News Rdio goes bust owing Sony Music $2.4m and Shazam $1.2m Streaming service was losing around $2m every month before going under
News YouTube and Google Play have paid out $3bn to record industry… says Google Figure matches Spotify's announcement from earlier this year