Music Business News: Japan

Confirmed: The 3 major music companies jointly generated over $20bn last year (that’s over $2m per hour)

MBW crunches the 2021 numbers, and discovers a banner year for music's biggest players

Sony generated $7.5bn across recorded music and publishing last year, up 24% YoY

Adele was, unsurprisingly, Sony's biggest recorded music project in the last quarter of last year

S10 Publishing and Japanese music company Avex extend joint publishing partnership

The partnership began when Avex expanded into the US in April last year

Apple Music launches on PS5 gaming console

PS5 is first console to introduce an 'integrated Apple Music experience'

Sony Music’s quarterly streaming revenues burst above $1bn for the first time

MBW breaks down the numbers in an historic quarter for Rob Stringer's major

Another big crypto deal in music, as Opulous inks NFT partnership with Japanese giant LINE

LINE owns LINE Music and the LINE messaging app, and generated $1.5 billion in 2020

6 of the most innovative digital music platforms you might not have heard of… from around the world

A round-up of some of the most forward-thinking digital platforms across gaming, social media and fitness that Tuned Global counts as partners

Mitsuru Koyama appointed Corporate Executive, Legal and Business Affairs at Universal Music Japan

Koyama joins UMJ from Japanese tech company Rakuten