Music Business News: Japan

Streaming is getting bigger in Japan, with the likes of Spotify generating over $380m in market last year

Industry audio streaming revenues grew 33.8% in Japan last year, shows MBW analysis

It’s happened: The major labels are now generating over $1m every hour from streaming

MBW analysis shows that Universal saw recorded music streaming growth in excess of $600m in 2019

Video games giant SEGA invests in India-based music service Flutin

Independent artist-focused platform claims to have over 300,00 daily users

David Stouck named Regional Director, A&R, at Warner Music Asia

His brief sees him oversee A&R operations in a total of 10 markets

Ingrooves expands into Japan, names industry veteran Ryukatsu Son as Managing Director for market

Exec joins from Amazon Japan, where he was Head of Licensing, Digital Music

Sony Music revenues grew by over $250m in calendar 2019, topping $4bn

Fine Line by Harry Styles was Sony Music's biggest seller in calendar Q4 last year

Universal poaches Spotify’s head in Japan to run Digital Strategy in market

Streaming now claims over 12% of Japan's recorded music market

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Sony's music publishing companies turned over more than a billion dollars in the first nine months of 2019