Music Business News: Japan

Sony’s music rights business generated over $10bn for the first ever year in 2024; firm’s outgoing CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida, applauds EMI buy as best of his tenure

As MBW reported earlier today, Sony's global music rights operation generated USD $2.7 billion in calendar Q4 2024

Sony generated $2.70 billion from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q4, as ATEEZ topped firm’s global sales chart

Sony’s global music rights operation – across recorded music and music publishing – generated USD $2.70 billion in the three months to end of December 2024. That’s according to MBW’s calculations based on Sony Group Corp’s calendar Q4 2024 (fiscal Q3) results, as announced by the Japanese firm today (February 13). The $2.70 billion figure … Continued

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Hiroki Totoki named new CEO of Sony Group; Kenichiro Yoshida to remain as Chairman

Leadership shakeup to be effective April 1, 2025

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Adam Wilkes and Alex Hill to lead AEG’s international operations, as company realigns management structure

Adam Wilkes named President and CEO of AEG Presents, Europe and Asia-Pacific; Alex Hill named President and CEO, AEG International

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Ryusuke Kamada named Chief Financial Officer at Avex USA

Kamada has been with Avex since 2018, and relocated from the company's Japanese headquarters to the US in January 2020

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Warner Music Japan, NBCUniversal Japan team up on anime-related music

Warner's ADA will begin distribution of NBCUJ's artists and catalog in early 2025

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‘Our global strategy for Japanese music has just begun.’

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Manubu Tsujino, President of Sony Music Labels, the recorded music division of Sony Music Entertainment Japan

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Shintaro Aki appointed Managing Director of EMI Records Japan

Exec joins UMJ from Warner Music Japan, where he most recently served as Senior Executive Producer