Music Business News: Asia

The IFPI Global Music Report 2025 reveals a music industry continuing to grow – while facing new challenges and opportunities

Mexico has overtaken Australia to become the World's tenth-largest recorded music market.

Universal Music Group struck an exclusive global agreement with Badshah in 2021

China's largest operator of music streaming services says live music is becoming increasingly important to listeners

Tencent Music says it now offers 260 million licensed and co-created tracks on its platform, significantly more than Spotify’s “over 100 million”

Times Music has acquired India's Symphony Recording Co. and ARC Musicq

The latest funding round follows a larger KRW 15 billion investment made into SM Friends in 2023

'We are now able to take a significant step in extending the AWAL model and services to artists in India and South Asia'