Music Business News: France

‘The current situation is going to dramatically change the music business, as a huge accelerator of user behavior on the digital side.’

Believe CEO Denis Ladegaillerie discusses the prospects for physical music amid COVID-19 lockdown

Universal’s streaming revenues brush $1bn in Q1, with total recorded music up 13.1%

Japan's King & Prince were company's biggest sellers in quarter

‘Our advice to independent artists right now is simple: keep releasing’

The CEO of Believe, Denis Ladegaillerie, offers his advice to artists, labels and managers during an uncertain time

How to market your music during Coronavirus lockdown – according to one of the world’s biggest record companies

Download Believe's Creative Marketing Playbook right here

Standalone Spotify Kids app launches in the US, Canada & France

Ad-free app is exclusive to Spotify Premium Family subscribers

Done deal: Tencent-led consortium completes $3.4bn acquisition of 10% of Universal Music Group

"Vivendi is very happy with the arrival of the Tencent-led consortium. It will enable UMG to further develop in the Asian market."

Global Spotify chart streams rose 3% last week – but fell again in the United States

Deezer says there's reason to be hopeful – and we need to wait things out

Sacem unveils $6.7m fund and advances on royalties to help its author, composer & publisher members during Coronavirus crisis

Operational arrangements for the emergency fund will be active as soon as April 2, says Sacem