Music Business News: Europe

Chess Club: ‘We are on the cusp of halcyon days’

Chess Club has spent the last 10 years at the cutting edge of British A&R. Here we chat to founders Will Street and Peter McGaughrin

Why Spotify’s ‘fake artists’ issue, like so much in streaming, comes back to transparency

BASCA's Vick Bain on why Swedish service should make 'everything clearer' for songwriters - and for listeners

Despacito storms past 5bn streams milestone as Latin America takes flight

Analyst Mark Mulligan explains why record-breaking single may be 'the new normal'

Forget about fake artists – it’s time to talk about fake streams.

We just bought 10,000 Spotify plays on the internet. It was easy.

Despacito breaks all-time streaming records with 4.6bn plays in 6 months

Tracks has already scored more than 3bn plays on YouTube across official channels

Amy Wheatley joins Ministry Of Sound as General Manager

Exec formerly worked at Three Six Zero in the UK market

Here’s Spotify’s biggest problem – in a Netflix-shaped nutshell

Spotify's average subscriber used to spend more than Netflix's. Things have changed.

Universal hires Sony exec Adam Granite as EVP, Market Development

Respected executive will report directly to Sir Lucian Grainge