Music Business News: Canada News Nine Canadian ‘streaming manipulation sites’ shut down in win for record companiesStreaming manipulation misleads music fans and interferes with the effective operation of music streaming sites, IFPI and Music Canada said News BeatConnect raises another $1.7m in funding for ‘gamified’ music creation platformThis spring, the company is relaunching its music creation platform, with elements inspired by gaming News Tuned Global and LyricFind team up on tech integrationThe collaboration will extend LyricFind's products to a network of music and media services globally where Tuned Global has partnerships News Drake’s OVO Sound partners with – and secures investment from – Todd Moscowitz and Sony Music’s Santa AnnaOVO Sound will remain a stand-alone record label distributed and marketed through Santa Anna Label Group News Singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk sells catalog of hits to Canada’s Anthem EntertainmentThe catalog includes songs performed by Pitbull, Christina Aguilera and Gwen Stefani News Canada’s CMRRA and SX Works Global Publisher Services strike partnership with Barbados’ COSCAP'COSCAP is proud to embark on this transformative journey with CMRRA and SX Works Global Publisher Services,' said CEO Erica K. Smith Ph.D News The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ becomes first song to cross 4 billion Spotify streamsThe track has also topped Chubby Checker’s The Twist as the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit of all time News TikTok expands partnerships with Spotify and Amazon Music to link app directly to streaming services in 19 new marketsTikTok's Add to Music App feature lets users save songs they discover via TikTok on streaming services including Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple Music1 2 … 33 Next
News Nine Canadian ‘streaming manipulation sites’ shut down in win for record companiesStreaming manipulation misleads music fans and interferes with the effective operation of music streaming sites, IFPI and Music Canada said
News BeatConnect raises another $1.7m in funding for ‘gamified’ music creation platformThis spring, the company is relaunching its music creation platform, with elements inspired by gaming
News Tuned Global and LyricFind team up on tech integrationThe collaboration will extend LyricFind's products to a network of music and media services globally where Tuned Global has partnerships
News Drake’s OVO Sound partners with – and secures investment from – Todd Moscowitz and Sony Music’s Santa AnnaOVO Sound will remain a stand-alone record label distributed and marketed through Santa Anna Label Group
News Singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk sells catalog of hits to Canada’s Anthem EntertainmentThe catalog includes songs performed by Pitbull, Christina Aguilera and Gwen Stefani
News Canada’s CMRRA and SX Works Global Publisher Services strike partnership with Barbados’ COSCAP'COSCAP is proud to embark on this transformative journey with CMRRA and SX Works Global Publisher Services,' said CEO Erica K. Smith Ph.D
News The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ becomes first song to cross 4 billion Spotify streamsThe track has also topped Chubby Checker’s The Twist as the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit of all time
News TikTok expands partnerships with Spotify and Amazon Music to link app directly to streaming services in 19 new marketsTikTok's Add to Music App feature lets users save songs they discover via TikTok on streaming services including Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple Music