Music Business News: North America

The following MBW op/ed comes from Bobby Bickley & Ewan Bloor, Data Scientists at Beatdapp

Spotify's Global Head Of Music talks us through the tracks that have shaped and inspired him throughout his life and career to date

Sony Music Group is forming a music rights-buying joint venture with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC Pte.

The new project seeks to provide artists and IP owners a way to launch, test and scale consumer products globally without holding inventory.

RUN says it has already deployed 'tens of millions of dollars in capital to hundreds of artists across five continents'

Aouad will support GoldState's 'growth equity strategy within the global music ecosystem'

Schoenfeld succeeds Stuart Rosen, who will continue as Senior Legal Advisor until June 30, 2026

The streaming giant has hailed the figure as "the largest annual payment to music from any retailer in history".