Music Business News: North America

TuneCore has paid out $3bn to self-releasing artists to date

TuneCore reported further that its music publishing division has paid artists close to $90 million to date

Merlin partners with fitness app Supernatural to bring indie music to Meta Quest virtual workouts

Supernatural claims to be 'world's first subscription-based, full-body fitness service for virtual reality'

[PIAS] to distribute Universal-owned Spinefarm Records as part of companies’ global alliance

Label will be distributed worldwide basis through the [PIAS] services division [Integral]

Tuned Global partners with two firms in the medical technology space, MediMusic and Nue Life Health

Tuned Global to provide metadata, music content, and streaming service functionality through its suite of APIs

Dirty Hit extends global distribution deal with Ingrooves Music Group

Dirty Hit is behind artists such as The 1975, Wolf Alice, Pale Waves

K-Pop promoter Powerhouse, which has worked with BTS, BLACKPINK and MONSTA X, strikes strategic partnership with AEG Presents

Company produced 15 shows for BTS’ 2018 Love Yourself US Tour in 2018

Peter Frampton music interests acquired by BMG

Peter Frampton is a Grammy award-winning, multi-Platinum-selling singer-songwriter

Shilpa Das joins AVEX USA as VP, Head of Publishing & Label Administration

Das joins Avex USA after eleven years with Reach Music Publishing