Music Business News: North America

From the Grammys nominations list to Sony’s $100m share buy – It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The music industry's biggest few stories from the past week, and why they matter

Vevo Artists To Watch 2022: Seori, Grip, Serious Klein, Brray

Introducing the final four Artists To Watch in Vevo DSCVR's 2022 tip list

Games publisher 2K partners with SoundCloud to find emerging artists’ music for NBA 2K22 soundtrack

Competition will give emerging artists the chance to get their original songs added to popular basketball game, NBA 2K22

Wendy Goldstein and Jim Roppo named Co-Presidents of Republic Records

“Wendy and Roppo together are the ultimate dynamic duo," said Chairman/CEO Monte Lipman

Epic Games buys Rock Band maker Harmonix to ‘reimagine how music is experienced, created and distributed’

Harmonix is the creator of the popular Rock Band and Dance Central franchises

Naras Eechambadi and Alexandra Hinkle join Universal in global e-commerce and direct-to-consumer roles

UMG says that the newly created roles will advance its global e-commerce and direct-to-consumer strategy

Kane Brown’s Be Like That ft. Swae Lee and Khalid was the most listened to Country song in the US in the past year (according to the NMPA Gold & Platinum Program, based on RIAA certifications)

Be Like That was the most listened to Country song in the past year according to RIAA certifications

Joyner Lucas, Nas join $55m funding round in 3LAU’s blockchain-based music investment platform Royal

Platform aims to enable fractional music ownership through its own version of NFTs