Music Business News: North America

Warner Chappell Music inks exclusive worldwide deal with Lil Baby collaborator Section 8

Section 8 worked on tracks such as The Bigger Picture, Get Money and Humble

Amazon Music is a livestreaming platform now, thanks to Twitch tie-up

'This new feature couldn’t arrive at a more crucial time in the industry.'

Hipgnosis acquires catalog income from Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx

With Mötley Crüe, Nikki Sixx has sold more than 100m albums worldwide

Triller joins race to buy TikTok via $20bn bid backed by investment giant

Centricus helps fund bid to buy TikTok's operations in the US and other territories

Nearly a third of people in the US are using music streaming subscriptions

Some 51% of the $10.3bn generated by streaming in 2019 was paid out to US labels and distributors

Harry Fox rival Music Reports acquired by private equity firm MidOcean Partners

Co-founder Douglas Brainin vacates his role as the company's CEO, succeeded by Dhruv Prasad

Kendrick Lamar sued for copyright infringement over Loyalty

Filing alleges that the defendants 'copied the entire composition, including title, melody, harmony and rhythm'

‘Everything I need to know, I learned as a little kid: Be yourself, do what makes you happy, be kind.’

Freddy Wexler on working hard, lucky breaks – and listening to artists