Music Business News: United States

Steve Oberman named Executive Vice President and Head of Music at See Tickets North America

Steve Oberman promoted to Executive Vice President and Head of Music

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s Silk Sonic join Fortnite in partnership with Atlantic Records

The launch includes in-game outfits for players, an in-game radio station, and a player tournament

Stem, which has paid out $180m in royalties as of 2021, bolsters Artist & Label Strategy Team

Seth Faber promoted to VP of Artist & Label Strategy; Vivian Yohannes joins as Director of Artist & Label Strategy, Hip Hop and R&B

Analysis Blog

The gamification of the music industry has just begun.

'The worlds of music, video games, AV and the blockchain are becoming irreversibly entwined,' suggests Ran Geffen

Analysis News

Music piracy has plummeted in the past 5 years. But in 2021, it slowly started growing again.

New stats from MUSO offer food for thought for the global music business

Interviews

‘People have asked, Can you write a hit? Answer: no. I mean obviously I can, but not because I’ve tried to.’

MBW profiles Patrick Leonard, who's written with Madonna and Leonard Cohen, for our World's Greatest Songwriters series

News

Spotify subscriptions grew to 180m in 2021, Monthly Active Users topped 406m

Spotify published its financial results for Q4 2021 today (February 2)

News

David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash all request their labels remove their recordings from Spotify

David Crosby, alongside Graham Nash and Stephen Stills, have issued a statement to media confirming that they have "requested that their labels remove their collective recordings from Spotify"