Analysis News From Universal’s $10bn revenues to Epic Games’ Bandcamp buyout: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter
News Germany’s record business generated $2bn for second straight year in 2021 BVMI reports that the German market's revenues from physical music sales and streaming generated a total of 1.96 billion euros (approximately $2.25bn), an increase of 10% year-over-year compared to 2020.
News YMU launches new record label, AmperSounds, headed up by Alistair White AmperSounds has already named several signings to
News Dua Lipa sued for alleged copyright infringement over hit single Levitating Artikal Sound System claim Dua Lipa hit sounds 'substantially similar' to their song
News Rishi Malhotra, co-founder and former CEO of JioSaavn, joins podcast firm Luminary as CEO Dave Chappelle has also invested in Luminary
News Adele’s 30 tops IFPI’s Global Album All Format Chart for 2021 The UK star also tops IFPI Global Album Sales Chart and IFPI Global Vinyl Album Chart
Analysis News TikTok ups max video length to 10 minutes. Should YouTube be worried? TikTok reportedly generated $4 billion in ad revenues in 2021, and wants to triple that in 2022
News The Weeknd wins IFPI Global Digital Single Award for Save Your Tears Award is presented to the world’s best-selling single of the year across all digital formats
Analysis News Why are major music companies using other people’s money to buy copyrights? MBW founder Tim Ingham responds to recent music biz goings-on in our Talking Trends podcast
News Stef Pascual promoted to General Manager at Deviate Digital Pascual was previously Business Strategy Director
News Thought streaming exclusives were over? Think again. Middle Eastern mega-star Amr Diab signs exclusive multi-year licensing deal with Anghami
Analysis News HYBE, home of BTS, surpassed $1bn in revenues in 2021 – the year it acquired Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings HYBE spent $1 billion on Braun's company in April 2021, and has seen a 58% jump in annual revenues
Analysis The major music companies are in a race to hire the best Web3 talent – before media’s biggest companies beat them to it Interesting developments at Universal, Sony, and Warner in recent weeks hint at the impact Web3 will have on music in the months ahead
News SoundCloud launches artist-signing JV with Coach K and P’s Solid Foundation Management Coach K and P have invested an undisclosed amount in SoundCloud
Analysis News Kanye West just sold 10,000 Stem Players in 3 days… as he claims he rejected a $100m deal from Apple One of the most interesting release experiments in modern music is about to take place via Ye's Donda 2