News Sony Music Publishing India signs global deal with Anand Audio Company represents over 5,000 tracks and over 700 original Kannada film soundtracks
Analysis Artists have a 0.2% chance of generating $50k a year on Spotify. Let’s kick this stat around. Spotify's new website has started a debate. The world of soccer might provide some answers.
News 1.4m viewers watched Kiswe’s pay-per-view virtual concerts in 2020 Company's platform supported virtual events from BTS and Justin Bieber in 2020
News Big Hit Global CEO Lenzo Yoon on K-Pop, BTS, their fans and the future of the global entertainment industry Big Hit Entertainment Global CEO Lenzo Yoon delivered a speech this week for SXSW Online
News Nearly 98% of 18-to-49-year-olds in the US didn’t tune in to the Grammys on Sunday Nielsen figures reveal that 2021's pared-down show drew a TV audience of less than 9m
News Big Hit invests $3.6m in Supertone, an AI firm that just cloned a dead superstar’s voice Startup claims to be able to create "a hyper-realistic and expressive voice that [is not] distinguishable from real humans"
Analysis News BTS helped Big Hit’s annual revenues jump 36% to $676m in 2020… despite the pandemic Filing in Korea reveals details of K-pop company's stellar 2020 – despite the collapse of live concerts
News Spotify to expand into over 80 new markets across Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and Latin America New markets include Ghana, Nigeria, Jamaica, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and Pakistan
Interviews David Hodges on writing with Ed Sheeran, selling his catalog, and refusing to be fixated on fame The Grammy-winning writer and producer opens up on his career and his approach to songwriting
News Big Hit and Universal ‘rewrite global music history’ with joint K-pop label, expanded partnership Global search for K-pop boy band set to begin in 2022 as Bang Si-Hyuk and Sir Lucian Grainge announce new pact
Interviews ‘We were just young kids who wanted to be around music – there was no plan.’ Take a Daytrip on their career and working with superstars like Travis Scott
News Pop Smoke was SoundCloud’s Top Artist this year. His music was streamed over 191.5m times on the platform in 2020 SoundCloud's Top Track was Lil Mosey's single Blueberry Faygo
News Big Hit’s Weverse app has been key to its $400m pandemic success. Now it’s expanding the tech to Universal Music Group artists. Gracie Abrams, Alexander 23 and YUNGBLUD to become first US-signed artists to get Weverse fan communities
Interviews ‘I try not to be too abrasive with people. I’m not the type to tell someone, This sucks; you need to do it over.’ Cirkut is the latest interviewee in MBW's World's Greatest Producers series
News Despite the pandemic, Big Hit Entertainment generated revenues of $436m in the first 9 months of 2020 New results shine light on BTS label's progress in IPO year