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Virtual artists are an opportunity for the music business – not an enemy

Spirit Bomb's Ian Simon on why he believes avatars can change the music biz – all for the better

Warner boss Steve Cooper talks TikTok and Peloton revenues, the rise of virtual artists, and the value of record labels

Cooper was grilled about the company's earnings on a call with analysts this week. Here are some things that stood out for us...

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Universal to develop ‘virtual identities’ and NFTs for its artists in partnership with avatar tech firm Genies

'We’re not bringing culture to NFTs and crypto. Genies and UMG together are bringing the power of NFTs and crypto to culture,' says Genies CEO Akash Nigam

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Roblox latest music move is a virtual version of dance festival Electric Daisy Carnival, featuring 50+ artists

Festival will premiere in a new 'persistent experience' dedicated to music

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Spotify to let artists turn their profiles into ‘a virtual merch table’ with new Shopify partnership

Artists can now use Shopify to manage and sell merch to fans via their artist profile

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Universal’s Web3 label 10:22PM launches NFT collection and virtual world for metaverse band KINGSHIP

NFTs will grant access to virtual world, plus music, products and token-gated experiences

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Quincy Jones’ OneOf teams with Warner-backed virtual concerts firm Wave to launch NFT for metaverse artist Teflon Sega

'Metaverse-born musical artist and producer' Teflon Sega has over 356,000 monthly Spotify listeners

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52,600 artists generated over $10k on Spotify last year – and 15,140 of them uploaded their own music

Revelatory new stats published on Spotify's updated Loud & Clear website today

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Roblox and Sony reveal that 24kGoldn will be the latest artist to perform a virtual concert on the gaming platform

Pre-concert 'quests' have already seen over 1.6m visits

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Universal’s Web3 label 10:22PM just bought a Bored Ape NFT for over $350,000… and says it will serve as the manager for virtual band, KINGSHIP

The NFT, named Manager Noët All, will become the manager of virtual group, KINGSHIP

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After taking its Electric Daisy Carnival to Roblox, Insomniac partners with Epic Games rival Unity to build metaverse world for virtual concerts

Companies plan to build a 'new, persistent metaverse world' where fans can watch virtual concerts

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Universal partners with Marc Geiger-backed NFT platform Curio to develop NFTs for its global artists and labels

UMG becomes the first major music company to collaborate with Curio

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AmazeVR secures $15m funding for virtual concert tech that uses Unreal Engine-based visual effects

Los Angeles-based company’s total raised is $30.8m

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From the Astroworld tragedy to Universal’s new virtual band – It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

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

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Meet KINGSHIP, a new virtual group launched by Universal label 10:22PM

10:22PM founder Celine Joshua, 'engineered the landmark, first-ever exclusive agreement to create a metaverse group', according to Universal Music Group