Analysis How artists are exploiting lax metadata protections by streaming services What if tagging the wrong artist pages on DSPs wasn't just a headache to resolve, but also a money-making scheme?
Analysis News Capitol Records just signed a virtual artist, FN Meka. He has over 10 million followers on TikTok. FN Meka has 10 million followers on TikTok
Analysis News Universal’s virtual band KINGSHIP just sold out its entire collection of 5,000 NFT ‘Key Cards’ KINGSHIP's members include four Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs
News Mobile game PUBG expands into virtual concerts, with first performance from K-Pop group BLACKPINK BLACKPINK will perform in 'The Virtual', a fan experience and free to view event
Analysis Blog ‘Music creation has changed, fan behavior has changed, and therefore, artists’ needs for digital music distribution have changed too.’ The following MBW op/ed comes from Andreea Gleeson, Chief Executive Officer of DIY distribution company TuneCore
News 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
News 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
Analysis News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
Analysis News 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
News 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