CoSo uses AI to find sound samples from across the Splice catalog that work together
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
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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‘If the music industry wants to continue its exponential growth, its data backbone needs to become significantly more efficient.’
With partnerships in place with Warner, Deezer, FUGA and more, Verifi Media believes its patent-pending tech is a game-changer for music
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Ghanaian superstar Stonebwoy signs global Def Jam deal with Universal
Artist to work with Def Jam Recordings in the US, Def Jam Africa across Africa and 0207 Def Jam in the UK
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HYBE, home of BTS, sees revenues grow to $226m in Q1 2022, up 59.8% YoY
HYBE generated South Korea Won (KRW) 285 billion in the three months ended March 31
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Believe generated revenues of $182m in Q1, up 30.9% YoY
Believe also reports that its digital revenues were up 35.3% in Q1
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Amazon Music exec Sahas Malhotra joins JioSaavn as CEO
Malhotra was most recently Director of Amazon Music in India
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Sony Music Publishing UK signs Ed Sheeran co-writer Kal Lavelle to global deal
Kal Lavelle co-wrote Ed Sheeran’s No.1 hit Shivers
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Universal Music Publishing Group inks global deal with Glass Animals lead singer Dave Bayley
In 2020, Glass Animals released the RIAA Triple Platinum hit Heat Waves, solely written and produced by Bayley
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Universal Music Group revenues hit $2.46bn in Q1 2022
Top sellers for the quarter included releases from Disney’s ‘Encanto’ Soundtrack, King & Prince, The Weeknd, Fujii Kaze and Ado
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