Ed Howard’s roster of artists at Asylum have changed the face of global pop. But what’s his philosophy on A&R – and how has it led to such an extraordinary hit rate?
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Hip-hop is still growing – with over 50% of the USA’s Top 100 streaming tracks of 2019
Genre’s dominance of Stateside charts showing no sign of slowing down
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SoundCloud, with more than 200m tracks on its platform, saw annual revenues top $200m last year
Company gives update on 2019 as 2018 results are laid bare
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Universal poaches Spotify’s head in Japan to run Digital Strategy in market
Streaming now claims over 12 of Japans recorded music market
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Even Justin Bieber’s Spotify-gaming fans can’t unseat Dance Monkey as the world’s favorite song.
Smash hit single is on course to top a billion Spotify streams in the next three weeks
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Music streaming needs to change. Is Amazon already ahead of the curve?
Record label executives in the United States could be forgiven for treating themselves this month. For a while now, fears have existed that audio streaming growth would start to slow in the U.S. If this tipping point happens — when this tipping point h…
War Is Over: Spotify and Warner Chappell sign global licensing agreement – including India
Landmark case ends in a fresh deal between Spotify and Warner Chappell
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Is Anghami set to sell – or raise capital – at $400m valuation?
Bloomberg reports that
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US streams topped a trillion last year. But is there a superstar recession looming?
How, collectively, the world’s biggest megastars are losing streaming market share in the United States
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UK lawyer Kieran Jay joins Harbottle & Lewis to head up Music department
“Harbottle & Lewis has an excellent and established reputation, and the move offers me a great platform to expand my practice further.”
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