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Rihanna’s show is cancelled; others are trickling in. Rihanna cancelled her show that was scheduled to take place in Nice today, due to a horrific terrorist attack that took place yesterday during the Bastille Day fireworks. The singer was scheduled to perform at the Allianz Stadium as part of her ANTI world tour, but the […]
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DMN brings you the top 10 selling vinyl albums so far this year. The information was shared by music reporting company, Nielsen Music. 1) David Bowie ‘Blackstar’ Sales – 57,000 2) Adele ’25’ Sales – 36,000 3) Twenty One Pilots ‘Blurryface’ Sales – 31,000 4) Amy Winehouse ‘Back to Black’ Sales – 27,000 5) Bob […]
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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… Sony/ATV has elevated Michael Abitbol to Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs. Abitbol has worked for Sony/ATV since 2012 where he started as Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs. Before Sony/ATV, Abitbol worked for EMI Music Publishing. In his new role, Abitbol will continue to report to […]
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Katy Perry releases latest single ‘Rise’ on the streaming platform just in time for the Olympics… Apple Music’s latest artist exclusive comes from Katy Perry, with her latest single ‘Rise’. The song will be used as an anthem before and during the Rio games, and Perry said that releasing the track now was perfect timing. In a […]
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Azealia Banks has been making some bold statements in the music industry lately. Here’s the latest… Banks accused Zayn Malik of copying her, resulting in a online brawl which ended with racial slurs towards Malik. She then blasted Beyonce over her Lemonade album saying that it is ‘the antithesis of feminism.’ Now, she alleges that Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga […]
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Today iHeartMedia announced that they have joined forces with NPR by signing an agreement. The agreement will allow its member stations to make their live News Talk programming available via iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia’s free all-in-one digital music and live streaming radio service. The agreement allows over 260 NPR Member stations to stream their live programming on iHeartRadio, which […]
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With more venues signing up to the ‘Charter of Best Practice’, the number of deaf and disabled music fans attending live music shows, concerts and festivals is increasing… According to London-based music charity – Attitude is Everything, the number of deaf and disabled fans attending live music events in the UK is inclining. Between 2014 […]
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Is Google’s ‘fight piracy’ Report just a load of greenwash? The BPI and IFPI have long been at war with the tech giant over their lack of concern over inflating DMCA takedown requests and the ineffectiveness of the content ID system. So, when they released a report highlighting just how successful they have been at paying content creators and reducing […]
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Three million-selling albums by three different artists… According to Nielsen Music’s mid-year report, three albums have sold over 1 million units so far this year – Adele: 25; Drake: Views; and Beyonce: Lemonade. At this time last year, the music industry only had one album reach this milestone – Taylor Swift’s 1989. In fact, in the whole of 2015 only two […]
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Three million-selling albums by three different artists… According to Nielsen Music’s mid-year report, three albums have sold over 1 million units so far this year – Adele: 25; Drake: Views; and Beyonce: Lemonade. At this time last year, the music industry only had one album reach this milestone – Taylor Swift’s 1989. In fact, in the whole of 2015 only two […]
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