Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
The music industry is still experiencing the vinyl resurgence… We know that the music industry has been experiencing a resurgence in Vinyl LP sales. In fact, sales in vinyl recently reached their highest level since 1988. We also know that free streaming is helping to drive those sales. But now, thanks to BuzzAngle we know […]
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Ray J has had enough of Kanye referencing him in his songs, and the ‘Famous’ video was one step too far… Last week, Kanye West released the controversial video to his song ‘Famous’ exclusively on Tidal. A few days later the video surfaced on YouTube. Now, ff you haven’t seen the video already, it’s 10 minutes and […]
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Good news for artists. Music fans are streaming more music through on-demand audio streaming services than video streaming platforms… According to BuzzAngle, Americans are consuming more music through on-demand audio streaming services than through music video platforms. In the first six months of 2016, Americans played more than 114 billion audio streams on streaming platforms […]
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Drake is smashing records week-on-week with ‘One Dance’ and ‘Views’… Drake has been dominating the Billboard Hot 100 chart for eight weeks with his smash hit song ‘One Dance’ featuring WizKid and Kyla. But, not only has the global hit bagged him a charting song, but also a charting album. Views has been in the Billboard 200 chart for the ninth […]
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DMN brings you the top 10 songs and albums by sales and streams in the US in the first six months of 2016. The information was shared by BuzzAngle in their mid-year music consumption report. Using this information, DMN will discuss correlations (if any) between the sales and streams of songs and albums. Top 10 Songs […]
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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… Universal Music Publishing Australia/New Zealand has hired Arwen Curson as Vice President, Creative. Prior to her role with Universal Music, Curson worked as Director of Operations for Crowdmix. In her new role, Curson will be responsible for both A&R and Film/TV synch teams, and will report to Andrew […]
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Kanye West’s ‘Famous’ video is now available to watch on YouTube. The controversial Famous video has already racked up more than 2.7 million views in just 2 days. Famous is the fourth track on West’s ‘The Life Of Pablo’ album, and the video to the song was released exclusively on Tidal last week. The video is 10 minutes […]
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Google doesn’t back down in online pirate site debate. But, neither does their opponent…. Google’s Senior Copyright Counsel, Fred Von Lohmann was caught up in a Twitter debate over how the search giant deals with infringing domain links. It all started yesterday, when a TorrentFreak article was circulating social media platforms and made an appearance on Twitter. […]
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Really want to piss off the boss, Spotify? Spotify’s decision to demand an exception from Apple’s typical App Store rules, and then complain to the media after getting rejected is not sitting well with the dons of Apple. In a letter leaked to Buzzfeed from Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell, Spotify is gently urged to reconsider […]
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A California Judge says Sony Music will have to pay. In 2014, a Michael Jackson fan suspected the songs she was listening to were fake. That fan, Vera Serova, accused Jackson’s long time friend Eddie Cascio and his production company, Angelikson Productions LLC, of creating and selling fake songs via Michael Jackson’s estate and Sony Music Entertainment. […]
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