A new Nielson Music Mid-Year Report for the US and Canada shows streaming adoption driving a robust music industry. The first half of 2019 shattered previous 6 month records with more than 507 billion on-demand combined music and video streams and milestones led by singles and albums from Ariana Grande,…
Category archives: Indie Labels
Amoeba Music Forced To Move Iconic LA Store
The LA City Council has approved zoning changes that clear the way for the demolition of Amoeba Music’s distinctive Los Angeles outlet. According to the LA Times, the vote facilitates the development of a new, 26-story building at the site of the current Amoeba Music store, located at the corner…
Grammy Awards Announce New 2020 Deadlines and Dates
The Recording Academy has announced new deadlines and dates for the 2020 62nd Annual Grammy Awards and Grammy Week events. Nominations will now be announced in all 84 categories on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. The awards will be broadcast live from LA’s Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26th on CBS…
BUSINESS OF INDIE: A2IM Indie Week Recap • Smithsonian Folkways Buys Stinson • Reddit’s indieheads • More
This edition of Business Of Indie includes news from last week’s fabulous A2IM Indie Week, Smithsonian Folkways’ acquisition of Stinson Records, how Reddit’s indieheads forum is reshaping indie music and much more. Like Hypebot’s More News section, The Business Of Indie is nestled under its own Indie tab at the…
A2IM Libera Indie Music Awards 2019 – Full Winners List
Country-folk legend John Prine took top honors at the A2IM 2019 Libera Awards, winning the awards for Best American Roots/Folk Album and Best Country/Americana Album for The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy Records). The awards, which took place at Ziegfeld Ballroom in NYC, as part of A2IM’s Indie Week, were…
Full List Of BET Award Winners 2019: Cardi, Childish, Beyonce, Bruno and More
Cardi B was the big winner at Sunday night’s 2019 BET Awards. Hosted by Regina Hall, the ceremony aired live from the Microsoft Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Cardi B led this year’s nominations with seven and took home awards for Album of The Year for Invasion of Privacy, as…
Is Classical Music Streaming’s Next Big Genre? [Mark Mulligan]
Streaming is introducing a larger and more diverse audience to classical music. "These new audiences bring with them new expectations about what classical music listening should be like and they present a major new opportunity for the classical market," writes Marl Mulligan. __________________________________ By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the…
When, How Music Matters To Gen Z [INFOGRAPHIC]
In this piece, Chris Robley looks at an interesting new study from Spotify investigating the listening habits of those under 25, which reveals some curious new stats on how Generation Z is consuming music. Hint: They’re into the sad stuff. ________________________________ By Chris Robley from CD Baby’s DIY Musician blog…
Pride, Purpose with Cooking Vinyl Artist Lucy Spraggan
Fifty years after the Stonewall riots, Lucy Spraggan of Cooking Vinyl and advocate for the LGBTQ community discusses what self-awareness means as artist, and how she celebrates and promotes pride year round. _____________________________ Guest post by Meredith Nadeau from The Orchard’s The Daily Rind In June of 1969, riots broke…
Anti-Stream Manipulation Code Of Best Practice [FULL TEXT]
A coalition of companies and organizations ranging from Spotify to UMG and representing many corners of the music industry have signed a new code of conducted designed to combat streaming manipulation. (more here). Here is the full text of the Anti-Stream Manipulation Code Of Best Practice . ______________________________ More: Labels,…