Category archives: Interviews

Why I’m doubling our investment in the UK music industry, just when people say it’s losing global power.

Lucas Keller’s belief in the hit-making ability of British songwriters, producers and artists is unwavering…
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‘There’s no better feeling than seeing your friends do well.’

Golden Boy Entertainment founder Terry Appiasei is the manager behind UK rap star Tion Wayne, who scored his (and drill’s) first UK No.1 in 2021 with Body, and has kept succeeding ever since.
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Noah Goldstein on good A&R, working with Kanye West, and why he ‘stopped feeling pressure a long time ago’

In a conversation that covers his love of Icelandic music, his time spent with Ye to the wonder of growing vegetables, Noah Goldstein sits down with MBW as the latest inductee to our World’s Greatest Producers series
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‘Latin music has gone mainstream in the US and is having a huge creative and commercial impact.’

Alejandro Duque, President of Warner Music Latin America, discusses the future of the business
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This company’s young artist has billions of YouTube views. It’s certain India is going to become one of the world’s biggest music markets.

Ex-T-Series exec, now Hitz Music founder, Vinod Bhanushali talks us through his views of the market
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From Paris, with love (and some astute market criticisms)

It’s been a year since Believe IPO’d on the Paris stock exchange, raising hundreds of millions of dollars to expand its global work with local labels and artists. The company’s CEO, Denis Ladegaillerie, maps out the future for his company and the indus…