Before we move on to what will doubtless be another full week of music industry news, we’re revisiting some major stories from the past seven days, including more record smashing from Lil Nas X, Katy and Capitol’s payout in song damages, the official cancellation of Woodstock 50, and more! Best…
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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
This week, some of the most often read, chart-topping articles on Hypebot covered Nirvana band members good-natured response to Spotify’s announcement that the group was playing a show, six key music business trends to keep an eye on, what’s to be done with disgraced artists like Morrissey and Ryan Adams,…
Best Best Industry Reads Of 2019, So Far (That Aren’t On Hybebot)
With 2019 barely reaching the halfway point, the year has already delivered some outstanding pieces of music journalism, with scoops and hard-hitting data on music consumption, metrics, metadata and more. _____________________ Guest post from AWAL 2019’s hardly half over and it’s already delivered some of the best music journalism in…
Apple Music Relaunches Flagship Alt Playlist As ALT CTRL
Apple Music has relaunched its flagship alternative playlist as ALT CTRL. Formerly known as The A-List, the refreshed global playlist spotlights new music from across the alternative genre, hand-picked by Apple Music curators. The playlist art for ALT CTRL will feature a different artist each week, timed to new releases…
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4 Mistakes To Not Make In Your Music Career
While the gauntlet of challenges musicians face has become a theme seen over and over again in popular culture and reality, many of these mistakes are as avoidable as they are devastating. Here we look at four common pitfalls artists stumble into and what can be done to prevent them…
Chartmetric Features: Market Coverage, Cluster Artists, Cross-Platform Performance, User Customization, BandsInTown & More
Here we look at some exciting new features Chartmetric is offering up this summer including genre clustering, BandsInTown tracking, performance ranking across streaming platforms, and much more. _________________________________ Guest post by Komala Prabhu Tirupachur of Chartmetric Chartmetric feature update as of July 19, 2019 Hi there, this is Komala, a…
Court Allows PledgeMusic To Sell Off Assets, UK Music Industry Demands Investigation
PledgeMusic was in a UK courtroom yesterday to begin the process of "winding up" the company, the UK equivalent of liquidation of remaining assets. A UK judge has approved the process. Investigation Called For At the hearing, trade group UK Music called for an investigation, pointing out that the court…
Jury Rules That Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ Copied Christian Rap Song ‘Joyful Noise’
A jury found Katy Perry liable for copying the underlying beat of Marcus Gray’s 2008 Christian rap song “Joyful Noise” for her hit single “Dark Horse” in a unanimous decision handed down this week in Los Angeles federal court. Also found liable were Perry’s “Dark Horse” collaborators Lukasz Gottwald (Dr….
Playlist Placement Does Not A Marketing Strategy Make
While playlist placement has become the holy grail for many artists and their promoters, this new case study of sorts from Kieron Donaghue, looks at how playlist placement alone is not in and of itself sufficient as a marketing strategy. ________________________ Guest post by Kieron Donaghue of here.org.uk Last Friday…