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Apple Music brings you iTunes match… According to The Loop, Apple is now using iTunes Match audio fingerprint for its streaming service. The new version is meant to be a more accurate way to match songs than the previous metadata matching system that was used. The reports suggest that the iTunes Match that is newly available […]
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Drake has done it yet again… Drake’s Views album has claimed the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart for ten non-consecutive week, the third-best run for a hip-hop release. For the first nine week from release, the album dominated the top spot on the charts, until last week, when Blink 182 knocked Views from the top of the US […]
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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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I’ve been lucky enough to have my songs placed about 30 times over the past 6 years in TV shows, films and commercials. Well, luck really had little to do with it. There’s very little luck involved in the music industry. Lazy people like to say that it’s all luck. That’s just plain ignorant. There’s […]
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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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DMN rewinds to bring you the top 10 Music Industry stories this week. Songwriters: The DOJ Got It Right. Your Sky Is Not Falling. 100% licensing: Another gift from the DOJ to songwriters. The publishers’ press machine has declared that the “DOJ has dealt a massive blow to America’s songwriters.” But, what they really mean is: […]
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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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