Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
Drake’s ‘Views’ album sales and streams surge… Drake’s One Dance track on his latest album Views has out-streamed Adele’s global hit record Hello in the UK. Last week alone One Dance, which features Wizkid and Kyla was streamed over 7.86 million times, beating the previous record holder Adele, whose song Hello gained 7.32 million streams […]
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Stop stealing my music… Throughout his time in the music industry, Prince worked with Web Sherrif to protect his music content. He also left clear instructions for this to continue after his death. As part of his continued efforts to make his music more difficult to gain access to, Web Sherrif has sent thousands of requests to […]
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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… Universal Music UK has hired Brian Celler as Executive Vice President, Head of International. Celler comes from serving seven years as Managing Director of U2 management house Principle/Maverick. Celler will report to David Joseph, CEO and Chairman. Republic Records has elevated Donna Gryn to Vice President of Marketing. Bryn has worked […]
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Marvin Gaye’s family re-start the battle… On March 14th, a California Federal Judge ruled that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke would not have to pay an additional $3.5 million in legal fees. This ruling was supposed to conclude the suit, but just as we thought the ongoing battle had come to a close, Gaye’s family have now appealed […]
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Top 10 Music Instagram accounts… 1. Selena Gomez – 76.8 million followers (Image by AleeDear, Creative Commons, Attribution 2.0 Generic, cc by 2.0) 2. Taylor Swift – 75.3 million followers (Image by Eva Rinaldi, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic, cc by-sa 2.0) 3. Ariana Grande – 70 million followers (Image by JustEntertainment, Creative Commons, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic, cc […]
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We won the case, now we want $4.84 million… In September last year, an US District Court Judge ruled that ‘Happy Birthday To You’ was in the public domain. Though, this was great news for artists, producers and broadcasters alike, Warner Music Group were majorly disappointed with the Judge’s ruling. Warner/Chappell were asked to pay […]
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Youtube: We know our content ID system is a ‘frustrating experience’…but we are making changes… Yesterday, YouTube announced via its blog that it would be making necessary changes to its Content ID system. The news comes after right holders dubbed the system as ‘flawed’, as it fails to pay them when someone files an incorrect dispute. Prior to […]
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Tidal does it again… Beyonce exclusively released her latest album ‘Lemonade’ on Jay Z’s streaming service Tidal, over the weekend. Shortly after, news surfaced that the album would only ever be available on Tidal and will not be distributed on any other streaming service. Though, the album became available to download on iTunes yesterday (April […]
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Nikki Sixx says treat artists fairly Google… Nikki Sixx co-founder of Mötley Crüe, is the latest artist to slam Google for its low royalty payments on services like Youtube, according to The Guardian. Sixx alongside his Sixx:A.M. band mates have teamed up with other musicians to take a stand against Youtube by campaigning for ‘fair’ […]
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If you’re a Prince fan, check out the SiriusXM app… Shortly after news broke of Prince passing yesterday, artists, social media platforms, music services, and even the President paid tribute to the legendary pop icon. Typically when an artist dies, their music fans flock to buy, download, and stream their music. But, as Prince regained all the rights to his […]
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