Charlotte Hassan, Author at Digital Music News

Drake’s ‘Views’ Claims Top Spot On Billboard 200 For 10th Week

July 18, 2016

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 f... Read More...

Rihanna Cancels Show in Nice After Terrorist Attack; Other Cancellations Happening

Charlotte Hassan

July 15, 2016

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 Bastil... Read More...

The 10 Best-Selling Vinyl Albums This Year…

Charlotte Hassan

July 15, 2016

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 - 36,00... Read More...

Executive Shuffle: Sony ATV, Warner Music Group, The Orchard…

Charlotte Hassan

July 15, 2016

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 star... Read More...

Guess Whose Song Apple Music Has Bagged As An Exclusive…

Charlotte Hassan

July 15, 2016

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 ... Read More...

Azealia Banks Accuses Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga of Plagiarism

Charlotte Hassan

July 14, 2016

Is Azealia Banks battling mental issues? First, 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 a... Read More...

iHeartMedia Joins Forces With NPR

Charlotte Hassan

July 14, 2016

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, i... Read More...

Deaf, Disabled Fans Attending a Record Number of Shows In Britain

Charlotte Hassan

July 14, 2016

With more venues signing up to the 'Charter of Best Practice,' the number of deaf and disabled music fans attending live music shows, concerts and festivals is increasing... According to London-based music c... Read More...

BPI and IFPI Say Google’s Fight Piracy Report is ‘Greenwash’

Charlotte Hassan

July 13, 2016

Is Google's 'fight piracy' report just a load of... greenwash? Industry groups BPI and IFPI have long been at war with Google over their blasé attitude towards DMCA takedown requests, not to mention the inef... Read More...

Just Three Albums Have Sold Over 1 Million Units This Year

Charlotte Hassan

July 13, 2016

Three million-selling albums by three different artists... According to Nielsen Music's mid-year report, only three albums have sold over 1 million units so far this year: Adele: 25; Drake: Views; and Beyonc... Read More...

Music Ownership Incredibly Unimportant to 15-19 Year Olds, Study Finds…

Charlotte Hassan

July 13, 2016

In case you were wondering about the future of music downloads... According to market research company Loop, 15-19 year olds in the US overwhelmingly prefer to listen to music through on-demand streaming ser... Read More...

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