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Latest Industry: YouTube’s ‘Artist on the Rise,’ Roger Daltrey, Billy Corgan, LiveXLive, APRA AMCOS, More…

May 21, 2018

YouTube now directly competes with SoundCloud and Spotify. YouTube has relaunched its ‘Artist on the Rise’ program and has named Jessie Reyez as its first featured performer. Launched late last year, the pr... Read More...

Latest Industry: R. Kelly Merch, YouTube Music, Prince, FYF Fest, Fender Riffstation, Cary Sherman, More…

Daniel Sanchez

May 17, 2018

Spotify’s double standard with R. Kelly. Despite removing the troubled R&B singer from playlists on its service, Spotify still prominently features R. Kelly merchandise on sale. The streaming music plat... Read More...

Latest Industry: Cisco, YouTube, Warner, Vincent Bolloré, Prince, Apple Music, Pandora, Metallica, TIDAL, More...

Latest Industry: Metallica Never Forgets, Norway vs. TIDAL, Cisco vs. YouTube, Drake, Pier 17, More…

Daniel Sanchez

May 14, 2018

Kirk Hammett expresses his disappointment over the Napster fight. Kirk Hammett, Metallica’s lead guitarist, has expressed his disappointment in other bands for failing to step up against Napster 18 years ago... Read More...

Latest Industry: Ducapro, AMEX+Australia, WME, Dr. Drai, AIR Studios, Choon, fuboTV, More…

Daniel Sanchez

May 8, 2018

SOCAN inks an agreement with Ducapro. SOCAN has announced an agreement with performance rights organization Ducapro. The agreement allows SOCAN to deliver back-office royalty administration services across t... Read More...

Latest Industry: Post Malone, J. Cole, R. Kelly, Avicii, BTS, Record Store Day, More…

Daniel Sanchez

May 1, 2018

Post Malone goes platinum in just 4 days. The Recording Industry Association of America has certified platinum Post Malone’s sophomore album, Beerbongs & Bentleys. Thanks to the popularity of his hit si... Read More...

I'm a Cellist and Composer. Want to See My Royalties?

I’m an Award-Winning Cellist and Composer. Want to See My Royalties?

Daniel Sanchez

April 18, 2018

So, how much does Zoe Keating make from streaming? Every now and then, Digital Music News covers what real artists make from streaming platforms. One artist last year, for example, made just €403.27, or $... Read More...

Music Industry Latest: Guitar Center, Live Nation, Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple Music, Amazon Alexa

Latest Industry: Live Nation, SoundCloud, Apple Music, Amazon Alexa, YouTube, Guitar Center

Daniel Sanchez

April 13, 2018

A neural network on what you love to listen to. Music Audience Exchange (MAX) has unveiled its Artist Matching Engine. The platform’s data model uses neural networks to map music tastes onto the demographic... Read More...

Music Industry Latest: Cryptocurrency, Pink Floyd, RIAA, Sony, Patent Trolls, MTV, Live Nation

Latest Industry: Cryptocurrency, Pink Floyd, RIAA, Sony, Patent Trolls, MTV, Live Nation

Daniel Sanchez

April 6, 2018

Sharing an entertaining vision of country success. Texas country artist Cody Wayne has inked a management deal with Nashville-based Vision Entertainment. His brand new single off his upcoming album will hit... Read More...

Latest Industry: PRS, Black Girl, Deadmau5, Elton John, Meek Mill, SoundCloud

Daniel Sanchez

April 3, 2018

No direct licensing? Then, no tariffs for you. PRS tariff talks have stalled in the UK amidst a licensing dispute. According to IQ, the implementation of PRS for Music’s new live music traffic has halted d... Read More...

99% of All Music Streaming on Spotify and Apple Music Come from the Top 10% of Songs

99% of All Music Streaming Comes from Just 10% of Available Songs

Daniel Sanchez

February 14, 2018

Researchers at BuzzAngle Music can probably guess what you’ll stream on Spotify and Apple Music. So, how popular were streaming music platforms last year? In the US, audio streaming consumption exploded 5... Read More...

Study Finds that Most People Have Formed Their Lifelong Musical Tastes by Age 14

Daniel Sanchez

February 12, 2018

Your younger self is telling your older self what to listen to. So, when exactly do people form their lifelong musical tastes? 18? 21? 35? 63? Writing for the New York Times, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz ... Read More...

Janet Jackson Streams Explode After Justin Timberlake’s Super Bowl LII Performance

Daniel Sanchez

February 6, 2018

Janet Jackson fans quickly took to Spotify to drive up the singer’s catalog following Justin Timberlake’s Super Bowl performance. Following Justin Timberlake’s much-maligned performance at the Super Bowl las... Read More...

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