Universal Music agrees partnership to launch NFT fan collection for labels and artists February 17, 2022 Universal Music makes a grand push into NFTs today, agreeing a partnership Curio, the premier Non-Fungible Token (NFT) platform for entertainment brands and musical artists.
Snoop Dogg says he will relaunch Death Row Records as ‘an NFT label’ February 16, 2022 After snapping up his previous label Death Row Records last week, Snoop Dogg has revealed that he plans to relaunch it as “an NFT label”. In a fan Clubhouse room yesterday, the rapper said: “Death Row will be an NFT label. We will be putting out artists through the metaverse. Just like we broke the [...]
The vinyl comeback: How 12on12 are bridging the gap between music and art February 14, 2022 City A.M. chats with 12on12 founder Claudia Moross about the re-emergence of vinyl and its new collaboration with Grammy-award winning producer Swizz.
Fields of Gold: Sting sells entire catalogue of hits to Universal Music February 10, 2022 Music icon Sting has sold his entire music catalogue to Universal Music, joining the long list of stars to recently cash in on their tunes. The agreement between the 17-time GRAMMY winner and Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) hands over both his solo songs as well as those with The Police, including “Roxanne,” “Every Breath [...]
Snoop Dogg snaps up his original label Death Row Records February 10, 2022 Snoop Dogg has bought Death Row Records, the label that helped launch his career with the release of his 1993 debut album, Doggystyle.
NFT of The Beatles’ Hey Jude written notes fetch £60k at auction February 9, 2022 A non-fungible token (NFT) of Paul McCartney's handwritten notes for the Beatles’ song Hey Jude has sold at auction for nearly £60,000.
2001 named best year for top hit albums February 8, 2022 New research has revealed that 2001 produced the highest number of albums appearing in the top 250, including hits like The Strokes’ ‘Is This It’, Jay-Z’s ‘The Blueprint’ and Bjork’s ‘Vespertine’. The study by Convertr.org analysed the top 250 albums on AlbumOfTheYear.org and found that the albums released that year averaged out a score of 87.9 out [...]
KKR turns music catalogues from the likes of Stevie Nicks and The Weeknd into bonds February 7, 2022 Investment firm KKR is set to turn a catalogue of 65,000 songs – including hits from The Weeknd, Stevie Nicks, and Childish Gambino – into bonds as it looks to sell more than $732m (£542m) of asset-backed securities supported by publishing and sound recording royalties. Late last year, KKR – via its new Chord Music [...]
Heart Radio trumps Radio 1 by 2m listens February 3, 2022 Heart – the UK’s biggest commercial radio brand – celebrates its highest ever listening figures, for the second consecutive quarter with 10.3m listeners now tuning in each week – over 2m more listeners than Radio 1. The UK’s biggest commercial radio brand continues to grow in reach, hours and share, and welcomes nearly a quarter of a million new listeners as the nation tuned in [...]
Warner Music Group scrap unrecouped label balances for heritage acts as streaming hits artists hard February 1, 2022 Warner Music Group and Universal Music have announced they will be introducing a “legacy unrecouped advances program”, cancelling out unrecouped label balances from thousands of artists.