Born to Sell: Springsteen cashes in a record £376m from Sony for music December 17, 2021 Bruce Springsteen reportedly sold his master recordings and publishing rights yesterday for a record $500m (£376m) to Sony Music.
Audioboom expects ‘marginally improved’ revenues after rapid podcast growth December 16, 2021 Podcast firm Audioboom said this morning it had continued to experience "strong momentum" into the fourth quarter of 2021, with the company now expecting to generate "significantly increased" adjusted underlying earnings and "marginally improved" revenues.
Hipgnosis’ music grabs pay off as the investment firm reports revenue boom December 16, 2021 Music investment firm Hipgnosis Songs reported this morning that both net revenues and underlying earnings had grown in the six months ended 30 September as its net asset value increased 2.5 per cent throughout the period.
Paul McCartney to invest in music start-up Audoo December 13, 2021 Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is reportedly among the investors financing music start-up Audoo. McCartney – joining the likes of music firm Tileyard London and Abba singer Bjorn Ulvaeus – is behind the app’s £7.2m funding round, the Times reported. In its pre-series B funding Audoo – which aims to revolutionise the royalty payment system [...]
Haters Gonna Hate: Taylor Swift faces trial over copied ‘Shake It Off’ lyrics December 10, 2021 Taylor Swift face a jury trial over accusations that she plagiarised the lyrics for Shake It Off from another song from the band 3LW’s. In the 2001 hit Playas Gon’ Play, Swift is seen to copy the lines “players gonna play” and “haters gonna hate”. A US judge refused the pop superstar’s request to dismiss [...]
Adele says mandatory jabs required for her Las Vegas gigs December 8, 2021 Adele announced this afternoon that all fans would need to be double jabbed and proof of a negative COVID-19 test before attending her upcoming Las Vegas shows.
Blinding Lights: The Weeknd is the UK’s most-viewed artist December 8, 2021 The Weeknd is the most-viewed artist in the UK (94.3m views), followed by Little Mix (93.7m views), according to data released today by Vevo, the world’s leading music video network.
The Beatles historic interviews up for auction as NFTs December 7, 2021 Rare interviews with The Beatles have been made into NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and are now up for online auction.
Hitting the note or off pitch? Quick fix for music streaming won’t help us December 3, 2021 Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art, or so said Claude Debussy in his approach to composition. For Labour MP, Kevin Brennan, a love of music and rules for art is at the heart of his fight against streaming companies, which he claims don’t pay artists fairly. His private member’s [...]
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny named Spotify’s most-streamed artist globally, beating the likes of Taylor Swift and Drake December 1, 2021 Spotify has today unveiled its annual 2021 Wrapped campaign and personalised user experience for more than 381 million users worldwide, unveiling the top artists, albums, songs, playlists and podcasts. With more than 9.1 billion streams this year on Spotify, Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is the most-streamed artist of 2021. The second most-streamed artist – and most streamed female artist of the year [...]