This Week’s YouTube Music Charts: Ariana Grande, Ozuna

Ariana Grande keeps her hold at the top of this week's YouTube Music Charts, Ozuna passes  one billion views with “Se Preparó” and “All I Want for Christmas is You”. Continue reading

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Zoe Keating Shares Spotify, Streaming Earnings 2018

Cellist and composer Zoe Keating has won legions of fans with recordings and performances that use live sampling to create a rhythmically and sonically dense, almost otherworldly sound. To her. Continue reading

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Indie Artists, Streaming Were Big Winners In 2018 [Mark Mulligan]

Global recorded music revenues will top $18,9 billion in 2018, says MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan in a year end wrap up.  While both major and indie labels are showing strong. Continue reading

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How One Beat Is Killing Country Music [VIDEO]

Country music has been taken over by snap and click tracks, says music journalist Grady Smith; and it is doing the genre a disservice. "Keep in mind," says Smith "I. Continue reading

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Indie Band Ace Of Cups Get Shot At Stardom, 50 Years Later

60's San Francisco music scene stalwarts The Ace of Cups have signed a record deal and are planning to hit the road for the first time – some 50 years. Continue reading

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Hit Songwriters You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

While it's easy to get lost in the glamour and forget, the vast majority of our favorite pop hits are rarely penned exclusively by those singing them, and often as. Continue reading

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97% Of Mexico Admit To Music Piracy Even Country Embraces Spotify Premium

Some not-so-swashbuckling new data from an anti-piracy organization in Mexico  recently released revealed that a staggering 97% of the population has engaged in some form of piracy, much of it. Continue reading

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Spotify Sees $1.5B Tencent Windfall As Stock Hits New Low (NASDAQ: SPOT)

The value of Spotify's stake in Tencent Music nearly double when the Chinese music streamer went public on the New York Stock Exchange last week.  Spotify's windfall could top $1.5. Continue reading

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Jen Danielson To Head Pandora Country Programming

Pandora has named Jen Danielson as  Head of Country Programming. She joins after a decade at CMT, where she was most recently Director of Music Strategy.

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