Releasing A Slow Burn Album: Oh Wonder Tries A Different Approach

With many foretelling the death of the conventional album format, artists like Beyonce and Frank Ocean have been trying different stunts like dropping surprise visual albums, but by releasing one. Continue reading

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The Essential Album Release Checklist

As an independent musician, releasing one's own music requires a massive amount of work, and it can be easy to forget something or misstep along the way. One thing which can help. Continue reading

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AM BRIEF: Spotify, Apple Music Add Unofficial Mixes • Amazon ‘Music Unlimited’ Leaks • Chatbots • More

Friday 10.7.16 Music Business News From Around The Web  With unofficial mixes now on Spotify and Apple Music, there's less need to use Soundcloud and even less reason for Spotify. Continue reading

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Pandora Predictions Chart: Finding The Next One Direction

In this round of the Pandora Predictions Chart, they're taking a look at the jazz funk boy band group Forever In Your Mind, set to potentially fill the void left. Continue reading

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Kobalt Creates Neighboring Rights Powerhouse With Fintage House Superstar Client List Acquisition

Neighboring rights are one of the most misunderstood and fastest growing income streams in music. It's $2 billion annual business, and with the acquisition of the Fintage House's superstar client. Continue reading

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4 Giveaways You’re A Music Industry Newb

Music industry rookies are dead easy for those more acclimated to the industry to spot, and while coming off as a newb is understandable and forgivable, it's hardly a characteristic. Continue reading

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MONDAY BRIEFING: Apple Music Tests “Discover Clones • Kickstarter To Relaunch Drip.fm • SXSWhite House • More

SPECIAL LABOR DAY EDITION: Today is a holiday in the U.S., but that doesn't mean that there's not breaking music business and tech news both here and globally.  We've got. Continue reading

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Frank Ocean’s “Endless” Deemed Ineligible For Billboard Charts

Frank Ocean shook up the music industry with unusual back to back releases. His new indie album "Blonde" is headed for #1, but his Universal Music Group release "Endless" isn't. Continue reading

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How Frank Ocean, Drake, Kayne West, DJ Khaled, Others Are Using A Loophole To Game The Charts

[UPDATED] In late 2014, as part of a move to include digital consumption in its chart calculations, Billboard began counting 1,500 streams or 10 paid downloads of a song as. Continue reading

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Drake Scores 10th Week At #1

Drake ​has returned to #1 on both the Nielsen and BuzzAngle Music charts with "Views," which sold another 92,000 equivalent album units, including 58,000 streaming equivalent albums, this week. It’s. Continue reading

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