One Direction Breaks More Spotify Records

Take that Taylor Swift! One Direction's new "Four" continues to break records on Spotify. "Four" had the biggest first-week in the U.S. for 2014, which also sets a record for. Continue reading

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How To Make Streaming Royalties Fair(er)

By Sharky Laguana, CEO of Bandago. This article originally appeared on Medium.com Streaming services, most notably Spotify (by far the largest) use what could be called a parimutuel royalty system:. Continue reading

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Three Things About Streaming Music The Industry Needs To Figure Out

By Mark Mulligan from Music Industry Blog. I spent a couple of days last week in Barcelona for the annual Future Music Forum, which is developing into an important date. Continue reading

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Macklemore & Lewis Top Spotify World Streams, Imagine Dragon and Drake Top U.S. Charts

This week Spotify shared the top streaming artists, albums and singles around the world and in the U.S. plus a variety of Spotify stats with a Year in Review 2013. Continue reading

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Forbes List Of World’s Best Paid Musicians 2013

Forbes has released a new list of the best paid musicians of the last 12 month. Forbes looked at income from June 1st, 2012 through June 1st, 2013, using data sources. Continue reading

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Live Nation Acquires Voodoo Music

Promoter giant Live Nation has acquired a controlling stake in one of the nations' best known festivals, the Voodoo Music & Arts Experience. “I am grateful for the opportunity to. Continue reading

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Forbes Names World’s Best Paid DJs

(UPDATED) Forbes continues its string of lists that name music and entertainment's top earners alonside how much they earned last year with a new coutdown of the world's highest paid. Continue reading

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