Brit Award Winners 2017 – The Full List From David Bowie To Beyonce
David Bowie was the only 2X winner at last night's Brit Awards, the biggest show on the UK music calendar. As usual, the evening was filled with surprises. Here are. Continue reading
Do Playlists Make It Harder To Break An Artist?
While the rise of "playlist culture" has made song discovery that much easier, it has also made it much more challenging for labels to break new artists, stifling artist development. Continue reading
TuneCore Launches In France, Adds Local Artist Services Partnerships
TuneCore has launched its digital music distribution and publishing administration service in France. The announcement was made at today's MaMA Event in Paris. Tunecore.fr is the third European market in. Continue reading
Promote Your Music To Bloggers: A How To Guide
While it may seem as though blogs had their heyday back in the mid-aughts, they remain an important area of promotion for artists, and being able to convince the authors. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In our look back through major industry events from the past week, we're revisiting the upset winner of the 2016 Mercury Prize, Sony's launch of a new low-cost streaming service,. Continue reading
Independent Artist Skepta Beats Bowie, Radiohead To Become Upset Winner Of 2016 Mercury Prize
Everyone thought that David Bowie was the deservedly sentimental shoe-in for this year's Mercury Prize, even though the prize for the UK album of the year had never been given. Continue reading
Why Hip-Hop, Dance Are Leaving Rock Behind In Streaming Era
In all the fuss surrounding the recent streaming exclusive deals being struck between artists and streaming services, rock music has been conspicuously absent. Here we look at why genres like. Continue reading
Mercury Prize 2016 Nominees Announced [Full List]
The Mercury Prize, which honors the UK's best albums has announced its 2016 nominees. “This is music to make sense of our unsettling times – heartfelt, angry, thoughtful and thrilling," the. Continue reading
Merchbar Hot Merch Chart September Edition: The Summer Touring Effect
Summer may be coming to an end soon, but we’re just seeing the results of what summer touring can do to merch sales along with a few surprises. Foo Fighters merch. Continue reading
Amazon Music Turns Up The Heat With 30 Exclusives
Almost daily we get a press release announcing how Music Service X is differentiating itself from the competition. Since its missing Universal Music and a lot of current hits, Amazon. Continue reading
