Tag: Kendrick Lamar

Music Biz Conference To Examine The Future Of Music Data

The Music Business Association is bringing together some of the music industry’s top data decision-makers and analysts to discuss the future of sales measurement at a variety of sessions to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/21/2015 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: album, Billboard 200, Compact disc, Eleveneleven, Kendrick Lamar, Nielsen SoundScan, Paul Walker, Recording Industry Association of America, See You Again, Universal Studios

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Bandzoogle Now Reports Sales To Soundscan

Musician site builder and marketing platform Bandzoogle continues to add features. Now sales on Bandzoogle sites are reported to Nielsen SoundScan which that powers the Billboard charts. More here.

Bruce Houghton on 04/13/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Billboard 200, Billboard Magazine, Bruno Mars, Fifty Shades of Grey, Fox Broadcasting Company, Hot Digital Songs, Kendrick Lamar, Mark Ronson, Nielsen SoundScan, Record chart

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Jay Z’s TIDAL Nabs Taylor Swift Streaming

Jay Z's recently purchased TIDAL appears to be positioning itself to be a real streaming music contender. Unlike Spotify, TIDAL is streaming Taylor Swift. Is this the first of TIDAL's. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/26/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Aspiro, Billboard Magazine, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Modest Mouse, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, The Wall Street Journal, WiMP

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Kendrick Lamar Sets Global First Day Spotify Streaming Record

Kendrick Lamar’s new album "To Pimp a Butterfly" was streamed more than 9.6 million times on Spotify on its first day, Monday, March 16. That is a new global record. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/18/2015 in Streaming | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Bilal (American singer), George Clinton (musician), Good Kid, iTunes, Kendrick Lamar, M.A.A.D City, Radio edit, Snoop Dogg, Spotify, Twitter

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BET Experience Takes Over L.A. Live June 25-28

For the third consecutive year, BET Networks and AEG are partnering to bring BET Experience to L.A. LIVE June 25 – 28, 2015. A four day event, attendees will have. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/25/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Bell Biv DeVoe, Georgia (U.S. state), Ice Cube, Kendrick Lamar, Los Angeles, Michael Jackson, New Edition, Real estate, Ronnie DeVoe, Singing

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The Week In Music Commentary

Kanye West On The 'Racist' Grammys: "Fuck Those Nominations" How A NYT Reporter Approaches Music Industry Trade Journalism

admin on 12/14/2013 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Daft Punk, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, Grammy Award for Best Rap Song, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Phoenix Arizona, United States

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2013 Top YouTube Videos: PSY Tops Music Videos, “The Fox” Leads Trends

YouTube announced its 2013 Top Music Videos as well as its Top Trending Videos which included a bunch of music. While Psy took the top spot with "GENTLEMAN M/V," Miley. Continue reading

admin on 12/11/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: BadLipReading, Kendrick Lamar, Mikky Ekko, Miley Cyrus, Nate Ruess, PSY, Sam Smith, YouTube

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Warner/Chappell Music Names Jon Platt President

Jon Platt has been promoted to President, North America, Warner/Chappell Music. He will take on any expanded leadership role, overseeing teams across WCM’s offices. Platt most recently served as Warner/Chappell’s President,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/10/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, country music, Kacey Musgraves, Kendrick Lamar, Los Angeles, Music publisher (popular music), Warner/Chappell Music, WCM

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2014 Grammy Nominees – The Full List

Album of the YearThe Blessed Unrest – Sara BareillesRandom Access Memories – Daft Punkgood kid, m.A.A.d city – Kendrick LamarThe Heist – Macklemore & Ryan LeiwsRed – Taylor Swift 2014 Grammy Nominees – The Full. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/09/2013 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Daft Punk, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Robin Thicke, Ryan Lewis

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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

admin on 12/04/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Calvin Harris, Daft Punk, Imagine Dragon, Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Spotify

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Who Are The World’s Best Paid Hip-Hop Artists?

Fortune Magazine has released it's latest list of best paid artists Cash Kings 2013: The World's Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Artists. Sean “Diddy” Combs hasn’t always agreed with Forbe's calculations. “[Screw] the Forbes list,”. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/25/2013 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Dre, Forbe, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Macklemore, Pharrell Williams, Sean Combs

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