Tag: Sam Smith

If Major Labels Are Dinosaurs, Why Do Liberty Media and Softbank Want To Buy One?

Looking for signs that the recorded music business has a future? Aggressive Liberty Media chief John Malone and a Japanese telecom giant each wanted to buy The Universal Music Group.

Bruce Houghton on 03/11/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Airlines, Billboard Magazine, Citigroup, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Rob Wells, Sam Smith, Spotify, Universal Music Group, YouTube

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Beck’s Grammy Award Winning Album ‘Morning Phase’ Is Just $1 On Google Play

Not everyone thought Beck should win the "Best Album" Grammy for "Morning Phase," but its hard not to deny it is a good album. And since its one of the. Continue reading

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

Tags: Beck, Daft Punk, Ed Sheeran, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Kanye West, Mary J. Blige, Paul McCartney, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift

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Another Senior Digital Exec Exits Universal Music

What is going on at Universal Music? A second key digital music exec has just departed even as renegotiations with iTunes, YouTube and Spotify are reportedly intensifying.

Bruce Houghton on 02/27/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Billboard Magazine, Iggy Azalea, iTunes, Kanye West, Lana Del Rey, Lucian Grainge, music industry, Sam Smith, Spotify, Universal Music Group

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Brit Awards 2015 – A Full List Of Winners

Britain feted the music industry last night with the broadcast of the 35th annual Brit Awards with Ed Sheeran taking top honors for the evening. Sheeran won awards for British Album. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/27/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Brit Awards, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, iHeartRadio, Mark Ronson, Paloma Faith, Pharrell Williams, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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FACT: Pandora Only Pays Songwriters 4% Of Revenues

Op ed by David Israelite, head of the National Music Publisher's Association. In a New Year’s message to listeners, Pandora’s CEO called 2014 the “year of the working artist on Pandora.” He. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/12/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Celebrity, Charli XCX, dance, Dance move, Grammy Award, Iggy Azalea, Los Angeles, Pharrell Williams, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift

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Can You Guess The Most Grammy Award Winning Artists Of All Time?

Last night's Grammy winners will dominate today's news, but past Grammy winners are often forgotten. In fact, the most Grammy awards of all time went to an orchestral and operatic conductor. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Academy Award, Apple Inc., British soul, CBS, CBS 4, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Sam Smith

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iHeartRadio Predicts 2015 Grammy Winners Using Listening Data

First came Grammy predictions from Spotify, and now the data team at iHeartRadio have culled listening habits across their network to predict who will win this year's top music prizes.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/04/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Brit Awards, Charli XCX, Ed Sheeran, Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance, Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance, Jhené Aiko, John Legend, Pharrell Williams, Sam Smith

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Spotify Uses Data To Predict Grammy Winners

Spotify has released data that predicts who will win a Grammy in four of the top categories: Album Of The Year, Record of The Year, Song of The Year and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/03/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ariana Grande, Brit Awards, Charli XCX, Duke Dumont, Ed Sheeran, Eric Church, Grammy Award, Pharrell Williams, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift

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Music Publishing News Roundup 2.2.15: Sam Smith, Spotify, Jay Z and More

Sam Smith has added Tom Petty as a co-writer to his hit “Stay With Me” after Petty’s team discovered similarities between the song and Petty’s 1989 hit “I Won’t Back Down”.. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/02/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Electric Light Orchestra, Facebook, Grammy Award, Hit single, I Won't Back Down, Jeff Lynne, Rolling Stone, Sam Smith, Spotify, Tom Petty

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Pandora Makes Grammy Predictions Based On User Listening Habits

Compiling and analyzing data from the listening patterns of their 76 million monthly users, Pandora has released a list of predicted Grammy winners. Based on their findings, they predict Iggy. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/16/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Billboard 200, Billboard Hot 100, Brandy Clark, Charli XCX, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Iggy Azalea, Sam Smith

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Facebook’s Top 10 Songs Of 2014

Contributing to the never-ending stream of year end lists, Facebook has released its Top 10 of 2014. Made up of the most 'talked about' topics on the massively popular social. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/10/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: A Great Big World, Ariana Grande, Charli XCX, Christina Aguilera, DJ Earworm, Idina Menzel, Iggy Azalea, Nicki Minaj, Pharrell Williams, Sam Smith

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