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# REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/rewind-the-new-music-industrys-week-in-review-2-5/
- Published: 2018-12-22T11:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2018-12-22T11:07:00.000Z
- Description: In this weekly look back at the past seven days of music business news, we revisit low-key corruption from lobbyists at the Grammys, Ed Sheeran's massive touring earnings in 2018,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/12/rewind-the-new-music-industrys-week-in-review-2-5.html]
- Author: admin
- Tags: Music Business, Ed Sheeran, music, musician, musicians, Tencent, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:00

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In this weekly look back at the past seven days of music business news, we revisit low-key corruption from lobbyists at the Grammys, Ed Sheeran's massive touring earnings in 2018, Tencent's IPO and what it says about music tech investments, plus more!
- [**$5K Gets You A Box At The Grammys With Two Congressmen**](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/12/looking-for-a-box-at-the-grammies-with-two-bigshot-congressmen-thatll-be-5k-entertainment-lobbyists-.html)
- [**Ed Sheeran Ranks Highest Grossing Touring Artist**](https://www.hypebot.com/ed-sheeran-ranks-highest-grossing-touring-artist/)
- [**Tencent Music IPO Demonstrates Music Tech Investment Coming To Its Senses**](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/12/tencent-music-ipo-shows-music-tech-investment-coming-to-its-senses-.html)
- [**Post-Brexit, Foreign Musicians Can't Play UK Unless They Earn $38,000 A Year**](https://www.hypebot.com/post-brexit-foreign-musicians-cant-play-uk-unless-they-earn-38000-a-year/)
- [**Most Shazamed Songs Of 2018**](https://www.hypebot.com/most-shazamed-songs-of-2018/)
- [**Hit Songwriters You’ve Probably Never Heard Of**](https://www.hypebot.com/a-brief-history-of-songwriting-stars-youve-probably-never-heard-of/)
- [**Chartmetric's 2018 Wrap-Up: Weekly Winners & Pop Stars**](https://www.hypebot.com/%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F%5F-guest-post-by-jason-joven-of-chartmetric-chartmetric-data-as-of-dec-12-2018-right-about-now/)