Author name: admin

Avex USA Publishing has formed a joint venture with Coup D’Etat Music, a subsidiary of The Revels Group, to sign Nigerian Afrobeats singer-producer Victony. Known for his viral hit Soweto last year, Victony has collaborated with the likes of Rema, Burna Boy, and Don Toliver. Victony has amassed nearly five million monthly listeners on Spotify, one billion YouTube views across videos and over one […]

Latin music superstar Bad Bunny continues his streak of breaking records, this time with his latest album, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana, becoming the most-streamed album on Spotify in a single day in 2023 so far. The achievement was announced by Spotify on Friday (October 13) via its social media channels. This 22-track LP, whose title

New York-headquartered Reservoir Media has struck a global publishing deal with 5x Grammy-winning artist, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, legendary guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist Joe Walsh. Reservoir says that the deal includes hits from Walsh’s catalog as a solo artist and as a member of groups like the Eagles and the James Gang, as well

Patreon has acquired Moment, a Los Angeles headquartered live streaming startup formerly known as Moment House. Moment House launched back in 2020 with $1.5 million in seed funding. The platform arrived amid a rise in consumer and investor interest in the live streaming space when live concerts were paused due to the pandemic. The startup’s seed round of $1.5

What started out as a hobby project to test the abilities of AI algorithms to generate music has now turned into a multi-million-dollar business. Friends and musicians Seth Forsgren and Hayk Martiros released AI music generator Riffusion last December, as an experiment with the use of “latent diffusion” AI technology to generate music Riffusion’s technology

The digital and AI revolutions aren’t just changing how music is created and consumed – they’re also changing the very nature of music, and nowhere is that clearer than in the emergence of functional music. Over the past few years, we’ve seen recording companies, streaming services and even live music and fitness companies jump into

Ashley Winton has spent the last four years building Warner Chappell Music‘s global creative services arm from the ground up. As part of that role, Winton has been focusing on finding non-traditional opportunities for songwriters at a time when making a living as a creator is arguably harder than ever. Winton and her team help writers

Another big-name partner has signed up to support this year’s (next month’s!) A&R Awards, with Vevo sponsoring the  DSCVR Artist of the Year Award. Standing out slightly from the rest of the categories, this award is linked to Vevo’s DSCVR Artists To Watch program (now in its tenth year) and shines the spotlight on a talent

Citrin Cooperman, the influential valuer of music rights/transactions, has significantly reduced its expectation of the amount of money that Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF) will receive related to the Copyright Royalty Board’s landmark decision in the US commonly known as CRB III. As a result of CRB III, which was finalized in late 2022, music streaming services were told