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Nigeria-based singer, songwriter, and producer Tems is heading out on her first headlining world tour in support of her debut album, “Born in the Wild,” slated for June 7. The Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated artist will start the global trek on June 12 in London at Eventim Apollo, with additional stops in major markets across Europe including France, Norway, […]

For about a year during the COVID-19 pandemic, A. G. Cook found himself stuck in a rural Montana town. The 33-year-old London-born producer and tastemaker — known for his longstanding collaboration with avant-garde pop star Charli XCX as well as credits on songs from Beyoncé, Troye Sivan and Caroline Polachek — had never felt so British. Cook

The race to acquire UK-listed Hipgnosis Songs Fund has taken a turn today (May 9) as Concord announces that it will not raise its latest offer – leaving global investment firm Blackstone as the frontrunner in the ongoing takeover battle. The bidding war for Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF), a company boasting a vast music catalog, started in mid-April when Concord, through

In just three months since its launch, Mogul, a music startup that lets artists and managers track and identify missing royalties, has surpassed $100 million in tracked royalties for its users. Mogul was launched in February by former Head of Creator at SoundCloud, Jeff Ponchick, and Joey Mason. The startup describes itself as a platform for artists seeking to simplify their

Warner Music Group has issued its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2024 (calendar Q1 – the company’s fiscal Q2). According to the company’s fiscal Q2 (calendar Q1) results, WMG saw its quarterly global company-wide revenues reach USD $1.494 billion (across recorded music, music publishing, and other activities). WMG noted in its filing with the

Los Angeles-headquartered music label, distribution and rights management company Cinq Music has acquired the catalog of the late producer and songwriter José Ángel Hernández, aka Flow La Movie. The deal comes several months after Cinq Music raised $250 million from its parent company, GoDigital Media Group, for acquisitions primarily in the reggaeton, Música Mexicana, Afrobeats, and country genres. Flow La Movie’s

Chicago rapper Lil Durk is refocusing on his entrepreneurial endeavors, announcing a new partnership with record company AWAL to relaunch his independent label, OTF Entertainment. The partnership, announced Wednesday (May 8), will see OTF benefit from AWAL’s infrastructure, artist development expertise, and creative experience to identify and support talent. Durk, as CEO of the label, will be

The Kendrick Lamar–Drake battle has found its way into the political world. President Joe Biden’s campaign team put together a video dissing Donald Trump on May 6, which was soundtracked by Lamar’s bristling “Euphoria.” The clip utilizes a slideshow that kicks off with Biden and VP Kamala Harris before moving into photos of Trump. While the scathing Lamar lyrics

Steve Albini, the legendarily exacting producer/engineer and frontman of the noisesome indie rock bands Shellac and Big Black has died at 61. According to a staff member at Albini’s Electric Audio Recordings studio in Chicago, Albini died of a heart attack on Tuesday night (May 7). Though he disdained the term “producer,” preferring “engineer” instead, Albini said

We first wrote about Canadian music rights management company Kilometre Music Group in 2021. At the time, the company partnered with independently owned, Toronto-based investment firm Barometer Capital Management Inc., which currently manages more than $1.1 billion in assets. The two companies formed the Barometer Global Music Royalty Fund, a limited partnership with a “targeted size of USD $200 million”.