Music
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51From Drake suing Universal Music to TikTok facing a ban in the US… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the...
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21 Savage, Gunna, Metro Boomin’, and Wiz Khalifa to perform at Balad Beast 2025 in Saudi Arabia
Artists including 21 Savage, Gunna, Metro Boomin’, and Wiz Khalifa have been confirmed as performers at the upcoming Balad Beast 2025 music...
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TikTok ban law upheld by US Supreme Court
The clock is officially ticking for TikTok in the United States. Last Friday (January 10), lawyers for the social media app tried...
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Billie Eilish, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Nicks among superstars to headline FireAid concerts in Los Angeles
Shelli and Irving Azoff, and the Azoff family, have teamed up with Live Nation and AEG Presents to host two benefit concerts...
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Melody Rights is a new content management and distro platform – that won’t distribute your music to DSPs like Spotify or Apple Music
A new UK-based company called Melody Rights has launched a technology platform that it claims will “revolutionize how music creators manage and...
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As TikTok prepares to shut down in the US, Trump mulls executive order to keep it running (report)
With just several days left before the US’s “divest-or-ban” law against TikTok comes into force, President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly mulling an...
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Vimeo wins appeal in long-running copyright dispute with record labels
Video-sharing platform Vimeo has won the latest skirmish in a 16-year-long legal battle with divisions of Universal Music Group. As reported by...
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Reservoir acquires publishing catalog of Lastrada Entertainment
Reservoir Media has acquired the publishing catalog of Lastrada Entertainment, a move that adds 5,600 compositions to the New York-headquartered Reservoir’s library...
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Here’s the list of music piracy sites being watched by the US government, and what they do
MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points – and...
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Caldecott Music appoints David Nam Le as MD of Vista Musical Instruments and Jon Bahr as Senior Advisor at BandLab Technologies
Singapore-based music industry company Caldecott Music Group has made two significant leadership appointments across its divisions. David Nam Le has been promoted to...
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Universal Music Group set to list on US exchange; Pershing Square to sell $500m in UMG stock to make it happen
Universal Music Group (UMG) announced Wednesday (January 15) that Pershing Square Holdings, led by billionaire investor Bill Ackman, has requested a secondary...
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Song Exploder – Sam Smith
“Stay With Me” Sam Smith is a Grammy and Oscar-winning singer and songwriter from London, England. Their first album, In the Lonely...
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Song Exploder – Remi Wolf
“Soup” Remi Wolf is a singer and songwriter originally from Palo Alto, California. She’s been releasing music since 2019. She performed at...
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Song Exploder – Beabadoobee
“Coming Home” Beabadoobee is an award-winning singer and songwriter from England who’s been releasing music since 2017. Her third album is called...
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Song Exploder – Troye Sivan
“One Of Your Girls” Troye Sivan is a singer and songwriter from Australia. He’s been nominated for a Golden Globe, two Grammys,...
