Top executives at Sony Music Entertainment were told of former Sony Australia CEO Denis Handlin’s abusive behavior over 20 years before Handlin was fired, according to a new report from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The documentary from the broadcasting corporation’s investigative program Four Corners is just the latest report detailing …
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J Balvin isn’t the star of his latest video; barbers, gift shop owners, florists, and street vendors are. In a content partnership with UPS — yes, the mail service, which funded, filmed, and branded the video — the Medellín-born star is highlighting the entrepreneurial spirit of his roots. “The Latino …
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To all the artists and songwriters who’ve voiced their candid criticism of Spotify and its payout system to music creators over the years, the music streaming giant has a message: It’s heard you, loud and clear. That’s the name of the company’s new website and initiative, which it launched Thursday …
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Celebrity art dealer Avery Andon will unveil a new platform for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) called ArtGrails on Friday morning — with help from his brother, street artist Alec Monopoly, and Latin music star Ozuna, who collaborated on a line of digital art collectibles for the launch. The “Uncle Richie Ozuna” …
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Sea shanties are mainstream now. Just a few weeks after TikTok creator Nathan Evans helped kickstart the impeccably random sea shanty trend with his viral rendition of New Zealand standard “Wellerman” — in which many other TikTokers layered their own vocals one after another over his initial performance — Evans …
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Of all the music-business trends ushered in by the pandemic year, the ascent of the back catalog may feel the most counterintuitive. Musicians are stuck at home without the ability to perform or tour, and yet the worth of their old music catalogs is sky-high. What gives? Here are the …
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Robb McDaniels has a habit of seeing around corners. The Los Angeles-based exec foresaw the independent artist boom long before many of his competitors, when he founded indie distributor Ingrooves — since acquired by Universal Music Group — in 2002. After leaving Ingrooves in 2014, McDaniels foresaw a related trend: …
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This spring, Curtis Waters was bored out of his mind in quarantine in North Carolina. So he did what millions of other teens and young adults in America were doing: He went on TikTok. The 20-year-old indie-pop singer and his brother made a goofy dance video to Waters’ vibey tune …
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Björn Ulvaeus has written more than 150 hit songs and shows, co-founded one of the most commercially successful acts the music business has ever seen, and been recognized as one of the greatest songwriters in history — but one role the Swedish hitmaker never expected to be in was that …
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Just as the music livestreaming space has quickly grown saturated with competition as stay-at-home restrictions have kept concertgoers homebound, new livestreamer BeApp, launching on Thursday, is bringing a star-studded set of performances to the app. Among the many high-profile acts slated to perform through the two-month series, EDM DJ Kaskade …
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