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UMG GIVES STARTUPS A "LIFT" WITH NEW ONLINE HUB

5/9/24

UMG's Digital Innovation team has launched the online destination UMusicLift, which aims to aid music-related startups and entrepreneurs by providing detailed information about the nuances of the music industry.

CONCORD BOWS OUT OF HIPGNOSIS BIDDING

5/9/24

Concord has filed notice that it is withdrawing from the bidding for Hipgnosis Songs Fund.

WMG Q2 REVENUE UP
NEARLY 7% TO $1.49B

5/9/24

WMG delivered a largely upbeat earnings report for its fiscal Q2. Happily, the Bunny, unlike the other two members of the Big 3, reports its results in dollars, not euros or yen, so there’s no pesky currency conversion involved in stitching together this post.

LAINEY SADDLES UP FOR AUGUST RETURN

5/9/24

Lainey Wilson’s fifth album, Whirlwind, will arrive globally 8/23 via BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville. The LP, produced by Jay Joyce, follows Wilson’s breakthrough 2022 album, Bell Bottom Country.

NEAR TRUTHS: INCOMPARABLE

5/9/24

Taylor Swift's latest album, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, has now passed the 3m mark in U.S. ATD and will hold onto the #1 spot on...

GOOD NEIGHBOURS FIND "HOME" WITH CAPITOL, POLYDOR

5/9/24

Building off the massive success of its debut single, "Home," buzzy U.K. duo Good Neighbours has found a new dwelling within the friendly confines of Capitol and Polydor Records.

BEEF BRINGS LAMAR BACK TO SPOTLIGHT

5/9/24

With an epic rap beef playing out publicly, Kendrick Lamar is winning on the charts, holding #1 with diss tracks at Spotify and Apple Music globally and in the U.S. Does Lamar have more wild cards to play as going rogue pays off?

TUCKER WETMORE LANDING AT A MAJOR?

5/9/24

Word out of the 615 is that Tucker Wetmore and Rakiyah Marshall’s Back Blocks Music have selected…

THE PRICE IS RIGHT FOR LIVE NATION CONCERT WEEK

5/9/24

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the annual promotion, starting today and running through 5/14, Live Nation will take Concert Week global to more than 20 territories.

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BROWN & MARSHMELLO'S COUNTRY/POP "MILES"-TONE

5/9/24

With their just-released collaboration “Miles on It,” Kane Brown and Marshmello become the first male artists to top the Pop and Country add boards simultaneously.

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