Tag: American Music Award

How To Use Video E-Cards For Holiday Music Marketing

If you're short on ideas for how to connect with fans and share content this holiday season, a well placed e-card can be just the thing to engage fans and. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/09/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: American Greetings, American Music Award, Animation, ARIA Music Awards, Brit Awards, Bundesverband Musikindustrie, Christmas, Christmas and holiday season, E-card, United Kingdom

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Taylor Swift. Zayn Malik Release Surprise “50 Shades Darker” Duet “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” Exclusively On iTunes

Just before midnight last night, Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik released a duet, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever," without notice. The surprise release is the first song from the upcoming. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/09/2016 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: American Music Award, Fifth Harmony, Fifty Shades Darker (film), Fifty Shades of Grey, Gigi Hadid, I Took a Pill in Ibiza, Instagram, iTunes, Taylor Swift, Zayn Malik

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Music Exploded On Instagram In 2016 – Here Are The Stats

[UPDATED] Instagram shared year-end data that highlights the social photo app's evolution in the music space with Fast Company. Highlights include: 5 out of the 10 most-followed Instagram accounts are. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/07/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Music Award, Ariana Grande, Barack Obama, Fifth Harmony, Gigi Hadid, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift

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End Of The Year Is The Perfect Time To Get All Of Your Contract Riders In Order

For touring artists, contract riders are an important piece of information to provide venues with. Besides simply detailing what the artist wants for lunch, they also outline the requirements which will. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/06/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adam Levine, American Music Award, Compact disc, direct to fan, music industry, PledgeMusic, Soundcloud, Ticketmaster, United States, vip

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Liz Morentin Named Warner Bros. Records, EVP Communications

Music industry veteran Liz Morentin has been appointed EVP of Communications and Media, Warner Bros. Records. She will oversee all communications and media efforts for the company’s roster of artists. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/05/2016 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Music Award, Billboard Music Award, Broadway theatre, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Hollywood, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Live Nation Entertainment, Los Angeles, music

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Universal Music CEO Lucian Grainge Knighted by Prince Williams [PHOTO]

Record execs are just like the rest of us, right? No really. Not even close. In a “recognition of British music’s significance to the UK," Lucian Grainge, the chairman and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/02/2016 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 50s progression, Alloy wheel, American Music Award, Andrea Leadsom, ARIA Music Awards, Brexit, United Kingdom, Universal Music Group, Vietnam, Wildlife trade

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Google Play Global Top 5 Streamed Songs Of 2016

Google Play Music, which is guestimated to have about 1.5 million paying users, has released its most stream songs of 2016, along with the rest of Google Play's most popular. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/02/2016 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Music Award, American Music Award for New Artist of the Year, Ariana Grande, Billboard Magazine, Bruno Mars, Drake (musician), Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Niall Horan, The Chainsmokers

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Pandora Top Spins: Anne-Marie Rings ‘Alarm,’ New Taylor Swift Song

Here we take a look at the the tracks dominating Pandora this holiday season, from the Chainsmokers, to the rising star Rae Sremmurd, to a new throwback-esque country hit from. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/01/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Music Award, Ariana Grande, European Union, Hillary Clinton, iHeartRadio, Instagram, Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, United States

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Pandora Shares Top 100 Songs, Artists To Watch 2017

[UPDATED] Pandora has shared its Top 100 Songs of 2016. Other "top" lists include Power Acts, Super Collaborators, Artists To Watch, as well as Genre and Regional breakdowns.

Bruce Houghton on 11/30/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: American Music Award, Ariana Grande, Bruce Springsteen, Drake (musician), Fifth Harmony, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, The Weeknd, Zayn Malik

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Live Nation Reports Record Earnings Despite $8.2 Million Artist Nation Management Division Loss

Live Nation is on its way to a record breaking year, but a strong earnings report was tarnished by growing losses at Artist Nation, the company's artist management division which. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/08/2016 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alicia Keys, American Music Award, ASAP Ferg, ASAP Rocky, Austin City Limits, Class Action, concert, Live Nation Entertainment, Michael Rapino, Ticketmaster

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