Tag: Grammy Award

How Influential Are You? Leverage Branding And Online Influencing For Creatives

While the inability to relay on income from sales has moved many artists and their representatives to seek income from sync placements, the sync market has become oversaturated and less. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/08/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, Abdominal obesity, Academy Awards, Beyonce, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Grammy Award, Instagram, Lady Gaga, New York City, Super Bowl

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Alternative Power 100 List Honors Women In The Music Business

Only 14 women were among the 153 honored in this year's Billboard Power 100. On this International Women's Day, music industry network SheSaid.So has released their second Alternative Power 100. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/08/2017 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alessia Cara, Bredbandsbolaget, Cinema of Sweden, Disc jockey, Grammy Award, International Women’s Day, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Music Group

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Rounder Records Founder Ken Irwin Named 2017 Airplay Direct Iconic Innovator

Ken Irwin, co-founder of legendary roots/Americana label Rounder Records, has been selected to receive AirPlay Direct’s “Iconic Innovators” Award for 2017. The award is designed to honor music industry figures. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/08/2017 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 76th Academy Awards, Alison Krauss, Berklee College of Music, Blues Foundation, Blues Hall of Fame, Chicago, Cold Mountain (soundtrack), Congregational church, Grammy Award, Rounder Records

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Spotify Acquires Audio Detection Startup Sonalytic To Improve Publishing Data

Spotify has acquired Sonalytic, a UK based startup that specializes in audio identification that enables us to connect creators and rights-holders to monetization opportunities.

Bruce Houghton on 03/07/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Ed Sheeran Smashes Spotify Streaming Records

Following the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s new album ÷ (‘divide’), he smashed streaming records and stormed the global charts, including almost doubling the previous first day Spotify album streams. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/06/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adele, album, Bruce Springsteen, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Grammy Award, Jimmy Fallon, List of assets owned by CBS, Sentimental ballad, Shape of You (Reshaped)

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The Downsides Of Releasing Music Often Instead Of Rarely

In this second installment of a two-part series, Hugh McIntyre explores how the timing and frequency with which you as an artist release music can effect the success of said. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/03/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: 59th Annual Grammy Awards, Adele, Anderson Paak, Artist, Beyonce, Chance The Rapper, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album, music video, record label

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The Real Costs of Music Publishing

Let’s talk about running a music publishing company. Whether you are just starting, or operating a publisher as we speak, it is important to know when and why to spend. Continue reading

Bob Baker on 03/03/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: BMG Rights Management, copyright, Grammy Award, music industry, Music publisher (popular music), publishing, record label, Songtrust, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Spotify

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OFFICIAL: Spotify Has 50 Million Paid Subscribers

Spotify yesterday confirmed that it now has more than 50 million paid subscribers to its Premium streaming music service. That's up 25% from the 4o million announced 7 months ago. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/03/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon Music, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Compact disc, Comparison of on-demand streaming music services, Grammy Award, Jay-Z, Netflix, Prince (musician), Purple Rain (film), Spotify, Streaming media, The New York Times, Tidal (service), Twitter, Warner Bros.

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Recorded Music Revenues Up $1.1 Billion In 2016

While A2IM CEO Richard James Burgess rightly pointed out that independent labels are undervalued in many studies, it is undeniable that 2016 was a year of strong growth for the entire. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/02/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Grammy Award, Jay-Z, Napster, New York, Prince (musician), Purple Rain (film), Spotify, Streaming media, Tidal (service)

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How Cracker Barrel Earned Dolly Parton A Grammy

Already no stranger to the Grammys, Dolly Parton received her ninth award recently for her performance alongside known a cappella group Pentatonix. Part of the reason for the success of. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/01/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Adele, Anderson East, Brandi Carlile, Dolly Parton, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album, Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, Jane Fonda, Pearl Jam, The Story (Brandi Carlile album)

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