AWAL - Music Business Worldwide
AWAL (originally Artists Without A Label) is a recorded music company offering distribution and other services to artists and independent labels. Originally cofounded by , AWAL became part of Kobalt via an acquisition announced in 2012. It subsequently formed the basis of Kobalt’s first label services division.
Empire - Music Business Worldwide
Empire (stylized as EMPIRE) is an independent distributor, record label, and music publisher headquartered in San Francisco. The company has played a key role in launching the careers of artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Cardi B, DRAM and Anderson .Paak. More recently it has released music from artists such as Tyga, Lil Duval, Snoop Dogg, Iggy ...
Believe blasts into publishing, buying $51m-valued Sentric
Mar 30, 2023 — Believe says this transaction values Sentric at €47 million ($51m) on a 100% basis. This new business line will be led by the existing Sentric’s leadership team. Partnering with over 70 collecting societies, Sentric operates in over 200 territories, representing more than 4 million songs and over 400,000 songwriters either directly or via ...
Broadcast Music, Inc (BMI) - Music Business Worldwide
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is a US-based collection society and music licensing organization. It represents the public performance rights in over 17 million musical works created and owned by more than 1.1 million songwriters, composers, and music publishers. A not-for-profit PRO, BMI is the US-based competitor to fellow collection society, ASCAP.
Atlantic Records - Music Business Worldwide
Atlantic Records was originally formed in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abrahamson. The record label soon became highly regarded as one of America’s most important labels, specializing in jazz, R&B, and soul music. The label’s roster over the next couple of decades featured artists such as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Sam and Dave, Ruth ...
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Latest Music Business Jobs. London, United Kingdom Pure. PURE – Contracts Manager (UK) Melbourne, Australia Mushroom Group. Mushroom Music – Creative Sync Manager (AU) Remote Music Business Association. Music Business Association – Executive Director, Music Fights Fraud Alliance (remote) London, United Kingdom BEGGARS GROUP.
100,000 tracks being uploaded to Spotify and other services daily
Oct 6, 2022 — That 60,000 milestone was surpassed nearly two years after Spotify told investors (in April 2019) that “close to 40,000” tracks were being added to its service every 24 hours. Before this, in the first half of 2018, Spotify said that 20,000 tracks were being uploaded to its platform each day. Putting those stats into perspective: From 2018 ...
Merlin - Music Business Worldwide
Merlin leadership. Merlin was led by Charles Caldas since before it opened for business in May 2008, up until the end of 2019.. Since 2020, Merlin has been headed by Jeremy Sirota. On being named Merlin CEO in January 2020, former Facebook and Warner Music Group executive Sirota said: “Merlin’s team of executives and employees are widely respected throughout the music and DSP communities ...
BMG - Music Business Worldwide
Ownership and financials. For four years from 2009 onwards, the investment firm KKR owned 51% of BMG, with Bertelsmann a minority partner, but in 2013, Bertelsmann bought out KKR’s stake to take 100% control of the music company.. In 2019, BMG’s company-wide global revenues increased 10.1% year-on-year to €600m ($674m).. Exactly half of BMG’s annual revenues in the year (€300m ...
Adele - Music Business Worldwide
Born. 05/05/1988. Birthplace. United Kingdom. Online. Instagram Twitter. Adele is a multi-award-winning singer-songwriter from London and one of the biggest global artists of the modern era. Adele – full name Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE – studied at Croydon-based performing arts school the BRIT School, graduating in 2006.