Category: Music Industry Trends, news remix
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CMRRA Distributes $78M in Royalties to Music Publishers
The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA), innovators in licensing and royalty administration for over 49 years, announced today their 2023 year-end fiscal results, including the distribution of more than $78 million dollars. “We’re thrilled to have processed and distributed over $78 million dollars of mechanical royalties to our music publir and self-publid songwriter clients…
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BMI’s HARDY Hosts 2x #1 Party
2022 BMI Songwriter of the Year HARDY launched into CMA Fest week by celebrating his two No. One hits, “wait in the truck” and “TRUCK BED” yesterday (6/03). Hosted by BMI and ASCAP, the music industry gathered on top of BMI’s Nashville rooftop as the Big Loud Records/Big Loud Rock artist was joined by his “wait in…
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BMI’s Kane Brown Celebrates 11th #1 “I Can Feel It”
BMI hitmaker Kane Brown brought the music industry together yesterday (6/04) at BMI Nashville to celebrate his 11th career #1 at Country radio, “I Can Feel It.” Hosted by BMI and ASCAP, the Sony Music Nashville/RCA Nashville artist was joined onstage by his co-writers Jaxson Free (BMI) and Gabe Foust (ASCAP) to commemorate the milestone. In addition to being Kane’s 11th…
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MLC Hosts LGBTQ+ Pride Month Music Industry Roundtable
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) hosts the fourth year of the interactive webinar, “Tuning Into Pride 2024: An LGBT Music Industry Roundtable,” with special guest Xunami Muse, star of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 16, to recognize and celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month, which is observed during the month of June. Moderated by Jai Yoko (/her/they), artist manager and mentor, and Cameron Ljungkull (he/him), CEO of Secret…
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The MLC Portal Helps Artists Find Unclaimed Royalties
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) announced the expansion of its Distributor Unmatched Recordings Portal (DURP), which now includes over 75 distributors, aggregators and other eligible sound recording distributors, representing over 2.8 million sound recordings. This expansion marks a milestone in The MLC’s ongoing mission to support independent music creators and pay rightsholders their mechanical royalties accurately and…
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Tank, Queen Naija, Leon Thomas Discuss R&B on Recipe For Change
SpringHill’s Daytime Emmy Award-winning Recipe For Change series’ latest episode is now available on the SpringHIll YouTube Channel. Would love for you to share the episode and details with your audiences. I’ve included assets below for consideration. Recipe for Change: The State of R&B episode features conversations about the artistic experiences of crafting the perfect song, building bodies of work and…
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SiriusXM Unveils New Broadcast Studio at Wynn Las Vegas
SiriusXM announced today the opening of a state-of-the-art broadcast studio in Las Vegas, Nevada, located inside Wynn Las Vegas on the world-famous Strip. To celebrate the opening, seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning singer-songwriter John Mayer will host a live broadcast on June 5 for his SiriusXM channel, Life with John Mayer (channel 14). The special live-from-Las Vegas episode will feature Mayer…
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The Circuit Group Launches Label Services, Appoints Strategy Chief
The Circuit Group, the new enterprise led by some of the most respected artist managers in the world to build business opportunities around artists’ intellectual property, today announced several new hires made up of music industry experts. The Circuit Group is a groundbreaking music business collective aiming to acquire ownership in artists’ IP portfolios and partner…
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CMG Orlando’s Heather Torres-Thomas Wins 2024 Sales Award
Cox Media Group (CMG) is proud to announce that Heather Torres-Thomas of CMG Orlando has been named the 2024 Salesperson of the Year. This prestigious recognition was bestowed upon her by Radio Ink during the Medallas de Cortez award ceremony at the 2024 Hispanic Radio Conference. Torres-Thomas expressed her gratitude, saying, “CMG’s constant support is…
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Musixmatch and UnitedMasters Partner, Launch Lyrics Contest
Musixmatch, the world’s largest lyrics catalog adopted by more than 80 million music lovers and 1.2 million artists, today announced a Musixmatch Pro partnership with UnitedMasters, the leading software and services platform for independent artists. This marks the beginning of a creator-first alliance dedicated to growing careers of UnitedMasters’ global roster of independent artists through…
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Ackeem Salmon Wins Ashley Longshore Arts Award
For its third iteration, YoungArts announces the 2024 recipient of The Ashley Longshore Excellence in the Arts Award is Ackeem Salmon, a multimedia artist based in Detroit who draws from their heritage to explore themes of identity, hope, and connection. The $25,000 unrestricted prize is made possible by the generous support of artist Ashley Longshore and aims to deepen and expand support…
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Sony Music Nashville Signs Global Deal with Ketch Secor
Sony Music Publishing Nashville today announced the signing of GRAMMY award-winning singer-songwriter and Old Crow Medicine Show front man Ketch Secor to a global publishing administration deal. The news coincides with the 20th anniversary milestone of Old Crow Medicine Show’s legendary hit song “Wagon Wheel,” as well as the group’s 2024 Jubilee Tour in celebration of their 25-year…
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Anita Baker Who? Babyface Kicks off his Own Tour (pics)
BABYFACE KICKS OFF MULTI-NIGHT ENGAGEMENT AT THE PEARL CONCERT THEATER AT PALMS CASINO RESORTLAS VEGAS This past weekend, 13-time GRAMMY Award-winning recording artist, songwriter, and producer Babyface kicked off his multi-night engagement at the Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort with electrifying performances on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26. Babyface took the…