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Rapper Drake’s company Frozen Moments filed a petition in a New York court Monday accusing the streaming service Spotify and Universal Music Group of conspiring to inflate the streams of Kendrick Lamar’s hit diss track “Not Like Us.” “Not Like Us,” the result of Lamar and Drake’s weekslong beef, broke records on the Billboard rap […]
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s best-selling artists maximize their income and reduce their touring costs. Early this week we got word of the passing […]
Universal Music Group, ABKCO and Concord Music Group are seeking “at least” $500 million in damages after filing a copyright infringement lawsuit against TuneCore and the music distributor’s parent company, Believe, Billboard reports. TuneCore allows independent artists to easily distribute their music across major streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon. The company, which […]
Boyd Muir, EVP, CFO and President of Operations at Universal Music Group, has been promoted to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer at UMG. The news was announced today (October 31) alongside the company’s Q3 financial results, in which UMG reported revenues of EUR €2.870 billion (USD $3.15bn), up 4.9% YoY at constant […]