Producer of the Year Grammy nominee Benny Blanco—the hitmaker behind such latter-day pop smashes asKe$ha’s “Die Young,” Trey Songz’ “Heart Attack,” Rihanna’s “Diamonds,”Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger” and “Payphone,” Katy Perry‘s “Teenage Dream” and “I Kissed a Girl,” Taio Cruz‘s “Dynamite” and the Adam Levine–Gym Class Heroes collab “Stereo Hearts” and—comes out from the shadows in today’s L.A. Times. “If the producer’s work defies […]
Warner Music Group on Thursday posted improved fiscal fourth-quarter financials and said full-year growth in digital recorded music outweighed continued declines in physical sales. “We had a very productive year,” said CEO Stephen Cooper. “Warner Music Group performed well and is positioned to capitalize on the industry’s more stable recent trends. Among our important achievements, we grew […]
Your top 10, via Forbes: 1. Britney Spears ($58 million) 2. Taylor Swift ($57 million) 3. Rihanna ($53 million) 4. Lady Gaga ($52 million) 5. Katy Perry ($45 million) 6. Beyoncé ($40 million) 7. Adele ($35 million) 8. Sade ($33 million) 9. Madonna ($30 million) 10. Shakira ($20 million) Anybody else surprised by Sade being in […]
The world’s leading global communication and measurement company, Nielsen, just released their newest report, State of the Media: The Social Media Report 2012. While the continued growth of social media is no surprise, there are several new trends that musicians should be aware of. First, there is the idea of “the global living room” or “social tv.” […]
Last month, Internet radio service Pandora ramped up their campaign encouraging listeners to lobby Congress to reduce their royalty rates. Utilizing a dual strategy that has continued into October, Pandora has showcased the significant revenue they are apparently delivering to artists and record labels while claiming that their growing royalty obligations, which are government mandated, […]
The internet is very instrumental in building a buzz and launching careers for artists. A lot of sites boasts they can get your music in the hands of the machines that matter, but with anything, this comes with a price. Tunecore has just announced that they are lowering digital distributions fees for account holders. [AlLindstrom] See how […]
On an otherwise dead week, PSY’s “Gangnam Style” finally got displaced from the top of the chart, but it took two superstars to do it. That would be will.i.am and his gal pal Britney Spears, whose “Scream & Shout” snagged #1 in just its second week. Alicia Keys’ “Girl on Fire” jumpedfrom #17 to #3, just a few hundred units […]
Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis – collectively known as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – have the music industry buzzing. Without the help of a major record label, the Seattle hip-hop duo’s debut album The Heist landed at the #2 spot on the US Billboard albums chart when it hit stores in late October, moving an impressive 78,000 copies […]
