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Splice, which hit nearly 350m downloads in 2024, reveals the fastest-growing genres on its platform
Splice — valued in 2021 at nearly USD $500 million after securing $55 million in funding – has named pluggnb the fastest-growing music genre on...
India’s Tips Music reports 20% revenue jump in latest quarter
Mumbai-headquartered Tips Music, formerly Tips Industries, has reported a surge in revenue in its latest fiscal quarter, as well as...
Key Songs in the Life of… Kirk Sommer
MBW’s Key Songs In The Life Of… is a series in which we ask influential music industry figures about the...
Mark Douglas on the rising importance of the International Performer Number: ‘We strive to remove cost from the wider industry and sharing metadata and systems is one way we do that.’
MBW Views is a series of op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. Here, Mark Douglas, Chief...
From Suno being sued by GEMA to Weverse’s 150m lifetime downloads… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines...
10,000 AI tracks uploaded daily to Deezer, platform reveals, as it files two patents for new AI detection tool
France-headquartered music streaming service Deezer has launched a new AI detection tool – after filing two patent applications for the...
Weverse hit 150m lifetime downloads, saw 19% user growth in 2024, as Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa join superfan platform
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of...
Court rejects crucial part of Limp Bizkit’s claim in $200m lawsuit against Universal Music Group
A US federal court has handed Universal Music Group (UMG) a partial victory in a closely-watched lawsuit brought by Limp...
Daniel Ek sells another $29M in Spotify stock as total cash-out nears $600M
Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek cashed out a further $29.3 million in company shares on Wednesday (January 22), marking...
UMG’s Frank Briegmann advocates for robust copyright protection on ‘AI and Content Creation’ panel at Davos
Universal Music Group has been a leading advocate for the protection of artists’ rights and copyrights amid the rise of...
