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PPL’s royalty distributions jump 19.9% to $72.8M in final quarter of 2025
PPL, the UK’s collective management organization (CMO) for performers and recording rightsholders, has reported a 19.9% increase in payouts for...
A.R. Rahman, legendary composer, talks Hollywood, Bollywood and more
MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series celebrates the composers behind the globe’s biggest hits. Here we talk to A.R. Rahman, a...
From YouTube pulling its data from Billboard’s charts to HYBE’s new partnership with Tyla’s managers… 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...
Craig Kallman on signing ‘uncategorizable’ artists, reimagining Big Beat, and his new role as WMG’s Chief Music Officer
Craig Kallman‘s journey in the music industry has come full circle.The veteran A&R executive has just been promoted to Chief...
Create Music Group acquires UK dance label Cr2
Los Angeles-based Create Music Group (CMG), which was valued at $1 billion last year following a $165 million investment round, has acquired again.The company revealed today...
Indie music publishers saw revenues grow 5.1% to $2.9bn in 2024: IMPF
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of...
Global value of music copyright reached $47.2 billion in 2024, says new Will Page report
The global value of music copyright (both recordings and compositions) reached a new all-time high of $47.2 billion in 2024.That’s...
Billboard just made ‘free’ streams worth more on its US charts. YouTube is still not happy – and is pulling its data.
YouTube says it will soon stop providing data to Billboard for inclusion in the US charts, ending a partnership that...
Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch 2026: Royel Otis, SAILORR, Sayf, Aaron Rowe
Music Business Worldwide presents four more rising stars from Vevo’s DSCVR Artists To Watch 2026, starting with…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKKQ3rfhav4Royel OtisAnna Lustig, Senior...
Beggars Group has acquired majority ownership of XL Recordings, documents show
Indie music company Beggars Group secured a majority stake in XL Recordings in 2024, according to newly released documents.Beggars had...
