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After promoting 21 of the Top 25 global tours this year including Beyonc , Coldplay, Guns N Roses, Rihanna and Drake Live Nation Entertainment s first quarter revenues of the year showed a double…

Image: WMA artist Conrad Sewell Streaming has become the biggest source of revenue for Warner Music Group. It is the third largest label after Vivendi SA s Universal Music and Sony Corp s Sony Music…

Prince has set a new record with five albums concurrently in the Top 10 of the US Billboard Top 200. He has sold 4.1 million units since his death on April 21, in a mix of traditional album sales,…

It s official: the mega-festival of the decade, Desert Trip, is taking place in October with six of the biggest rock legends of all time. It will be staged in Empire Polo Grounds in Indio,…

SoundCloud continues the international roll-out of its subscription service, after launching SoundCloud Go in the US in March. This week it was introduced in the UK and Ireland with a 30-day free…

Drake looks like he’s having his biggest week of his career with new album Views. It had sold 630,000 copies in one night on iTunes, according to Republic Records and set for a spectacular #1 debut…

Despite posting revenue and user growth in the first quarter ending March 31, Twitter s shares fell by 11% after it missed analyst expectations. The San Francisco-based social network s revenue was…

Streaming revenue now accounts for A$1.29 billion (or 27%) of Sony Music Entertainment s global recorded music revenue, after a stunning 57% rise over the past 12 months. It more than compensated for…

It has been Beyonc week in America the 20-time Grammy winner released her sixth solo album Lemonade, faced rumours it was about husband Jay-Z cheating on her, had a HBO special screened around the…

The agreement between Sony Corp and the Michael Jackson estate to buy the remaining stake in Sony/ATV has spooked other publishers. They argue that it will give Sony Corp outright ownership of the…

Reclusive Irish singer-songwriter Enya has beaten Adele, the hottest female singer at the moment, as the richest female British musician. She now has a personal fortune of 91 million (A$171.5…

Image: Pearl Jam will donate money to groups working to overturn the law Dozens of cancellations by music acts protesting the anti-LGBT Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act is costing the state…