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YouTube is set to compete with Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Video and begun preliminary talks to licence current movie and television content for live streaming. According to a report in the Wall Street…

A new report from app analytics firm App Annie places Spotify s Android and iOS apps as most popular of streaming music service around the world in the third quarter. The data in The Mobile Music…

BBC1 is looking at the possibility of starting up a weekly live music charts-oriented TV show ten years after it axed the long running Top of The Pops. BBC executives are talking to producers, agents…

And those sales just keep on climbing. In the United States, Adele s 25 has sailed over the 4 million mark. After setting a new record with 3.38 million first week (November 20 to 26), second week…

The US rap community might be divided as to how cred Iggy Azalea might be but urban high priestess Erykah Badu summed it all up at the Soul Train Awards where The Weeknd and Mark Ronson s Uptown Funk…

Ed Sheeran has officially announced that Irish-born Scotland-based singer songwriter Foy Vance who is currently touring with him through Australia and New Zealand is his second signing to his…

A landmark ruling by Germany s Federal Court of Justice could see the country s content owners ramp up action against sites as The Pirate Bay and KickassTorrents (KAT). In most European countries,…

After setting new chart records in the United States and Canada and picking up its third platinum in Australia in five days for sales of 210,000 Adele s 25 could achieve a new chart milestone in the…

Fans of Ed Sheeran, One Direction, Foo Fighters and Taylor Swift were among music and sports followers who lost more than 1.2 million (Australian $2.5 million) to ticket fraud in the last six months,…

Music Law​ is a semi-regular column where our readers receive expert legal advice from renowned entertainment lawyer Gene Goodsell. Song Ownership: An Overview Break-down Q: When it comes to songs,…

Music discovery app Shazam has revealed its 600 verified artists have reached 2 billion followers collectively. Artists include David Guetta, Coldplay and Maroon 5. The pioneer in…

While Justin Bieber s fourth album Purpose debuted at #1 on the ARIA chart this week his third chart-topping album in Australia it is setting new milestones around the world. The Canadian landed his…