Latin Grammy-Winning Producer Haze Launches House of Haze Label, Management Company

Latin Grammy-winning producer Haze, aka Egbert Rosa, has launched his own label and management company called House of Haze. He is best known as the musical force behind Natti Natasha and Ozuna’s 2017 smash hit “Criminal.” In describing the company’s outlook, Haze said in a statement: “House Of Haze is…

Latin music will generate close to $500m from streaming in the US this year – but it’s losing (a bit of) market share

Across all formats, genre claimed 4.31% share in the first half of 2019
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95% Of U.S. Latin Music Revenue Comes From Streaming, says RIAA Report

A new RIAA report shows that in the first half of 2019, the U.S. Latin music business continued to grow at a double-digit pace. By mid-year 2019, Latin music revenues grew 13.5% to $232 million at estimated retail value versus the prior year. That builds on three consecutive years of…

The Industry’s Best Latin Music Conferences

As in many businesses, music industry conferences are a go-to for meeting like minded folks and growing your network of contacts, and if you feel like you’re falling behind on one of the fastest growing genres in the music industry, these top Latin music conferences could be for you! ____________________________…

YouTube’s 1B Plays Club is Changing Global Music Culture [Mark Mulligan]

Despite the headlines, YouTube is still the top music destination in most of the world. That massive reach, particularly within the global Latin community, is changing the face of what it means to be a superstar. ___________________ By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry blog "139 music videos…

REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

As we flip back through essential music industry news and events from the past seven days, we’re revisiting the full list of Latin Grammy Award winners, determining whether the CD is really dead, looking at some of this years big winners in Country Music, and more! Latin Grammy Awards 2018…

Latin Music Is Now YouTube’s Dominate Genre

Latin music and artists have become a force to be reckoned with on YouTube. At the start of 2017 there were 5 videos from Latin artists in YouTube’s Billion Views Club, and as of today, there are 41. More than half of the top 100 most-viewed music videos of 2018…

CNCO, Daddy Yankees Top Latin American Music Awards 2018

CNCO, Ozuna and Daddy Yankee were the big winners at the Latin American Music Awards 2018 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood last night. CNCO took home Favorite Duo or Group, Favorite Artist – Pop and Favorite Artist – Pop for CNCO. Ozuna won Favorite Artists – Urban, Album of…

REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this scroll back through happenings in the music industry of the past week, we revisit Spotify’s stock price dip, a massively expensive Beatles Pinball Machine, how the rise of smart speakers has been impacting music consumption (in a good way!) and much more! Spotify Stock Below IPO Day Price,…

Apple Music Ups Latin Game With ¡Dale Play! Playlist

Apple Music is making a play for the red hot Latin music market with ¡Dale Play!, a newly launched playlist of hot Latin hits globally. Each week, the playlist artwork features a different artist hand selected by Apple Music’s editorial team and will act as its face of Latin music…