MTV has unveiled the nominations for the 2019 VMAs. Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift lead with 10 nods each in categories including, “Video of the Year,” “Song of the Year” and “Best Pop.” Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X led the “Best New Artist” nominees. This year’s show will introduce…
Category archives: YouTube & Video
Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Is Oldest Song with 1 Billion Views On YouTube
The official video for Queen’s 1975 single “Bohemian Rhapsody” has now passed 1 billion views on YouTube. The video is the first pre-1990s song to reach 1 billion views on YouTube. “Bohemian Rhapsody” is generally recognized as the first-ever promotional music video. To celebrate the milestone, a newly remastered HD…
Piracy Is Not The Problem, Free YouTube and Spotify Are, says Music Industry Trade Group
With efforts to fight music piracy seen as largely successful, at least one music trade group executive is saying out loud what others in the industry have only dared whisper – the real problem keeping artists and labels from earning more from music isn’t stream-ripping, it is the free music…
Secrets For Digitally Advertising Around Your Next Tour
We have reached a point where artists can run digital advertising simultaneously across Facebook, Instagram, and even YouTube with relative ease, but with your budget likely already tight, making every dollar spent on digital advertising go as far as possible is paramount. Here we look at some secrets for getting…
Stream Rippers Easily Circumvent YouTube Blocking
Last week, YouTube successfully blocked several major stream-ripping sites, according to multiple reports. Now, most of them have found a way to circumvent the blockhead. Stream ripping is currently the number one source of music piracy globally. Here’s the update from TorrentFreak: "Mp3-youtube.download almost instantly announced that it was working…
The Magic Of Creating A When – Then Plan [VIDEO]
When it comes to the pursuit of your music career, it’s guaranteed that not all your plans will come together – but having a backup plan in place when failure inevitably hits can help keep you on the track to success. __________________________________ Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix We’ve…
Music ‘Trigger Cities’: Spotlight On Latin America
In this third part in a series exploring music "trigger cities", Jason Joven pf Chartmetric takes an in-depth look at Latin America’s music consumption stats to explore how listeners there are precipitating the exponential growth of Latin music’s global popularity. __________________________ Guest post by Jason Joven of Chartmetric Trigger Cities…
Slide Over Lil Nas, Blanco Brown Brings The Beats To Top The Country Charts [Don’t Miss The Video]
It didn’t take long for other hip-hop and R&B artists to join in on a party started by Lil Nas’ “Old Town Road.” Now Blanco Brown has hit the country charts with “The Git Down.” Lil Nas, with the help of Billy Ray Cyrus, reinterpreted what could be, and probably…
Black Keys Film Funny Or Die Musicians ‘MasterCourse’ [VIDEO]
“Every song on a record is trying to accomplish something,” Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys quips at the start of a new ‘MasterCourse filled for Funny Or Die. “That song, in particular, was trying to get me a new pool.” “It means a lot to be a drummer," says…
Badshah Breaks BTS YouTube Record Thanks To Google AdWords Reportedly Paid For By Sony Music
Indian rapper Badshah’s new music video ‘Paagal’ has broken the YouTube 24 hour debut record held by BTS with 75 million views, according to his label Sony Music. But the milestone appears to have come thanks, in large part, to a big Google AdWords spend from the label. Members to…