Beyonce & Jay-Z, Eddie Vedder, Ed Sheeran Lead Global Citizen’s Mandela 100 Fest

Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Pharrell Williams, Femi Kuti and more also slated for Johannesburg, South Africa concert celebrating centennial of Nelson Mandela’s birth

Did record labels already lose the fight to ‘window’ album releases?

Why Jay Z and Beyoncé’s latest move didn’t make industry ripples like it once might have
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As Artists Pull Their Music from the Service, TIDAL Faces Criminal Complaint Over Fake Streams

TIDAL remains suspiciously silent as the fallout over fake plays on Jay-Z’s streaming music platform continues to grow. Norwegian songwriters, composers, and music publishers have filed a complaint against Jay-Z’s streaming music service, T…

Latest Industry: RIAA, Elon Musk, Morgan Evans, BTS, Sony/ATV, TIDAL, Vertigo, Recording Academy, More…

Streaming music services pay Grimes way too little, says Elon Musk. Following the confirmation of his relationship with Canadian pop star Grimes, Elon Musk has blasted the “crazy low payout” artists receive from streaming music services.&#1…