The global recorded music market grew by 7.4% in 2020, the sixth consecutive year of growth, according to IFPI.
Figures released today in IFPI’s Global Music Report show total ...
Universal Music Group (UMG) has unveiled an expansion of its leadership team in Sub-Saharan Africa, with three new appointments.
A press release underlined UMG’s commitment to supporting the growth of ...
Taponeswa Mavunga has been appointed director of Africa at Sony Music UK.
The newly created position will expand and strengthen the company’s scope within African music. She will report directly ...
Apple Music has launched Africa Rising, a project aimed at showcasing emerging African music.
Nigerian-born artist Omah Lay has been unveiled as the debut cover star for the project, which ...
IFPI has opened its first regional office in Sub-Saharan (S-SA) Africa.
Based in Nairobi, the office will be headed by the newly appointed regional director Angela Ndambuki, who will work ...
Warner Music Group (WMG) is investing in African digital music distribution, music rights management and artist development company Africori.
The deal gives Warner Music’s ADA division access to Africa’s largest ...
Merlin has signed a deal with Boomplay, Africa’s biggest and fastest-growing music service.
The move comes as the region is tipped to experience a streaming boom.
The Composers, Authors and Publishers Association (CAPASSO) has hailed the early success of the formation of the region’s pan-African licensing hub.
The South African society spearheaded the formation of the ...
The music biz finally came back to work this week after a long hot summer of Music Week bothering executives for interviews on their private beach/superyacht/camping holiday in Bognor.
Travel ...
Universal Music Group (UMG) has announced an exclusive global recording agreement with one of Africa’s biggest stars, Nigerian singer/songwriter Tiwa Savage.
Under the agreement, Savage's future music will be released internationally ...
