Rock‘n’roll had never seen anything like Bat Out Of Hell. Scrap that, the music business had never seen anything like it.
Nor has it seen anything like it since. In ...
Following its use in Virgin Active’s first global marketing campaign at the beginning of the year, Tiggs Da Author’s Fragile has now been picked up by Asda.
First aired last ...
Arcade Fire have signed to Columbia Records for the UK and US.
The two-album deal, first reported by Variety, ends the band’s lengthy association with Universal, which released the Canadian ...
Sony Music US Latin has teamed up with the location-based experiences platform Landmrk for the launch of Shakira’s eleventh album El Dorado.
It follows 2014’s Shakira (38,975 sales, according to ...
Epic Records chairman Antonio "L.A." Reid has made an unexpected departure from Sony Music after six years with the company.
Circumstances surrounding Reid’s sudden exit, which was reported by Variety, ...
Advertising agency Rupture, which also houses a new music label and a network of record stores, has announced details of new distribution deals with Sony and The Orchard.
Sony Music ...
1. A&R IS CHANGINGMaybe it’s the streaming effect, maybe it’s the industry finally getting to grips with differing economics, maybe it’s the complete and utter lack of breakthrough acts ...
Major label executives have warned there will be “bumps in the road” ahead, despite the global recorded music market growing by 5.9% to £12.16 billion last year.
The rise compares ...
Sony Music exec Dennis Kooker has predicted 2016 will be seen as a “tipping point” for the industry after it emerged the global recorded music market grew 5.9% to £15.7 ...
Sony Music Entertainment has appointed Tom Mackay as president, Sony Music Film and Television A&R.
Mackay (pictured) joins Sony Music from Republic Records where he most recently served ...
