The Industry Observer Daily

UMG and EMPIRE enter into a strategic distribution agreement

Germany's award ceremony canceled because of anti-Semitism

Kendrick Lamar Announces 2018 Splendour In The Grass Sideshows

Decca Records will be recording and releasing The Royal Wedding

UMG announce recording deal with Kris Wu

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Live Nation Entertainment joins forces with Rhythm and Vines Festival

J Cole breaks both Apple Music and Spotify's day one streaming record in the US

Tencent Music Entertainment is  preparing for an IPO 

DMA's record gets another shout out from Liam Gallagher

Spotify partners with Live Nation to expand Who We Be Live

Gretta Ray is back with  new single yesterday with  'Time'.

Thousands gathered on Saturday to pay tribute to Avicii in Stockholm

Facebook has announced new licensing deals with independent companies such as Merlin

Eminem has celebrated 10 years of sobriety

Sony/ATV Nashville expands creative team

Kanye West criticised for his latest tweet

Beyonce takes to Coachella for performance #2.

ASCAP paid out over $1bn to members last year 

BMG is donating €100,000 to help tackle "a growing wave of anti-Semitism in Germany"

Festivals across the UK have committed to banning the use of plastic straws on-site this seasonReservoir announce the signing Young Thug (aka Jeffrey Williams) 

Alison Wonderland debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart

Kanye West is dropping two new albums in June.

Kelly Clarkson to host of the 2018 Billboard Music Awards

Def Jam A&R Noah Preston promoted to Senior Vice President

BBC Radio 1 is paying songwriters considerably less than it was five years ago

Boiler Room appoints Creative Director, Stephen Mai

Independent label has launched under the name of RT Industries

US Singer-songwriter Sasha Sloan signs with RCA in the US and Columbia in the UK

Chance the Rapper and Gwen Stefani meet via twitter

Cardi B shatters two of Guinness World Records titles.

Deezer has made its SongCatcher feature available for Android users today

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed a global sub-publishing agreement with Abiah

Downtown Music Publishing has hired Bruce Lampcov

The nominees for the 2018 Billboard Music Awards have been revealed

Melbourne's music scene is set to receive another major boost

Beyonce's Coachella Set Is the Most-Viewed Performance on YouTube Live Stream

Harry Styles thanked his support act with a pie in the face.

Gabrielle Cawthorne moves to Ed Sheeran's management company Grumpy Old Management

Cassandra Gracey has joined Sony Music UK

Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize

Billboards Social 50 chart  dominated by K-pop artists 

Kanye West has started tweeting again.

Beyonce's Coachella performances hailed best performance ever

Cardi B's debut album passes 100 million Apple Music streams worldwide in its first week

Taylor Swift releases 2 new tracks for Spotify Singles

Bon Jovi, Nina Simone, Moody Blues inducted Into Hall of FameCommonwealth games closing ceremony receive bad reviewsPink ads new dates to australian tour.

Florence and The Machine release new track 'Sky Full of Song'

Spotify has acquired another music tech business

US publisher Reach Music has resigned Ice T

European managers alliance has launched under the name (EMMA)Sticky Fingers give first interview since returning from hiatus.

Mariah Carey reveals she has bipolar disorder

Oliver Schusser  named head of Apple Music worldwide

Music Support launches specialist training program in the UK to help people qualify as Recovery Specialists

Spotify launches bundle with TV-on-demand service Hulu

Man confesses to robbing a bank in order to impress Taylor Swift

Amy Shark releases new single 'I said Hi'.