1. Marc Anthony, Romeo Santos, Roberto Tapia, More to Perform at Billboard Latin Music Awards

    April 04, 2013 5:00 PM EDT 3 4 16 0 0 The Billboard Latin Music Awards, presented by State Farm, will feature performances by some of music's leading names including singer/songwriter Marc Anthony, bachata star Romeo Santos, regional Mexican crooner Roberto Tapia, reggaeton ar ...

  2. Spotify Staffing Up For Launches in Asia, Latin America

    April 03, 2013 4:15 PM EDT Spotify has yet to launch in an Asia or Latin America market but is hiring the staff required to operate in two markets in each regions. The company currently has job openings posted at its website for numerous positions in Hong Kong, Singapore, ...

  3. Rdio Launches Vdio, New TV and Film Marketplace (Updated)

    April 03, 2013 2:07 PM EDT On-demand music subscription service Rdio announced the launch on Wednesday of Vdio, a video service that streams movies and TV shows. Vdio (pronounced vee-dee-oh) becomes the first video service offered by a standalone company that also offers ...

  4. The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be…Naked’ Finally Arrives on iTunes

    April 03, 2013 3:03 AM EDT The Beatles’ stripped-back, Phil Spector-free version of “Let It Be” has finally made its debut on the iTunes store -– a decade after its physical release. The 11-track “Let It Be…Naked” album arrived today on Apple’s digital music service carry ...

  5. Younger Listeners Ditching AM/FM For Internet Radio (Study)

    April 02, 2013 8:55 PM EDT Internet radio and streaming services accounted for nearly four out of 10 minutes heard by young listeners in the fourth quarter, according to new figures released by the NPD Group.   Internet radio services like Pandora and iHeartRadio accounte ...

  6. Ticketfly Execs Talk Canadian Growth, Future Expansion

    April 02, 2013 1:27 PM EDT Ticketfly Canada has now landed two-dozen promoters and venues since January when the San Francisco-based ticket company launched in Canada and says others will follow suit when their existing contracts expire. “We are tracking to sell $8 millio ...

  7. Why We Took the Piracy Debate to a Times Square Billboard: Guest Column by Ghost Beach

    April 02, 2013 8:30 AM EDT The New York-based “tropical grit pop” duo Ghost Beach was recently selected as the latest band to have its music featured in an online commercial for American Eagle Outfitters -- and that deal brought the group the opportunity to also be featur ...

  8. Bertelsmann Finalizes BMG Buyout

    April 02, 2013 6:58 AM EDT Bertelsmann now has sole ownership of BMG. The antitrust offices in the U.S., Germany, Austria and Ireland have now given the green-light for Bertelsmann’s takeover of BMG shares previously held by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR). “Withi ...

  9. Court Rules Against ReDigi Efforts to Resell Digital Music

    April 01, 2013 6:30 PM EDT Capitol Records has won a victory in U.S. District Court against ReDigi Inc., a company that sought to build a marketplace for consumers to sell their “used” digital songs. Many in the music and movie business have watched the case closely, as t ...

  10. Business Matters: Reports of the CD's Death Were Greatly Exaggerated

    April 01, 2013 3:18 PM EDT 5 24 28 7 0 Even though CD revenues have fallen sharply over the last ten years, most predictions about the format have been wrong. The CD's decline, while painful to companies, has been far more gradual than precipitous. Over the last four years, CD ...

  11. Billboard, Chevrolet to Present First-Ever Milestone Award at 2013 Billboard Music Awards

    April 01, 2013 2:19 PM EDT Billboard and Chevrolet are teaming up to celebrate the ingenuity of this year's hitmakers with the new Milestone Award at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, May 19. Fans can vote for their favorite Milestone artist online and enter ...

  12. The 'First Sale Doctrine' and Its Impact on the Music Biz, Guest Post by John Villasenor

    April 01, 2013 11:40 AM EDT On March 19, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons , a landmark copyright case examining the reach of the “first sale” doctrine. Under that doctrine, the owner of a copy of a work that was “lawfully made” in ...

  13. Justin Timberlake's '20/20' Swarms On-Demand Chart With 8.6 Million Streams

    March 29, 2013 5:39 PM EDT Just as Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience had an immense opening week sales-wise, selling 968,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan and subsequently debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the album had a major week on audio on-d ...

  14. Charles Caldas, Merlin CEO, Talks Market Complexities, UMG's 'Hubris' (Q&A)

    March 29, 2013 11:01 AM EDT Charles Caldas, CEO of Merlin, the global digital-rights champion for indie labels, received the prestigious IMPALA Outstanding Contribution Award this week, in recognition of his relentless work chasing royalties due to indie companies and arti ...

  15. Robert Zildjian, Founder of Sabian Cymbal Company, Dies at 89

    March 29, 2013 4:33 AM EDT Robert "RZ" Zildjian, founder of the Sabian Inc. musical cymbal manufacturing company, has died. He was 89. Sabian announced Zildjian's death on its website Thursday. The firm was closed until Monday and the company announcement h ...

  16. Paul Williams, Crawdaddy Founder, 'Godfather of Rock Criticism' Dead at 64

    March 28, 2013 3:58 PM EDT 1 596 81 0 0 Paul Williams, the writer and editor who helped create what we now know as rock journalism with Crawdaddy!, a magazine he founded in 1966, died last night at the age of 64 from complications related to a 1995 bike accident. Williams began pub ...

  17. Business Matters: Spotify, Deezer Inactive Accounts Are Just Part of Doing Business

    March 28, 2013 2:57 PM EDT 6 7 40 0 0 When you hand out free accounts to a digital service -- especially in the age of Facebook Connect -- you're likely to find most people just aren't that into you. That's what Spotify and Deezer have found, notes music industry ana ...

  18. International Music Summit Announces Inaugural U.S Event With Russell Simmons, Troy Carter, Skrillex, More

    March 28, 2013 12:00 PM EDT After six years spent in Ibiza -- hosting wide-ranging conversations with the likes of David Lynch, Giorgio Morode and others --  the International Music Summit is set to debut to America. IMS Engage, to be held April 17 at the W Hotel in Los An ...

  19. Backbeat: Prince Royce, Horacio Palencia, UMPG Celebrate Wins at BMI's Latin Awards in Vegas

    March 28, 2013 10:38 AM EDT Talk of new albums and new deals swirled during the BMI 20th annual Latin music Awards, held March 21 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. From left: Phil Graham, BMI SVP, writer/publisher relations; songwriter of the year winner Horacio Palencia; Mich ...

  20. Charles Caldas, CEO of Merlin, Receives IMPALA's ‘Outstanding Contribution’ Award

    March 28, 2013 9:42 AM EDT Charles Caldas, the founder and CEO of the independents’ digital rights agency Merlin, has received the IMPALA outstanding contribution award. The Australian-born, London-based exec established Merlin back in 2007, creating what was described at ...

  21. Rolling Stones to Headline Glastonbury 2013

    March 27, 2013 6:30 PM EDT The Rolling Stones will be taking the stage again this summer at one of Britain's leading music festivals. The Stones' appearance at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival - set to take place from June 28 to June 30 - was revealed Wednesday in ...

  22. Rock Producer Bob Ezrin Talks About the Importance of Canada's Arts Scene During Canadian Music Week Keynote

    March 27, 2013 3:46 PM EDT 48 13 0 0 Bob Ezrin's keynote conversation with interviewer Ralph Simon of ASCAP was filled with interesting tidbits about the late Jack Richardson, like giving "the kid" the little-known band Alice Cooper to produce in 1970, to his curre ...

  23. Australia’s New Arts Minister Meets With Music Industry

    March 27, 2013 3:02 AM EDT Australia’s new Federal Art Minister has moved quickly to assuage concerns that the “Creative Australia” scheme would disappear – in the same way his predecessor did. Tony Burke, the country’s new arts minister, will meet with an industry delega ...

  24. Business Matters: Streaming, Subscriptions Rising, But Total Recorded-Music Revenues Down 1% in 2012: RIAA Report

    March 26, 2013 6:05 PM EDT 12 0 0 Subscription and streaming services experienced tremendous growth and accounted for 15% of record business revenue in 2012, according to RIAA statistics released Tuesday. That expansion helped digital revenue surge to 59% of total recorded musi ...

  25. Artists Carla Morrison, Olga Tañon, America Sierra and Kany Garcia Set for 'Latin’s Leading Ladies' Panel at 2013 Billboard Latin Music Conference

    March 26, 2013 5:35 PM EDT 1 31 47 0 0 2012 Latin Grammy revelation Carla Morrison, tropical superstar Olga Tañon, Regional Mexican composer and 3Ball MTY vocalist America Sierra, and Puerto Rican pop singer/songwriter Kany Garcia will represent the current strength of Latin music’ ...

  26. YouTube 'Glitch' Removed K-Pop Videos Distributed by UMG

    March 25, 2013 7:29 PM EDT 7 0 0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false YouTube accidentally took down dozens of K-Pop music videos distributed by Universal Music Group Saturday evening, triggering fan outrage and online flash campaigns to restore the flicks. K-Pop Fans Rais ...

  27. Karen Bliss, Billboard Canada Correspondent, Wins Music Journalist/Blogger Award

    March 25, 2013 1:13 PM EDT 2 5 11 0 0 Karen Bliss, Billboard's Canada correspondent, won the Music Journalist/Blogger of the Year at the 32nd edition of the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards last week during Canadian Music Week. The awards are considered Canada� ...

  28. NARM Announces First-Ever Music Industry Metadata Summit

    March 25, 2013 12:00 PM EDT The National Association of Recording Merchandisers and digitalmusic.org have announced its first-ever Music Industry Metadata Summit, which will be held in Los Angeles, May 6th and 7th, and is part of NARM's Music Biz 2013 conference. The ...

  29. SiriusXM Indie Awards: Japandroids, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Metric Win Big During Canadian Music Week

    March 25, 2013 10:32 AM EDT Canada’s SirusXM Indie Awards, held each year in Toronto as part of Canadian Music Week, honoured some rather big names Friday night (March 22) -- for an awards ceremony that strictly honors independent artists -- including Taylor Swift, Carly R ...

  30. K-Pop Fans Raise Hell After Popular Videos Get Blocked on YouTube

    March 24, 2013 6:10 PM EDT 1 0 23 0 0 What do K-pop fans and the state of Texas have in common? Answer: It's never a good idea to mess with either. Early Sunday morning (March 24), it appeared videos by K-pop entertainment agency, Cube Entertainment, were being blocked for int ...

  31. Five Questions at Ultra: Pete Tong on the Evolving 'EDM' Scene

    March 24, 2013 3:35 PM EDT 7 31 0 0 Billboard caught up with BBC host and international dance music icon Pete Tong at his annual pool party at the Surfcomber during Miami Music Week. The always astute veteran offered a peek into the strategy behind Evolution, his new terrestrial ...

  32. My Chemical Romance Break Up: 'Time For It To End'

    March 23, 2013 12:33 PM EDT 1 1.488 k 76 5 0 My Chemical Romance has called it quits, the rock act announced on its website on Friday. The long-running group had been together for over a decade, releasing four studio albums. "Being in this band for the past 12 years has been a ...

  33. Business Matters: Digital Piracy Study Conflicts with Two Papers it Cites

    March 22, 2013 8:41 PM EDT A report on music piracy by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre has ruffled some feathers in the music business. "Digital Music Consumption on the Internet: Evidence from Clickstream Data” also mischaracterizes the conclusi ...

  34. Exclusive: Muve Music Partners with TIM in Brazil

    March 22, 2013 5:07 PM EDT Muve Music, the subscription music service of Cricket Wireless, has expanded to South America's largest market and its first outside of the U.S., Brazil. A Muve Music spokesperson confirmed to Billboard the company has partnered with TIM, o ...

  35. Bebo Valdés, Iconic Cuban Pianist, Dead at 94

    March 22, 2013 4:59 PM EDT Bebo Valdés was a big man whose music revealed a huge heart. The gentle giant of Cuban music, who died Friday (March 22) at age 94, was one of the founders of Latin jazz, and a pioneer in bringing Afro-Cuban sacred rhythms to popular dance music ...

  36. Elton John Tops Hot Tours as 40th Anniversary Outing Hits Brazil

    March 22, 2013 4:43 PM EDT Elton John lands at No. 1 on the weekly Hot Tours tally with box office totals reported from four dates in Brazil on his concert tour that launched last November in Australia.  The tour, dubbed 40th Anniversary of the Rocket Man Tour, celebrates ...

  37. Big Deal Signs Up With BMG

    March 22, 2013 2:14 PM EDT Big Deal Music brings together veteran industry executives in a new music publishing firm, which has just cut an administration deal with BMG for North America and parts of Europe. The company brings under one roof Chrysalis Music colleagues Ken ...

  38. Die Toten Hosen Dominate Germany's Echo Awards

    March 22, 2013 6:09 AM EDT Veteran hard rock band Die Toten Hosen turned back to the clock to win four trophies at the German recording industry’s 22nd annual Echo Awards, held Thursday in Berlin. On a night when heritage acts dominated, Die Toten Hosen’s big night includ ...

  39. Banda El Recodo, Publishers Honored At BMI Latin Awards In Las Vegas

    March 22, 2013 4:27 AM EDT Regional Mexican group Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga received the Icon Award at the 20th annual BMI Latin Music Awards, held March 21 at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. The band was honored along with songwriters and publishers of Latin mus ...

  40. Australia’s Arts Minister Simon Crean Out, ‘Creative Australia’ Faces Unknown Fate

    March 22, 2013 2:50 AM EDT Australia is without an arts minister less than two weeks after the incumbent Simon Crean presented the country’s first cultural policy in nearly 20 years. In an eventful day for Australian politics, Crean was dismissed on Thursday after he unsu ...

  41. Ultra Music Festival and Miami Music Week: All of Our Coverage

    March 21, 2013 7:17 PM EDT 1 3 10 0 0 Five Questions at Ultra: Carl Craig on Trap Music, Planet E Records Ultra Music Social Scoop: On the Ground in Miami #ULTRAGRAMS: Miami via Instagram Backbeat: Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello Kicks Off Brand Partnerships, Solo Career D ...

  42. Business Matters: Track Sales Down 2% in 2013, Not the First Deficit of the Digital Age

    March 21, 2013 6:54 PM EDT Track sales are down 2% through March 15, according to Nielsen SoundScan, suggesting the product has reached a mature stage as consumers are changing their behaviors. Digital albums are still growing, however, although their 9% year-over-year gr ...

  43. #Ultragram: Your Photos from Ultra's First Weekend, Miami Music Week -- Keep 'Em Coming!

    March 21, 2013 6:36 PM EDT 2 20 0 0 HEAD HERE TO SEE ALL OUR INSTAGRAM GALLERIES Our new audience-generated Instagram gallery is getting a gang of great photos from Ultra Music Festival -- which resumes this weekend after last weekend's kickoff -- and Miami Music Week, which ...

  44. Five Questions with Drew 'Rukes' Ressler, EDM's Favorite Photographer, During Miami Music Week (Q&A)

    March 21, 2013 6:21 PM EDT Drew "Rukes" Ressler has become one of the most well-known, prominent nightlife photographers to grace the dance music scene in the last decade. He's taken photos for nearly every major DJ around the world, as well as for many of ...

  45. Eagle Rock Entertainment Drops List and Wholesale Prices In Bid to Drive Sales Volume

    March 21, 2013 5:30 PM EDT Eagle Rock Entertainment, a leading music video label, is lowering prices in an attempt to get more shelf space and boost sales. On April 1, the company will lower its list price from $14.98 to $9.98 and bring wholesale down from $9.51 to $7.25. ...

  46. Carly Rae Jepsen, Tegan & Sara, The Weeknd Win at Canadian Radio Music Awards

    March 21, 2013 3:15 PM EDT Canadian artists The Weeknd, Tegan & Sara, Carly Rae Jepsen and international acts fun. and Rihanna were among the winners last night (March 20) at the first of four awards shows held during Canadian Music Week 2013 (March 19-24). Sponsored ...

  47. Backbeat: Junior Sanchez, Windish, CAA, More at Red Light's A-List Ultra Party

    March 21, 2013 1:09 PM EDT Red Light Management’s Electronic Division made its courtship of electronic dance music official during Miami Music Week last night, with a networking party on the palatial grounds of Shore Club’s garden and pool area. Junior Sanchez (Ian Witlen ...

  48. Major Label Backed Songl Service Launches In Australia

    March 21, 2013 2:45 AM EDT Australia has another major player in the streaming music space in Songl -- a service jointly-owned by the local affiliates of Universal Music, Sony Music and the radio network Southern Cross Austereo. Songl’s “premium” tier is priced at Austral ...

  49. SFX Purchases 75% Stake in ID&T, Announce U.S. Edition of Tomorrowland at Ultra

    March 21, 2013 1:00 AM EDT SFX and ID&T have taken the next step in their partnership, with SFX acquiring 75% of the Dutch promoter and the companies announcing the first U.S. edition of Tomorrowland, ID&T's flagship event held annually in Belgium (July 26-28 ...

  50. Rumblefish Acquires Administration Startup Catalogik

    March 20, 2013 5:14 PM EDT Rumblefish -- the consumer-oriented music licensing company that, through its Friendly Music service, lets YouTube users legally incorporate Rumblefish's wide catalog of music in their videos -- has acquired Catalogik, a music licensing and ...

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