Spotify has taken an important step ahead of its competition today by signing a deal with Volvo. The deal calls for Spotify to be integrated into the car company’s Sensus Connected Touch System, which is available for all models except for the XC90. Through this digital dashboard, users would be able to control Spotify using…
Spotify’s top streamed and viral music this week: Imagine Dragons, Selena Gomez
The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, April 8, to Sunday, April 14: UNITED STATES 1. Imagine Dragons, “Radioactive” (Interscope Records) 2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, “Can’t Hold Us” (Macklemore) 3. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz, “Thrift Shop” (Macklemore) 4. Justin Timberlake, “Mirrors” (RCA Records) 5….
The Hives Ordered by Swedish Court to Pay Almost $3 Million to the Cardigans
The Hives have been ordered by a Swedish court to pay 18.5 million Swedish kronor (about $2.9 million) to the Cardigans, the BBC reports. — money they borrowed somewhat unknowingly and unofficially. The dispute can be traced back to Tambourine Studios, a Swedish recording studio that’s managed both bands’ finances and “routinely shuffled money between the…
Ticketmaster Names Chris Edmonds UK Chairman, EVP of Int’l Strategic Partnerships
Ticketmaster has promoted longtime U.K. managing director Chris Edmonds to chairman of Ticketmaster UK and EVP of international strategic partnerships, it was announced today. As Music Week explained, Edmonds has spent the last eight years with Ticketmaster, guiding the company through its merger with Live Nation and overseeing its handling of the London Olympics. “As…
Paramore Earn First No. 1 Album On Billboard 200
Rock band Paramore nabs its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 this week, beating out Brad Paisley, who debuts at No. 2. The former’s self-titled set starts with 106,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan, while Paisley’s Wheelhouse launches with 100,000. For Paramore, it’s the trio’s first album since 2009’s Brand New Eyes, which debuted…
Pandora Hurts the Songwriters and Artists It Claims to Help: Guest Post by Lee Thomas Miller
Songwriter and artist royalties from streaming services, particularly Pandora and Spotify, has been one of the hot-button issues in the music business for the past couple of years. Here, Lee Thomas Miller, songwriter and President of the Nashville Songwriters Association International, responds to an op-ed by Pandora founder Tim Westergren that was posted in Billboard.biz…
Jamie N Commons & Vampire Weekend added to Bilbao BBK Live 2013
Jamie N Commons has been confirmed as the latest act added to this year’s Bilbao BBK Live. The music event will take place just outside the city of Bilbao in Spain over the weekend July 11 to 13 when it returns this summer. Vampire Weekend, White Denim and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros…
Pi L Squared Synth – No Other Synth ‘Has More Aliasing & Quantization Noise’
At Musikmesse 2013, Ploytec introduced the Pi L Squared synth – a cheap, tiny MIDI powered synth. According to the company, ‘no other synth on the market has more aliasing and quantization noise!” Features: Duophonic MIDI powered Analog square wave oscillators Digital & analog filter The Pi L Squared is expected to ship later this…
Mike Caren Discusses his Role as President of A&R for Warner Music Group
As President of A&R for all of Warner Music Group, Mike Caren has a lot of responsibility on his hands. But, what are those responsibilities? What does the President of A&R do? Does he operate as an A&R as well, or is he more tied to managing his A&R executives? Mike answers these questions in…
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