It wasn’t a rumor: according to details confirmed this morning by CNBC, Spotify has now successfully raised a Series E of approximately $350 million.  The round, led by Goldman Sachs, pushes Spotify’s total funding close to $900 million, and values the company north of $8 billion….

Vance Joy’s “Riptide” has bagged another major award — the 2014 International Songwriting Competition….

Ben E. King, legendary soul singer both as a member of iconic doo-wop group the Drifters and in his own solo career, has died. The Telegraph reports a publicist confirmation that King died of natural causes on Thursday. He was 76….

Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!” — the Bruno Mars featuring hit that recently topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks — originally had six songwriters. On April 28, it officially picked up another five….