[Power 105]

If you’ve ever played guitar, you’ve probably seen a pack of Ernie Ball guitar strings. Wrapped in psychedelic packaging, Ernie Ball strings are often the first products to catch your eye when you approach the counter at a guitar shop—be it a mom-and-pop store or a regional chain; Ernie Ball has consistently made some of…

Music Matters, arguably the most influential music conference in Asia, and its performance wing Music Matters Live celebrated their tenth editions in Singapore last week, from May 20-23 at and around the Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Hotel in Singapore….

With the music business trade fair MIDEM set to draw more than 6,000 attendees from 70-plus countries to Cannes from June 5 to 8, an annual industry report finds that 67 percent of the world’s music is still sold outside the United States….

Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas and manager Phil McIntyre have partnered with Island Records in a new joint venture….

Do major labels really still dedicate a huge chunk of revenue to A&R? We all recognise that the record industry’s income has withered over the past decade, but what has that done to the amount of cash its biggest players can invest in signing and developing artists? MBW has crunched Warner Music Group’s historical financial…

Two B.B. King heirs who’ve been most outspoken about the blues legend’s care in his final days are accusing King’s two closest aides of poisoning him….

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The public launch of YouTube’s subscription streaming service, Music Key,  has been delayed until mid-September….

On the latest Billboard 200 chart (dated May 9), the Pitch Perfect 2 soundtrack hit a high note, debuting at No. 1 with 108,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending May 17, according to Nielsen Music. Rock band Incubus also launched in the top 10, scoring their sixth top 10 effort with the…