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As earlier reported, Adele’s 25 album makes a truly historic debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The set — released on Nov. 20 through XL/Columbia Records — earned 3.48 million equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 26, according to Nielsen Music. Of that figure, 3.38 million were in pure album sales ­– the single largest sales week for an album since…

Germany’s Federal Court of Justice has upheld a legal ruling that effectively obliges Internet service providers to block access to copyright infringing websites in instances where the site’s operators and hosts are unidentifiable….

Music is getting its own event at the  highly regarded global advertising and branding gathering, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The well-regarded annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced that it is adding a new, two-day segment focusing on music and entertainment….

One of the unintended consequences of setting Friday as the industry’s Global Release Day that I haven’t seen reported in the trades or heard mentioned in conversations I’ve had with label executives is that it subtracted one of the key release weeks of the year from the territory that generates the most revenue: Thanksgiving week…

As the buzz for Rihanna‘s eighth studio album ANTI continues to grow, the latest rumors indicate the album could arrive this Friday, Nov. 27, with a one-week exclusive on Tidal before going wide to other distributors. And if that’s the case, the Roc Nation singer can expect lower than usual first week streams….

Fans of Adele can’t here her new blockbuster release 25 on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and the world’s other on-demand music services.  But they can hear it on Pandora….

Music videos are more important than ever when it comes to introducing your band to the world! The low cost of creating serviceable visual content (music videos, vlogs, etc.) paired with the popularity of streaming platforms (YouTube, Vevo, Facebook) has not only made videos accessible to every level of artist, but a vital part of…

The following is an abridged version of a speech given by Geoff Taylor (pictured), CEO of the UK’s BPI, at the Music Futures conference in Newcastle earlier this month. I started thinking about this speech a few weeks ago, on Back to the Future Day – when social media went crazy celebrating October 21st 2015,…

MBW has been tracking the US sales numbers of Adele’s 25 very closely this week. As we reported yesterday, 25 overtook the all-time sales record of NSYNC’s No Strings Attached on Monday (November 23), after just four days on sale….

Major and independent labels will be paid the same statutory webcasting rates over the next five years. The possibility that different types of labels could be paid different royalties was put to rest by an opinion released Tuesday by the Register of Copyrights regarding Webcasting IV, the rate-setting procedure that will establish the royalties non-interactive…