News Barry Weiss’s RECORDS promotes Andrew Saltman to SVP of Artist Development, Sara Gil to General Manager The pair will lead label operations across RECORDS and its country imprint RECORDS Nashville
News Meet 2026’s first breakout band, according to Luminate – a masked math rock duo called Angine de Poitrine, with weekly global on-demand streams up from under 2k to 11.2m in a single year Band went viral after a KEXP performance that has since accumulated more than 14m YouTube views.
News From Sony Music Publishing’s $4 billion catalog deal to Live Nation’s ‘blue dot fever’ rebuttal… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
Interviews ‘The next global genre will likely start in someone’s bedroom – and that bedroom might be in Lagos, Mumbai or São Paulo.’ MBW's Trailblazers series meets Constantin Koehncke, CEO of Image-Line, the Belgian company behind FL Studio
News Russ honored with NMPA Gold & Platinum Recognition celebrating 26 certified songs The plaque was presented by NMPA President & CEO David Israelite alongside Omar Grant, Senior Director of Creative at Sony Music Publishing
News T.J. Martell Foundation to honor Red Light Management founder Coran Capshaw with Lifetime Music Industry Award Capshaw has built Red Light into what the company says is the world's largest independent artist management firm, with a roster that includes Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Chris Stapleton, and The Strokes.
News Managers of Grammy winners Justice and Gesaffelstein back music biz masters targeting emerging markets The program's strategic advisory board includes several senior executives from the French music business
News Taylor Swift’s 1989 and Beyoncé’s Single Ladies among 25 recordings inducted into Library of Congress National Recording Registry Other inductees include The Go-Go's' debut album Beauty and the Beat, Weezer's self-titled Blue Album, Chaka Khan's I Feel for You and others
Analysis Will this BTS tide finally lift all K-Pop boats? The following op/ed comes from author and music economist Will Page, and Jeongbeom ‘JB’ Kim, Chief Data Officer at the Korean-based KreatorsNetwork
News TikTok now lets US users book hotels and attractions in-app with ‘TikTok GO’ TikTok has partnered with Booking.com, Expedia, Viator, Tiqets, Trip.com and GetYourGuide to launch TikTok GO.
News Netflix, AEG Presents team up to launch ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ global concert tour Amy Reinhard, Netflix’s president of ad sales, said the tour is planned for next year.
News Coca-Cola denies Johnny Cash ‘sound-alike’ claim, disputes infringement in estate lawsuit The company acknowledged that the ad contained “a male singing voice," but denied that it was a "sound-alike singer."
News Music Business Worldwide Taps Bill Werde for New Column Series Werde will bring his distinct perspective to Music Business Worldwide’s editorial lineup with regular U.S.-based commentary
News After KATSEYE, HYBE and Geffen unveil second global girl group, SAINT SATINE Three former The Debut: Dream Academy contestants – EMILY, LEXIE, and SAMARA – had previously been confirmed as members of the group.
News Sony Music Publishing wins Pop Publisher of the Year at 2026 BMI Awards… as Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Luther’ takes Song of the Year SMP landed the title for representing 24 of the previous year's most-performed songs.
Analysis News Listeners engage less deeply with music labeled as AI – even when it’s actually human-made, academic study finds The Wu and Holmes paper was based on two preregistered studies involving 399 US participants
Analysis Tencent Music investors see ByteDance’s Soda as a major threat. What is it, and why are they so worried? MBW explains why Soda Music has become such a preoccupation for TME's shareholders.
News BMG acquires publishing interests in catalog of Jet, the band behind ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’, expanding on 2023 recordings deal Jet released three studio albums and have sold more than 6.5 million records worldwide