Music Business News: Egypt

Sony has also signed what it calls a 'forward-looking multi-album deal' with the artist

Companies will jointly work on local talent discovery, development, music production, marketing and promo, live events, and brand partnerships

Charts aim to provide official rankings of the top streaming tracks in countries across the MENA region

Deals include catalog acquisition of content production and distribution company RE Media, and the catalog of Egyptian rap duo El Sawareekh

Craft Media was founded by prominent Arabic producer Hamdy Badr

Reservoir and PopArabia have also signed Egyptian rapper and singer Mohamed Ramadan to a worldwide publishing deal

Qanawat Music operates as a music distributor across the Middle East and North Africa

Los Angeles-based publisher is focused on music from the MENA region