Grammy Award winning producer/songwriter, James “Big Jim” Wright dies Condolences to the family, friends and fans of Grammy Award winning producer, composer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and singer, James “Big Jim” Wright. Big Jim was found dead in his Rockford, Illinois home.... Read More...
Island Records names LaTrice Burnette EVP and GM Island Records has named LaTrice Burnette Executive Vice President and General Manager. Burnette transitions to the Island Records family after eight years at Epic Records, most recently as Senior Vice Presiden... Read More...
Peabo Bryson “All She Wants To Do Is Me” Peabo Bryson "All She Wants To Do Is Me" The follow-up to his Top 3 R&B Hit "Love Like Yours And Mine" Peabo Bryson "All She Wants To Do Is Me" Debuts at #25* Bullet Mediabase! Impacting R&B Ra... Read More...
Countdown to Living Legends Foundation Awards Gala Grammy Award-nominated recording artist Kenny Lattimore is set to perform at The Living Legends Foundation’s 27th-anniversary celebration, and the 22nd Annual Living Legends Awards Gala on Friday, October 5, 20... Read More...
Sirius XM acquires Pandora in $3.5 Billion deal Sirius XM Holdings has acquired Pandora in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.5bn. The deal brings together SiriusXM's base of over 36m subscribers across North America and 23m annual trial ... Read More...
Spotify’s direct distribution deals: What do artists get paid? Spotify got the entire music business talking last week with the news that it has started offering artists the opportunity to directly distribute their material on the platform - without the requirement for a t... Read More...
H.E.R. “Could’ve Been” Ft. Bryson Tiller H.E.R. "Could've Been" Ft. Bryson Tiller New Music from H.E.R. "Could've Been" Ft. Bryson Tiller Impacting Urban Mainstream Radio Now! ... Read More...
The Business of Music Conference Honors Top Music Executives Music Industry Quarterly and Urban Network Digital’s The Business of Music Conference honored an elite group of industry professionals to recognize their achievements in the music and entertainment at Lynn Jete... Read More...
Long Beach’s Legendary World Famous VIP Records Launches a Center for the Streets For 40 years, the World Famous VIP Records and Tapes was central Long Beach’s cornerstone. Not only was it the mecca of G-funk, but it also provided a cool place to pass the time while shielded from the ills of... Read More...
Spotify to Allow Indie Artists to Upload Music Directly to Service, Bypassing Distributors Beginning today (Sept. 20), Spotify will begin allowing a select group of independent artists the ability to upload their music directly onto the streaming platform through their Spotify For Artists account, th... Read More...
