Taylor Swift Moves to Universal Music Publishing Group with New Pact

Some music companies’ stock prices took a hit Monday (Feb. 24) as markets around the world fell sharply on fears the coronavirus is not contained and will leave a large impact on economies around the world.

Kobalt Music Group founder and chairman Willard Ahdritz has been tapped to receive the Music Business Association’s Innovator Award at the upcoming Music Biz Awards Dinner.

JoJo has announced her first headlining tour in three years, set to make more than 20 stops in North America. The Good To Know Tour will then head to the U.K. and Europe in the fall.

David Stouck has been named regional director, A&R at Warner Music Asia, the company was announced Friday (Feb. 21). In his new role, he will oversee A&R operations in 10 markets: China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.  

Reba McEntire announced the return to her original label home, Universal Music Group Nashville, on Thursday afternoon (Feb. 20) during a surprise performance at the 11th annual Team UMG at the Ryman event at Country Radio Seminar 2020.After nearly two hours of performances from the UMG roster, Executive VP of Radio Promotion Royce Risser shared the official news of the label’s latest signing.

Country superstar Luke Combs has added new dates to his schedule. The newly-announced dates for his What You See is What You Get Tour include a headline debut at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The tour is in support of Comb’s recent album What You See Is What You Get, which was

Miranda Lambert took a break from her Wildcard Tour to serve as a speaker during Country Radio Seminar 2020, a three-day conference in Nashville where thousands of country radio professionals meet each year to discuss the trends within the genre and celebrate new and veteran country artists.

In one her final performances, Madea was moved with a little country music.

Nashville veterans Chuck Rhodes, Mike Meade, Amy Aylward and Wayne Halper, along with Bob Frank, Ted Ellis, Tom Cross and Chuck McDowell III, have launched Fusion Entertainment Company, it was announced Wednesday (Feb. 12).

Nashville-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lennon Stellahas announced her North American Three.Two.One tour with special guest Kevin Garrett. The tour is named after her debut album Three.Two.One, which is expected later this year.The 28-date tour will kick off on May 22 at Old Forester’s Paristown Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, and run through Toronto, Boston, New York, Atlanta, Denver, Los Angeles, Winnipeg, Canada, and more.

In the early 2000s when Molly Hawkins was 20, she moved to New York to pursue a career as a DJ — but ended up working in fashion and “hated it,” she says. She became a waitress instead.That spring, she and her friend, Terrible Records co-founder Ethan Silverman, drove to South by Southwest, and when she returned, a friend from Nashville who happened to be in the band Chairlift hit her up, saying, “ ‘I heard you’re in the music industry now!’ ” she recalls.

Red Bull Presents is announcing its return with another full year of music programming in 2020. The program will include a series of live music events in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Nashville, Oakland and Philadelphia across the year.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit are back with a new album. It’s called Reunions and it’s out May 15. Check out the first single “Be Afraid” below, and scroll down for the tracklist.

Taylor Swift has switched music publishers, signing an exclusive global publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) after being with Sony/ATV since she first came to Nashville.The agreement, which was announced Thursday and will take effect immediately, strengthens Swift's partnership with the Universal Music family. Universal Music Group serves as Swift’s exclusive worldwide recorded music partner and UMG's Republic Records serves as her U.S.

The Music Business Association (Music Biz) will honor independent distributor CD Baby with the 2020 Independent Spirit Award during its forthcoming Music Biz 2020 Annual Conference, the organization announced Thursday (Feb. 6). The award will be presented during the annual Music Biz awards dinner at the conference, which is slated to take place May 11-14 at the JW Marriott hotel in Nashville.

Caitlin Cannon pulled herself out of a creative slump with her new The TrashCannon Album, from which "Deliver," the first song the Nashville/Colorado singer-songwriter wrote after giving up drinking, premieres exclusively on Billboard today (Feb. 6).

If Chris Bandi has a big future in music, he can safely say it got started in his past.

Curb Records founder Mike Curb has a long history of advocating for LGBTQ rights.