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The Weeknd: ‘I Will No Longer Allow My Label to Submit My Music to the Grammys’ - variety.com
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12.03.2021 / 00:05

The Weeknd: ‘I Will No Longer Allow My Label to Submit My Music to the Grammys’

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhen the 2021 Grammy Award nominations were announced in November, thousands of people were stunned to see that the Weeknd — one of the most commercially and critically successful artists of the past year, whose single “Blinding Lights” just became the first song ever to spend a full year in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 — was not nominated for any awards.The inexplicable and/or suspicious snub, the biggest in Grammy history, could only be explained as the

Music Industry Moves: Sony Publishing Inks J. White Did It, Academy Fight Songs Launches, CAA Ups Three - variety.com
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09.03.2021 / 03:11

Music Industry Moves: Sony Publishing Inks J. White Did It, Academy Fight Songs Launches, CAA Ups Three

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSony Music Publishing has signed Grammy-winning songwriter/ DJ/ producer J. White Did It, known for his collaborations with Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, among others, to a worldwide deal.

Music Industry Moves: Steve Greenberg Leaves S-Curve and BMG, Quavo Inks With Scooter Braun - variety.com
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06.03.2021 / 01:41

Music Industry Moves: Steve Greenberg Leaves S-Curve and BMG, Quavo Inks With Scooter Braun

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSteve Greenberg, founder of S-Curve Records, is leaving the company, which he founded two decades ago and sold to BMG in 2015, he confirmed to Variety.

Sony Music Publishing Partners with Silence the Shame to Launch ‘The Soundtrack of Mental Health’ - variety.com
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03.03.2021 / 18:36

Sony Music Publishing Partners with Silence the Shame to Launch ‘The Soundtrack of Mental Health’

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSony Music Publishing has partnered with Silence the Shame to launch “The Soundtrack of Mental Health,” a global multi-year program which will offer songwriters, employees, and the greater music community educational trainings and support around mental health.

Spain’s Primavera Sound 2021 Music Festival Canceled - variety.com - Spain
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02.03.2021 / 19:30

Spain’s Primavera Sound 2021 Music Festival Canceled

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe latest music festival to give up on 2021 is Spain’s popular Primavera Sound Barcelona, which called off this year’s installment due to the pandemic. Tickets can be transferred to the 2022 edition, the lineup for which will be revealed on June 2; refunds will be available after that date.

Music Industry Moves: Holly Humberstone Signs With Universal Publishing, AEG + Japan’s Avex Entertainment = AEGX Joint Venture - variety.com - Britain - Japan
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01.03.2021 / 22:39

Music Industry Moves: Holly Humberstone Signs With Universal Publishing, AEG + Japan’s Avex Entertainment = AEGX Joint Venture

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUniversal Music Publishing has signed rising British singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone, whose debut EP received a rave review in Variety last fall, to an exclusive, global publishing agreement. The 21-year-old singer was voted No.

Zara Larsson Signs With Sony Music Publishing (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com
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01.03.2021 / 17:07

Zara Larsson Signs With Sony Music Publishing (EXCLUSIVE)

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSwedish singer-songwriter Zara Larsson has signed with Sony Music Publishing, the company announced Monday morning.

Live Nation CEO Says U.S. Music Festivals Could Reopen by ‘Mid-Summer’ - variety.com - Britain
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26.02.2021 / 18:21

Live Nation CEO Says U.S. Music Festivals Could Reopen by ‘Mid-Summer’

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLive Nation has taken a timeline provided by the British government as an all-clear for the summer festival season, selling some 170,000 tickets this week to three major U.K.

Despite Huge Drop in Revenue, Live Nation 2020 Earnings Report Shows Optimism for Concerts’ Return - variety.com
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26.02.2021 / 00:57

Despite Huge Drop in Revenue, Live Nation 2020 Earnings Report Shows Optimism for Concerts’ Return

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn its earnings reports for the last quarter and full year of 2020, the year of the pandemic, Live Nation shows remarkable optimism for the projected return of live entertainment.Despite a devastating  year in revenue and ticket sales for the world’s largest live-entertainment company, Live Nation’s stock is actually higher than it was before the pandemic — at the time of this article’s publication, it was at 87.05 compared with 67.76 a year ago — and it reports

Music Industry Moves: BMG Goes Green, LiveXLive Partners With Former Avicii Manager on Music Competition - variety.com
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24.02.2021 / 22:09

Music Industry Moves: BMG Goes Green, LiveXLive Partners With Former Avicii Manager on Music Competition

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn its pursuit of carbon neutrality, BMG has committed to offsetting all of its global site and employee-related greenhouse gas emissions, the company announced. In defining a long-term strategy to avoid, reduce, and offset CO2 emissions, BMG revealed it had offset over 3,000 tons of CO2 produced in 2019 by investing in Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standard (CCBS) certified climate protection projects.

H.E.R., Freddie Gibbs, Yolanda Adams to Perform at Black Music Collective Event During Grammy Week - variety.com
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24.02.2021 / 17:40

H.E.R., Freddie Gibbs, Yolanda Adams to Perform at Black Music Collective Event During Grammy Week

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Black Music Collective (BMC), a newly launched initiative by the Recording Academy, will host its inaugural Grammy Week event in celebration of Black creators’ and professionals’ contributions to the music industry.The event will feature performances by H.E.R., Yolanda Adams, PJ Morton and rapper and producer duo Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist.

The Weeknd Recalls Working With Daft Punk: ‘They’re One of the Reasons I Make Music’ - variety.com
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24.02.2021 / 01:47

The Weeknd Recalls Working With Daft Punk: ‘They’re One of the Reasons I Make Music’

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Weeknd is one of the great serial collaborators of this era, and he is generous with his praise about the artists he’s worked with, who range from Ariana Grande and Lana Del Rey to Travis Scott and SZA.

Music Industry Moves: The Kid LAROI Signs With Sony Publishing; Splice Raises $55 Million - variety.com - Australia - city Columbia
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23.02.2021 / 01:57

Music Industry Moves: The Kid LAROI Signs With Sony Publishing; Splice Raises $55 Million

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSydney’s The Kid LAROI has signed a worldwide deal with Sony Music Publishing. The artist, songwriter, and producer, whose real name is Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard, is currently riding the success of his song “Without You” and 2020 debut mixtape, “Fuck Love.”In his native Australia, The Kid LAROI, who is signed to Columbia Records, is the youngest solo artist to reach No.

Watch Bad Bunny and Rosalia Sizzle on ‘Saturday Night Live’ - variety.com
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21.02.2021 / 19:55

Watch Bad Bunny and Rosalia Sizzle on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTwo of Latin music’s biggest young stars, Bad Bunny and Rosalia, teamed up for a steamy duet on their song “La Noche de Anoche,” on “Saturday Night Live” on Feb 20.

Music Industry Moves: EMPIRE Opens West Asia-North Africa Division; Warner Chappell, LVRN Partner on Publishing - variety.com - USA - San Francisco
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19.02.2021 / 02:07

Music Industry Moves: EMPIRE Opens West Asia-North Africa Division; Warner Chappell, LVRN Partner on Publishing

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIndependent label, distributor and publisher EMPIRE has opened a division in the US to help grow the local scene in West Asia and North Africa and its diaspora. To head up the territory, EMPIRE has hired Suhel Nafar (pictured above) as Vice President of Strategy & Market Development.

Howard University, REFORM Alliance Among Warner Music / Blavatnik Foundation Grant Recipients - variety.com - Florida
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19.02.2021 / 00:37

Howard University, REFORM Alliance Among Warner Music / Blavatnik Foundation Grant Recipients

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs part of its mission to invest $100 million in organizations focused on achieving social justice, the Warner Music Group / Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund has announced its initial six grant recipients: Black Cultural Archives, Black Futures Lab, Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC), Howard University, REFORM Alliance and Rhythm & Blues Foundation.The WMG/BFF SJF was established in June 2020 in the wake of the killings of George Floyd,

Migos’ Quavo to Make Feature-Film Debut With John Malkovich and Robert DeNiro in ‘Wash Me in the River’ (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - Atlanta - Puerto Rico
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18.02.2021 / 18:09

Migos’ Quavo to Make Feature-Film Debut With John Malkovich and Robert DeNiro in ‘Wash Me in the River’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorQuavo, one-third of the Atlanta hip-hop trio Migos, will make his feature-film debut alongside Robert DeNiro, John Malkovich and Jack Huston in the forthcoming film “Wash Me in the River,” which is directed by Randall Emmett (“Midnight in the Switchgrass”) and is currently filming in Puerto Rico.According to the announcement, Quavo (real name: Quavious Keyate Marshall) will play the role of Coyote, “a ruthless and heartless drug lord.” The second directorial outing

Big Hit Entertainment, Home of BTS, and Universal Music Unveil Expanded Partnership, Including New Label - variety.com - Los Angeles - South Korea
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18.02.2021 / 02:17

Big Hit Entertainment, Home of BTS, and Universal Music Unveil Expanded Partnership, Including New Label

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBig Hit Entertainment, the South Korean company that brought BTS to the world, and Universal Music Group today announced an expanded strategic partnership that will see the two companies working together to “increase opportunities for artists through innovation and technology, whilst expanding the global reach of K-pop music and culture around the world,” according the announcement.

Music Industry Moves: Obama Administration Vet Mona Sutphen to Join Spotify Board, Brooklyn Made Hires Charlie Adler - variety.com - Chicago
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16.02.2021 / 21:29

Music Industry Moves: Obama Administration Vet Mona Sutphen to Join Spotify Board, Brooklyn Made Hires Charlie Adler

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSpotify announced Tuesday that Mona Sutphen will join its board of directors in April, subject to shareholder approval.Sutphen is a private equity advisor and a co-founder/advisor for several technology start-ups, and was a senior White House official during the Obama Administration. She is currently a Senior Advisor at The Vistria Group, a Chicago-based private equity firm, and is a venture advisor and co-founder of several technology start-ups.

Stax Music Academy Receives $1 Million Donation From Concord - variety.com
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16.02.2021 / 19:13

Stax Music Academy Receives $1 Million Donation From Concord

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Stax Music Academy, Concord — which owns the legendary soul label Stax Records — has announced the Concord Stax Scholarships, which will provide full tuition to at least 20 students in each year over the next five school years. According to the announcement, Concord has pledged “a minimum of $1 million through donations from its owners, team members, friends and partners.” With this new funding, the

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