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Music Industry Moves: Sony Publishing Chief Jon Platt Named 2024 Grammy Industry Icon

Sony Music Publishing Chairman/ CEO Jon Platt has been named the 2024 Grammy “Salute to Industry Icons” honoree, the Recording Academy and Clive Davis announced on Thursday. Platt will be honored at the Pre-Grammy Gala...

Enrique Iglesias Sells Music Catalog to Influence Media in Reported Nine-Figure Deal

Singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias and music rights platform Influence Media Partners have announced a new major partnership deal spanning his professional career along with name, image, and likeness rights to expand future...

Denny Laine, Longtime Member of Paul McCartney’s Wings and Moody Blues Cofounder, Dies at 79

Denny Laine, the British singer-guitarist best known for his work with Paul McCartney & Wings and the Moody Blues, has died after a long battle with interstitial lung disease, according to...

Billie Eilish and Finneas Wowed by Bernie Taupin’s Tribute at Variety’s Hitmakers: ‘You’re the F—ing Man, Dawg!’

Billie Eilish and her brother and collaborator Finneas O’Connell have received Grammys, an Oscar and just about every award and honor and tribute and kudo young recording artists can imagine in...

With Billie Eilish and Maren Morris as Alums, the Grammy Museum Foundation is L.A.’s Coolest School

It’s not hard to find on the internet: a group photo from a Grammy Museum workshop that featured Stevie Nicks as the guest teacher, circa 2011. She’s surrounded by musicians, executives...

Taylor Swift to Earn More Than $100 Million From Spotify Alone in 2023

Taylor Swift will earn more than $100 million from Spotify in 2023, according to calculations based on her leading number of streams for the year posted by the streaming giant in...

SZA’s ‘Kill Bill’ and ‘Snooze’: Opposite Songs That Became Two of the Year’s Biggest Hits

It’s probably not unprecedented but certainly rare for an artist to have two hits songs in one year as drastically opposite as SZA’s in 2023: one about killing an ex-lover, another...

Republic Records Chief Monte Lipman on Being Label of the Year, and Owning Nearly Half of the Hitmakers Top 25

It’s remarkable enough that Republic Records has been Hitmakers label of the year four out of seven times — but they exceeded themselves in 2023 with 12 of the top 25 songs...

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