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Interview – 50 Years Of The British Phonographic Industry (BPI)

The British Phonographic Industry is celebrating 50 years in 2023. According to Youtube Music CEO Lyor Cohen in a Financial Times interview , the UK music scene is the most interesting right

09/04/2023

Certifications·Features·HOT 50

Why Afrobeats Had 217 Hits In the U.S. Last Year While Modern Dancehall Bubbles Under?

Dancehall and reggae’s peak year was 1993 when the genres occupied 3.9 % of the Billboard charts. In the last year, even reggae’s gifted child Koffee had a hard time charting and maintaining a

06/04/2023

African Hip Hop·Afrofusion·Dancehall·Exclusives·Features

Walshy Fire Says Every Artist Should Co-own Their Music Masters

Grammy Award-winning producer Walshy Fire has been at the forefront of many top hits. From Ellie Goulding to Koffee to Chronixx, he has been instrumental in the careers of music’s biggest superstars

01/04/2023

Exclusives·Features·Interview

10 Questions With Irie Souljah

Irie Souljah is a reggae from Spain now domiciled in Jamaica as he seeks to take his music career globally. He revels signed a record deal with the California based Ineffable Records

28/03/2023

Features·New Artists

Radio No Longer Breaking Artists, Major Labels Switching From “On Air” Promotions To Streams

Major Record labels are cutting back on radio airplay music campaigns as streaming becomes more integrated around the world. It is customary in the music industry for labels to use third party

23/03/2023

Exclusives·Features

Top 10 Biggest CEOs In Reggae & Dancehall Of All Time

Reggae or dancehall wouldn’t be in the global music conversations six decades later had it not been for the record label CEOs who took songs and artists from the streets to the

20/03/2023

Features

Sean Paul has the most commercially successful dancehall songs of all time

Why Music Data Is Important For Dancehall & Other Genres

Data has become the most important source for record labels and media houses and advertisers to grow in the modern era. WMV began out of a need to provide the undeserved parts

19/03/2023

Features

Top 7 Reggae-Dancehall Record Label CEOs

Reggae is the 10th most listened to genre of music worldwide and dancehall its coming of age protege continues to be one of the most influential genres of music worldwide. The magic of the music

17/03/2023

Features

U.K. Artist Turns Album Covers Into Home Rugs

In the cultural hotbed of the U.K. where YouTube CEO Lyor Cohen says “If you cut a person from the UK open, they bleed music,” there is an emerging scene where dancehall,

15/03/2023

Art·Features·Lifestyle

Beenie Man’s Highest Album Sales In The U.S.

Playing his part in one of the most intriguing rivals in dancehall’s history Beenie Man has set trends, found cross over tracks, International collabs and even introduced top hip hop acts like T.I. to

12/03/2023

Album Sales·Features

Garvey’s Playlist: How Marcus Garvey Influenced The Multi-Billion Dollar Music Industry

Garvey encouraged black entrepreneurship and self-sufficiency, inspiring many musicians to start their own record labels, studios, and other businesses.

02/03/2023

Culture·Features·Lifestyle

The BBC Highlights Jamaica’s Influence On Ghanaian Music Industry

Jamaica, a country with 3 million people continues to influence global music from all over the world. The BBC takes a look at how Jamaican reggae music remains popular in Ghana, a

27/02/2023

African Hip Hop·Features

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