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Korean Boy Band BTS Will Be On Hiatus Until 2025 As The Members Report For Active Military Duty

Multi-platinum boy band BTS will be taking a break from their “army” of fans to join the South Korean military for national service. The decision brings to an end weeks long discussions

17/10/2022

News

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Shares Fell By 30 % Over The Last Six Weeks

The Financial Times reports that Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the London-listed trust run by Merck Mercuriadis that has bought song catalogues from artists such as Blondie and Neil Young, has launched a debt-funded

16/10/2022

News

Muddy Waters Estate Signs Worldwide Admin Deal With Sony Music Publishing

Variety reports that the estate of Chicago blues pioneer Muddy Waters has signed a worldwide deal with Sony Music Publishing to administer his complete catalog of songs, including legendary hits such as

14/10/2022

Music·News

Digicel’s D’Music Streaming Service Discontinued

Jamaica and the Caribbean have one less DSP music platform as Digicel’s D’Music has exited the market according to a statement from Antonia Graham Head of Group Communications Digicel Group. “After much

10/10/2022

News

Who Will Be Nominated For The Best Reggae Album At The 2023 Grammy Awards

Today, September 30 is the last day for music and other releases to be eligible for nomination at the 65th annual Grammy Awards. Music released after today may only be considered for

30/09/2022

Grammy News·Reggae

There May Be A Way For The Dancehall Grammy, Recording Academy CEO Explains How New Categories Like Afrobeats & Dancehall Can Be Included In Grammy Awards

On the heels of the Grammys September 30 release deadline, CEO of the Recording Academy, organizers of the annual Grammy Awards Harvey Mason Jr. took some time to explain the process of adding

26/09/2022

Afrobeat·Dancehall·Grammy News

Rauw Alejandro Nominated For 8 Latin Grammy Awards, Jamaican Singer Shenseea & Producer Rvssian Have Credits On His Album

The 2022 Latin GRAMMYs nominees were announced on Tuesday and Rauw Alejandro’s Trap-Cake Vol 2 release on the Sony Latin US label is nominated for Best Urban Music Album. Jamaica’s Shenseea appears

20/09/2022

Latin Grammy

Kang Hyo-won, Bang Si Hyuk, Michael Rapino, Yoon Seok Jun, Sir Lucian Grainge

CEOs from Live Nation, Universal Music Group & HYBE Lead Billboard’s Top Paid Music Executives List

Universal Music Chairman/CEO Sir Lucian Grainge leads the pack of highest earning music executives as ranked by Billboard Magazine. The music man hailed as the most powerful person in music racked up

19/09/2022

Music·News

Kanye West & Caribbean Business Man Michael Lee-Chin Tie On Forbes Annual World’s Billionaire List, Rihanna’s Net-Worth Climbs

Kanye West and Jamaican-Canadian Businessman Michael Lee Chin are tied on the Forbes’ 36th-annual ranking of the planet’s richest people—a list that is 87 fewer than a year ago. The 2022 list of Billionaires

18/09/2022

News

YouTube Paid Out $6 billion To The Music Industry In 2021

Lyor Cohen, Head Of Music at YouTube announced today that the company paid out $6 billion to rights holder and creators. Last year YouTube announced $4B was paid out to the music

13/09/2022

News

Sean Paul- Dutty Rock album cover designed by William Richards

Most Commercially Successful Grammy Winning Reggae Albums

September 30 2022 is the cut-off date for albums and singles to be eligible for the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. Since 1985, the Grammy for Best Reggae Album has been reggae’s most

12/09/2022

Grammy News·Reggae

Stefflon Don, Sean Paul, Koffee, Shaggy, Shenseea have some of the most subscribed YouTube channels

Reggae-Dancehall Artists Have Just One Week Left To Submit Entries For The 65th Annual Grammy Awards

The race is heating up for the 65th annual Grammy awards as the date for entries come to a close at the end of August. The reggae category in particular has seen

25/08/2022

Grammy News·Reggae

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