January 2009 News
30.01.09
John Legend, Robin Thicke, Salt-N-Pepa, Ne-Yo and En Vogue have signed up for the 15th annual Essence Music Festival in July
billboard.biz
30.01.09
Charts - Antony & the Johnsons' new album The Crying Light debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's European Top 100 Albums chart
billboard.biz
30.01.09
Interview with LatinPointe CEO, David Chavez, on branded events and sponsorship of Latin artists
billboard.biz
29.01.09
Sony Music Sweden has joined with publishing co. Mr Radar to launch the Svedala label, a new artist development platform
billboard.biz
29.01.09
Kelly Clarkson's new single is to leap 97-1 on the Billboard Hot 100, after selling 280,000 downloads in its 1st week of release
billboard.biz
29.01.09
UK - Coldplay & The Killers are to mark the 15th anniversary of the charity, War Child with a gig in London on 18 Feb
gigwise.com
28.01.09
Austria - Biffy Clyro & Kissy Sell Out have been added to the line up at this year's Snowbombing festival in Austria
gigwise.com
28.01.09
Capitol Records is digitalising its entire catalogue of I.R.S. Records for the first time
billboard.biz
28.01.09
Gloria Estefan is to be honoured as this year's BMI Icon during BMI's annual Latin Awards on the 12th March
billboard.biz
23.01.09
USA - article about the prominence of music at the Presidential Inauguration
latimes.com
23.01.09
Charts - Pink's Funhouse tops Billboard's Pan-European Album chart & Katy Perry has 3rd week at top of the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles
billboard.biz
23.01.09
Nokia has secured a pan-European licensing deal for its Comes With Music service
billboard.biz
22.01.09
UK - Microsoft has launched a new service offering up around 1M full-track, Realtones & music video downloads via its MSN Mobile portal
billboard.biz
22.01.09
Nokia has secured a pan-European licensing deal for its Comes With Music service
cellular-news.com
22.01.09
Charts - Taylor Swift is top of The Billboard 200 for a 7th week with her album Fearless
billboard.biz
21.01.09
UK - Nominations for the Brit Awards were unveiled last night in London. Coldplay, Duffy & Scouting for Girls lead the nominations
bbc.co.uk
21.01.09
Coca-Cola is using Fallout Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Panic At the Disco & Cee Lo to create a new track as part of its Open Happiness campaign
brandrepublic.com
21.01.09
EMI has created two global priorities teams
mad.co.uk
20.01.09
Norway - The Arctic Monkeys are to headline this year's Oye festival, alongside Royksopp and Bon Iver. The festival kicks off on 11th August
nme.com
20.01.09
Digital distributor, The Orchard, has aligned with Avex to become a key shareholder in Japanese mobile content JV, Label Mobile
billboard.biz
20.01.09
The MCPS-PRS Alliance, the UK's royalty collection society, has re-branded as 'PRS for Music'
billboard.biz
19.01.09
UK charts - Lady GaGa has a 2nd week at no. 1 in the singles chart with 'Just Dance' & The Script top the UK album chart
bbc.co.uk
19.01.09
Sony Ericsson is partnering with Universal Music Publishing on PlayNow Uncut, to provide emerging artists with a platform to promote their music to its customers
billboard.biz
19.01.09
Buma/Stemra has joined Warner/Chappell's pan-European digital licensing initiative (PEDL)
billboard.biz
16.01.09
IFPI publishes the Digital Music Report 2009
ifpi.org
16.01.09
MySpace Music announces partnerships with indies including Nettwerk Music Group, INgrooves, RoyaltyShare, and Wind-Up Records
businesswire.com
16.01.09
Duffy's Rockferry album tops the European Top 100 Albums chart
billboard.biz
15.01.09
Lil Wayne, Katy Perry, the Jonas Brothers, Coldplay & Kenny Chesney are confirmed performers for the 51st Grammy Awards
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15.01.09
Charts - Taylor Swift maintains her lead on The Billboard 200 chart
billboard.biz
15.01.09
Blue Note Records has entered into a synchronisation deal with classical and jazz publisher Boosey & Hawkes
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14.01.09
Spanish labels body Promusicae has announced that Spain will, from this week, unify physical and digital tracks sales lists into a single chart
billboard.biz
14.01.09
Creative Man Productions is expanding the Summer Sonic music festival, held in Tokyo and Osaka, from 2 days to 3 this year
billboard.biz
14.01.09
The Really Useful Group is considering bringing Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals to a video game format. 'Cats' and 'Joseph' are looking the most likely at present
billboard.biz
13.01.09
Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, Bono, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Shakira & others are all set to perform at Barack Obama's presidential inaugural celebration on 18th Jan
billboard.biz
13.01.09
Thailand's RS, the country's second-largest entertainment group, said it expects a 10% rise in 2009 sales
reuters.com
13.01.09
Lily Allen, Beck, Duffy, The Kooks and Elbow are among artists who have created cover versions for the latest in the War Child album series
nme.com
12.01.09
MySpace is planning to launch a Widget for TV via new Toshiba Web-connected TVs
billboard.biz
12.01.09
UK - Alexandra Burke becomes the first British female solo artist to sell a million copies of a single in the UK
bbc.co.uk
12.01.09
Charts - Lady GaGa steals pole position in the UK single charts with 'Just Dance'
bbc.co.uk
09.01.09
UK - Alexandra Burke's debut single "Hallelujah" becomes one of only 10 million-selling singles of the new millennium
billboard.biz
09.01.09
Omnifone has partnered with Gracenote on an Open Music Service which will bring its all-you-can-eat music platform to PC, mobile, digital TV and automotive products
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09.01.09
The Rhapsody music subscription, a JV between MTV and RealNetworks, is partnering up with several companies to bring its service into users' living rooms
billboard.biz
08.01.09
US charts - Taylor Swift has seen her album, Fearless, steal a fifth week atop The Billboard 200
billboard.biz
08.01.09
A CBS competition is offering a chance to perform on stage with Katy Perry at The Grammy Awards in LA
cbs.com
08.01.09
SanDisk has unveiled its new slotRadio player and line of slotRadio format music cards at the Consumer Electronics Show
billboard.biz
07.01.09
Apple has agreed to offer both variable pricing and DRM-free content via iTunes from all four majors
bbc.co.uk
07.01.09
Strong Q4 sales for UK music business
billboard.biz
07.01.09
Hip-hop artist Soulja Boy is to feature in a new animated web series to promote his latest single release
prnewswire.com
06.01.09
Bruce Springsteen is giving away 2 tracks as free downloads on Guitar Hero. The singer is also offering a free track from his forthcoming album on Amazon
billboard.biz
06.01.09
Universal has launched what it believes is the first "digital fitness music label" in partnership with fitness personality Jake Steinfeld
dmwmedia.com
06.01.09
UK - Gabriella Cilmi, Florence & The Machine and Scouting For Girls are to perform at the Brit Awards Nominations Launch on 20 Jan
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