A Danish man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for using fake accounts and bot-generated streams to defraud streaming services of 2 million kroner ($290,000 USD) in royalties. Fake streams dilute the royalty pool and lower payments to legitimate artists. In one week alone, the defendant “played” 244 tracks 5.5 million times, with […]
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As we delve into our next artist we want to highlight that it is currently the end of the 1st quarter of 2024 we have already seen aliens in Miami and also Mike Tyson coming out of retirement to fight Jake Paul. Another shocker besides Russell Wilson and Patrick Queen joining the Pittsburgh Steelers is
February 27, 2024February 26, 2024 So this was the chart that Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brookes broadcast from 4pm-7pm with data from the GALLUP computer based on record sales from Monday 21st to Saturday 26th February 1994. This is how the charts USED to look with new entries, climbers and non-movers, all based solely on
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When Cardi B and Offset tied the knot in 2017, as part of a secret wedding, it shocked fans. Although the two had made public appearances together, including at the Met Gala afterparty in May of 2017, they both had denied any relationship rumors. And only eight days before Offset proposed during a Philly show
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Just like you’d need a resume for any other job, an EPK serves as a kind of music industry resume for musicians. Properly known as an Electronic Press Kit, this is an essential tool for anyone looking to not only get booked, but to be taken seriously as an artist. If still don’t have one,
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50 Cent’s original series, BMF, is all about the rise and fall of the Black Mafia Family. The public remembers the real-life enterprise as ‘Blowin’ Money Fast,’ thanks to its many references in rap music. But its latest episode shows that writers are the ones speedy through materials. Users online have taken to X (formerly
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HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: NurPhoto / Getty / PS5 Pro After months of speculation, the PS5 Pro is real and will reportedly arrive this holiday season. Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson has confirmed the leaked PS5 Pro specs that hit the web this week are indeed real. They confidently confined the news after speaking with
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We dive into the importance of merchandising for musicians and music companies and how it uniquely creates new connections with fans and expands outreach as an artist and music business. by Mathilde Neu of Reprtoir Music businesses are always looking for unique ways of generating revenue. Currently, streams like streaming platforms and licensing are dominating
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Fans have long yearned for the return of R&B’s dominance in the music industry, and artist King Adonis I has answered the call. Born in the city of Chicago, Illinois, there lived a man by the name of Adonis that had a peculiar ability to manipulate vocals to create music that was sweet to the