#Music news

[247liveculture]

Ashanti🔥👑

[soapdispensersalesman]

Spotify don't be a terrible service challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[nicolascageisagoth]

Depeche Mode was honored at Los Angeles City Hall

The declaration of Depeche Mode Day in the city, to be held every December 13 for the rest of time. (From Museo Mode X)

13 December is DMD in LA 🌹

[dreamings-free]

25/4/24

[destiel-confession-news]

(allegedly)

please give dallon weekes a break

also all i could find to corroborate at first this was in french (x)

[milkinfirst]

Digital single!

The collaboration between Han and Zayn might not be real, but Stray Kids Ft. Charlie Puth is!

May 10!

[xiaoswrld]

[attallahmusic]

Rosalía in concert, Roskilde Festival 30/07 2023

[247liveculture]

Kelly Rowland 🔥

[disease]

💔

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[nicolascageisagoth]

Depeche Mode are ranked as the best selling British band from the 80s.

They sold ~97 million albums and with remixes it’d be close to 99 million.

The top album is 🌹 Violator with 22 million copies

Some details about songs:

1. Singles 2. Digital versions 3. Streaming

The whole article is available here

[daftbored]

Y tho

like seriously no one asked for this

[dreamings-free]

By Alex Rigotti | 18th January 2024

The European Union has called for changes to the music streaming business, including fairer royalty distributions and increasing payments to artists.

On Wednesday (January 17), the EU adopted a resolution to address the imbalance of revenue allocation in music streaming, including creating a new legal framework for streaming. There are currently no EU rules that apply to the sector.

In the resolution, “pre-digital royalty rates” are to be revised, with the EU criticising business models that “force authors to accept lower or no revenues in exchange for greater visibility”.

-> read the full article here on nme.com

In other news, Spotify pulled its services from Uruguay after the country’s copyright law demanded fair pay to artists. (21/11/23)