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Country-Rock Band 49 Winchester Signs With MCA’s Lucille Records

MCA has signed country-rock band 49 Winchester to its Lucille Records imprint. On Friday (Nov. 7), the group will release its first new music since partnering with MCA: a cover of Black Sabbath‘s “Changes,” on which the group collaborated with MCA chief creative officer and Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb. 49 Winchester is currently in the […]

Luminate Partners With Tencent Music to Bring Chinese Music Metrics to Its Data Platform

Luminate has announced a new global data partnership with Tencent Music Entertainment (TME), marking the company’s first data collaboration with a chart that measures music engagement in China, the companies announced Wednesday (Nov. 5). Under the agreement, Luminate, Billboard‘s longtime data partner, will integrate streaming and sales metrics from TME’s platforms — including QQ Music, […]

No Radio Without Royalties: New Rules for a New Era (Guest Column)

Here’s a story that captures everything wrong with Washington: Billion-dollar corporation asks Congress to force car manufacturers to install AM radio in every vehicle — a government tech mandate worth billions of dollars to its bottom line — while refusing to pay the artists and rights owners whose music is the very foundation of their […]