Music industry headlines: March 20, 2017
Here’s the music industry news you need to know this morning.
- Apple paid Chance The Rapper $500,000 for Coloring Book exclusive – via MBW
- Ed Sheeran Beats ‘Beauty & the Beast’ For No. 1 on Billboard 200 – via Billboard
- Gorillaz’s new album: Track titles and guest collaborators registered to licensing company Phonographic Performance Ltd – via CoS
- Drake’s latest project, More Life, is now streaming everywhere – via The Verge
- Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven” Copyright Case Gets Appeal – via Spin
- Live Nation made 13 acquisitions in the past 13 months – via MBW
- Brian May writes touching tribute to late Chuck Berry – via NME
- Drake has generated more than $50m on Spotify – via MBW
- The Music Community Mourns ‘Rock’s Greatest Practitioner’ Chuck Berry – via Vulture
- YouTube Blocks LGBTQ Videos Under Restricted Mode – via Teen Vogue
- Selena Gomez Files Documents to Trademark Her Name – via Just Jared
- Iggy Azalea announces new single ‘Mo Bounce’ to be released next Friday – via NME
This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.
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