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For readers, music offers both discovery and connection: a chance to find new voices, revisit familiar favourites and understand how artists build their work and careers. Disputes over samples, reunions and the changing business of entertainment show how creativity, money and cultural influence intersect.

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From Sony’s record $3.15B quarter to Influence Media’s $600M Anthem deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

  • Sony’s music revenue reached a quarterly record of $3.15 billion.
  • Influence Media acquired most of Anthem’s assets for over $600 million.
  • Warner Music bought distributor Zebralution Music.

Sony Music reported record combined revenue of $3.15 billion from recorded music and music publishing in the third quarter of 2026, up 8.9% year on year. The result marks a fourth consecutive quarter above $3 billion and reflects the continued scale of Sony’s music operations. The week’s other…

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25th Anniversary Edition of Britney Spears’ Self-Titled Third LP Features 11 Bonus Tracks: Listen

  • *Britney* returns with 11 bonus tracks.
  • Five tracks are officially released for the first time.
  • The physical edition arrives on 22 January.

Britney Spears’ 2001 album *Britney* has been reissued for its 25th anniversary with 11 bonus tracks, including five songs officially released for the first time. The release brings previously unheard material back into circulation, including “She’ll Never Be Me”, which Spears previewed last month. The digital edition is…

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Jerry Goldstein Is The First Person To Receive Two Songwriters Hall Of Fame Nominations In The Same Year

  • Jerry Goldstein is the first to receive two nominations in one year.
  • The nominations cover his work with FGG and War.
  • His War credits include five recognised hits.

Jerry Goldstein has become the first songwriter to receive two Songwriters Hall of Fame nominations in the same year. The nominations recognise his work with the early 1960s songwriting trio Feldman, Goldstein & Gottehrer and his later contributions to the band War. With Bob Feldman and Richard Gottehrer,…

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Daine’s Jungian Pop Music

  • Daine’s debut album probes ambition, profit and desire.
  • Its sweet pop textures contrast with unsettling themes.
  • Daine says the album rollout has been emotionally draining.

Melbourne alt-pop artist Daine’s debut album, *In Endless Awe & Agony*, examines the pressures of the music industry and the tensions between creative ambition, commercial profit and personal desire. Its polished, sometimes gentle sound sits alongside unsettling themes, inviting listeners to question the glamour and lifestyles the music…

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5 Seconds Of Summer Win The Fan Power Award | Rock Sound Awards 2026

  • 5 Seconds Of Summer won the 2026 Fan Power Award.
  • Their sixth album explores fame, fandom and shared history.
  • The band reflected on the community behind 5SOS.

5 Seconds Of Summer have won the Fan Power Award at the 2026 Rock Sound Awards. The recognition highlights the role of their fans in sustaining the band and reflects a relationship built over years of growing up alongside their audience. The band’s sixth album, ‘EVERYONE’S A STAR!’,…

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The Stirring Jim Steinman Lyric That Meat Loaf Finally Sang a Dozen Years After the Fact

  • Meat Loaf recorded Steinman’s song more than a decade after it was written.
  • Rory Dodd sang Steinman’s earlier 1981 version.
  • The song presents rock music as comfort in hard times.

Jim Steinman wrote “Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through” for Meat Loaf in the early 1980s, but the singer did not record it until 1993. Their eventual reunion for *Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell* gave Meat Loaf the chance to sing the song himself, bringing…

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Roger Waters was Pink Floyd’s bassist. But David Gilmour played bass on two of the band’s most famous 1977 songs

  • Gilmour played bass on ‘Sheep’ and ‘Pigs’.
  • Waters played bass on ‘Dogs’.
  • The pair swapped parts to suit the songs.

David Gilmour said he played bass on two tracks from Pink Floyd’s 1977 album *Animals*, despite Roger Waters being the band’s usual bassist. His account shows that the band’s members sometimes switched instrumental roles to suit the music, even as tensions between Gilmour and Waters were building. Gilmour…

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Unhinged NYC straphanger goes off on ‘American Idol’ contestant — but riders rally around subway performer

  • An A train passenger disrupted Shane Dan Turner’s performance.
  • Riders applauded Turner and gave him tips.
  • Turner said the woman had mocked his autism-awareness pin.

Former “American Idol” contestant Shane Dan Turner was performing on Manhattan’s A train when a passenger objected to his music, shouted over him and allegedly tried to take money from his guitar case. A video of the confrontation shows other riders backing Turner, applauding and giving him tips,…

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Belly Gang Kushington Announces New Album Good Dope Sell Itself: Hear “OK”

  • Belly Gang Kushington announces *Good Dope Sell Itself*.
  • The 12-track album arrives on 13 November.
  • New single “OK” is out with the announcement.

Atlanta rapper Belly Gang Kushington has announced his new album, *Good Dope Sell Itself*, due out in a week. The release follows a breakout year and his first Hot 100 hit, “WTF GOIN,” featuring 21 Savage. The 12-track album includes “OK”, a new, forceful anthem, as well as…

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Warner Chappell boss Guy Moot, the first music publisher to receive the UK’s MITS Award, on A&R, catalog, My Chemical Romance, and the PROs

  • Guy Moot is the first publisher to receive the MITS Award.
  • Warner Chappell has doubled annual revenues since 2019.
  • Moot discusses AI, royalties, catalogues and the changing status of publishers.

Warner Chappell Music chair and CEO Guy Moot will become the first music publisher to receive the UK’s Music Industry Trusts Award, recognising publishing’s growing profile and the work behind songwriters’ careers. The ceremony will raise funds for The BRIT Trust and Nordoff & Robbins. Moot’s career includes…

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