Australia made $1.43 bn from live music last year, Billboard charts to factor in YouTube streams, and more
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Live performance industry posts $1.43 billion revenue and 18.78 million in attendance – via LPA
Kanye West has made chart history with The Life Of Pablo, as it becomes the first album in the UK to be awarded gold certification based solely on streams. – via Billboard
Billboard Will Start Factoring YouTube Streams Billboard Will Start Factoring YouTube Streams Into Albums Chart – XXLInto Albums Chart – via XXL
Multi-platinum selling songwriter Crispin Hunt has signed a worldwide deal with Warner/Chappell Music – via
Following much speculation, Warner Bros. Records in the US has named Aaron Bay-Schuck as Co-Chairman & CEO and Tom Corson Co-Chairman & COO.Max Lousada has began his new role as WMG’s CEO, Recorded Music. Current Chairman & CEO Cameron Strang will step down at the end of 2017. – via RotD
Kobalt presents ‘Artists Without A Label’ stage at BBC Music Introducing hosts Amplify this week – via MBW
Lucy Tallant, previously part of FAE Artists, has become founder and Head of Artist Development at XVII Music, a label and artist development company backed by multi-million pound private investment. – via RotD
Capitol Music Group hires Columbia’s Brian Nolan as SVP of seventeenfifty – via MBW
Kobalt Music has signed a multi-faceted worldwide label services deal with The Kooks. – via RotD
Watch Paul McCartney lead a mass singalong of ‘Give Peace A Chance’ – via Brag
Spotify hires Pandora’s Adam Parness to head up global publisher licensing – via MBW
This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.