The third in the IFPI’s trio of global awards for 2021 has been announced, and it was won by Adele. ’30’ was the biggest album of 2021 by the music body’s calculations.
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Spotify bins album-shuffle button at Adele’s request
Adele’s latest achievement is killing off Spotify’s shuffle button! Well, sort of. There are some misleading headlines out there about the change.
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Adele’s new single breaks records on Spotify and Amazon Music
Adele released her comeback single ‘Easy On Me’ on Friday, and late that day both Spotify and Amazon Music announced that it had broken records on their services.
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Adele has reportedly invested in VR startup MelodyVR
British virtual-reality startup MelodyVR, which focuses on music, is reportedly (ahem) rolling in the deep funding-wise, after Adele became its latest investor.
At least, this is according to the Evening Standard newspaper, which reported that the musician invested in MelodyVR’s parent company EVR Holdings “through a nominee account so her name does not show up on the shareholder register”.
EVR Holdings is actually a public company, listed on the UK AIM index, so any artist, label or other music company can buy and sell shares in it.
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Songkick has sold nearly 500k Adele tickets so far
Concerts and ticketing tech firm Songkick has revealed some stats on its recent partnership selling Adele tickets directly to fans.
The company has sold nearly 500k tickets for Adele on her recent tour, including two thirds of the tickets for her 2017 gigs at Wembley Stadium in London.
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Adele tickets can only be resold on Twickets for (at most) face value
If you’ve been trying to get tickets to see Adele’s gigs at Wembley Stadium in London next June and July, the sheer weight of demand may have made it a frustrating experience. Especially if you’ve also seen tickets for those gigs pop up on secondary sites with vast markups.
Here’s some good news: there’s a high chance the people trying to flog their tickets on those sites will have them cancelled, rather than trousering a profit.
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Taylor Swift tops 2016’s highest-paid musicians chart
Taylor Swift may not have released a new album (yet) in 2016, but she has still been the highest-earning musician according to Forbes’ annual chart of musical moneymakers. The magazine […]
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BBC reveals Sound of 2017 emerging artists longlist
After Thanksgiving Thursday and Black Friday, welcome to Everyone Moan About The BBC’s Music Tips For The Next Year Monday! The BBC’s Sound Of… list is one of the most respected in the UK, […]
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Stormzy manager wins at Artist and Manager Awards
UK management body the MMF held its annual Artist and Manager Awards last night, with winners from across both sectors. Stormzy’s manager Tobe Onwuka won the Breakthrough Manager award – […]
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Six of the top 20 UK entertainment products are albums
The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) has published its chart of the top entertainment products in the UK in the first half of 2016 – a chart that includes albums, TV/films and games.
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Adele’s 25 is now on streaming services: this changes everything… and nothing
“OMG” – Adele’s 25 is on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play Music and other streaming services almost exactly seven months after it came out. “An artist who has always windowed her […]
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Justin Bieber on YouTube: 2.36bn views in last three months alone
PewDieWho? Musician Justin Bieber remained the biggest channel on YouTube in January, with another startling views total.
Bieber’s Vevo videos were watched 824.3m times last month according to the chart produced for Tubefilter by analytics firm OpenSlate.
Following 866.2m views in December 2015 and 669.7m views in November, that’s 2.36bn views in the last three months alone for Bieber’s channel.