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Music Business Worldwide April 1, 2021 Som Livre artist, Marilia Mendonça, has over 13 billion views of her channel on YouTube We told you so. Last month, MBW predicted that Som Livre, owner of the biggest domestic-born record label in Brazil, was set to be acquired by a major music company. Our sources informed us the price of the deal would likely land somewhere around $250 million to $300 million, and that all three majors had kicked the tires of the firm. Now we know who got it: Sony Music...

BBC News By Mark Savage image captionPaul Simon, pictured at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival, announced his retirement from touring in 2018 Paul Simon has sold his entire song catalogue to Sony Music Publishing for an undisclosed sum. The deal covers more than six decades of music, from Simon & Garfunkel songs like Bridge Over Troubled Water and Mrs Robinson to solo hits like You Can Call Me Al and 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover. Simon said he was "pleased" to have Sony as the "custodian of my songs...

Zayn’s latest album, Nobody Is Listening, has not yet been nominated for any awards. Styles did hit a speedbump during the Grammy Awards ceremony, however, when he was censored during his acceptance speech for Watermelon Sugar. He told the audience: “Wow. To everyone who made this record with me, thank you so much. “This was the first song we wrote after my first album came out during a day off in Nashville, and I just want to say thanks to Tom, Tyler, Mitch and everyone.” Trending Styl...

Liam Payne Proud of Harry Styles for Winning First Grammy Music The Strip That Down singer congratulates his brother for becoming the first One Direction star to win a Golden Gramophone at the Grammy Awards over the weekend. Mar 17, 2021 The singer sent One Direction fans into a frenzy after he gushed about how "proud" he is of his bandmate for taking home his first-ever Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance for "Watermelon Sugar" at Sundays (14Mar21) ceremony. "Congrats @hshq on your Grammy ...

Liam Payne has gushed about how "proud" he is of Harry Styles for taking home his first Grammy at this years ceremony.

The 27-year-old singer beat off competition from Justin Bieber ('Yummy'), Doja Cat ('Say So'), Billie Eilish ('Everything I Wanted'), Dua Lipa ('Don't Start Now') and Taylor Swift ('Cardigan') to take the Best Pop Solo Performance for 'Watermelon Sugar' at Sunday's (14.03.21) ceremony

Taylor Swift and Harry Styles Had A ‘Cute Moment’ At the Grammy Awards 2021 [WATCH] The 2021 Grammy Awards has had a couple of moments - whether itd be unique ones, jaw-dropping ones, and even cute ones. Not only did Harry Styles opened the ceremony, but his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift also looked positively happy to see that he took home his first-ever Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance for "Watermelon Sugar." Taylor Swift was nominated for her song "cardigan," but she lost to her ...

At Grammys 2021, Harry Styles beat Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and more to take home his first-ever Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance for Watermelon Sugar. Read and watch his heartwarming acceptance speech below.

During his acceptance speech for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 2021 Grammys, Harry Styles dropped a major curse word. Scroll on to see what he said and how fans reacted!

Sony Acquires AWAL, Kobalt Neighboring Rights AWAL, which built a reputation as a safe harbor for independent artists seeking true global reach, is now owned by Sony, the world’s second largest music group. Sony Music Entertainment has announced that it will acquire Kobalt’s recorded music operations, including AWAL and performance rights collection agency Kobalt Neighbouring Rights. Together they will become a new division within SME’s suite of independent artist and label services along...