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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…

By Poppy ReidPublished Mar 20, 2017
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Here's the music industry news you need to know this morning.

  1. Apple paid Chance The Rapper $500,000 for Coloring Book exclusive - via MBW 
  2. Ed Sheeran Beats 'Beauty & the Beast' For No. 1 on Billboard 200 - via Billboard 
  3. Gorillaz’s new album: Track titles and guest collaborators registered to licensing company Phonographic Performance Ltd - via CoS 
  4. Drake’s latest project, More Life, is now streaming everywhere -  via The Verge 
  5. Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven” Copyright Case Gets Appeal - via Spin 
  6. Live Nation made 13 acquisitions in the past 13 months - via MBW 
  7. Brian May writes touching tribute to late Chuck Berry - via NME 
  8. Drake has generated more than $50m on Spotify - via MBW 
  9. The Music Community Mourns ‘Rock’s Greatest Practitioner’ Chuck Berry - via Vulture 
  10. YouTube Blocks LGBTQ Videos Under Restricted Mode - via Teen Vogue 
  11. Selena Gomez Files Documents to Trademark Her Name - via Just Jared 
  12. Iggy Azalea announces new single ‘Mo Bounce’ to be released next Friday - via NME

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