JAY-Z

Here's all the music industry news you need to know this morning. At 5pm Saturday 29 July in Brisbane, Katie Noonan, Kate Ceberano and Eurovision star Isaiah will perform John Farnham’s powerful…

Just yesterday we spoke about Gotye has not received a single cent in YouTube royalties, due to his decision not to monetise his channel, but now it's been revealed just how much one of music's…

The Birth Of A Giant “Daniel just saw the opportunities of streaming music before anyone else.” – Mark Zuckerberg on Spotify’s Daniel Ek, The New Yorker. You wouldn’t think much of Daniel Ek if you…

Jay-Z loves rapping about those who have done him wrong, but soon he'll have to unleash a diss track about himself, as it seems like his exclusivity deal with his own streaming service will deny him…

Kanye's The Life Of Pablo was the first album to go platinum purely based on streaming, which, while a significant chart milestone, resulted in Ye leaving millions of dollars on the table in lost…

Just six days after its release as a TIDAL exclusive, Jay-Z’s thirteenth solo album has achieved Platinum certification in the US. According to the body which gives out these Awards in the US, 4:44…

Jay-Z's thirteenth solo album has been illegally downloaded almost one million times since its release last Friday (June 30). According to UK piracy analytics company MUSO (and reported on by MBW),…

If a report by gossip rag TMZ is to be believed, Kanye West has quit his role as one of the founding shareholders of Jay-Z's streaming service, TIDAL. According to TMZ, "sources close to Kanye" have…

If there was one thing that could have killed Jay-Z’s career, it was success. The music of Shawn Carter has always been defined by its scrappiness, his songs underpinned by an explicit sympathy for…

Jay Z's streaming service Tidal has lost its third CEO in just two years. Jeff Toig exited the struggling streaming rival in March, ending a 14-month stint at the company. Toig took over from interim…