Music Business News: Ghana News Warner strikes partnership with Small World Records, founded by Ghanaian music entrepreneur SmallGod"SmallGod is a brilliant tastemaker, marketeer and visionary," said Max Lousada, CEO of Recorded Music at WMG Interviews ‘AfroFuture’s vision is to bring African art, cuisine, fashion, and music to a global audience.’MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Abdul Karim Abdullah, Co-Founder and CEO of cultural entertainment platform AfroFuture News Drake sued for alleged copyright infringement over sample used on ‘Calling My Name’Ghanaian rapper Obrafour has filed a lawsuit against Drake News Warner launches OUT OF ORDER, an emerging markets-focused record label led by Selina ChowdhuryLabel will highlight music from regions including Africa, India, the Middle East, Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Analysis News African music service Mdundo’s monthly active users reach 21.5m, up 107% YoYMdundo has published its quarterly report for calendar Q3 2022 News Kobalt to launch NFT collection, becoming ‘first global music publisher to release a set of fully licensed direct-to-fan NFTs’Music lyric NFT collection is called An Electro Revival, in collaboration with Ghanaian visual artist, Afroscope Analysis News As new Shazam charts launch in 17 countries including Nigeria and Ghana, Apple Music hails app’s role in discovery of African music globallyShazam was acquired by Apple for $400 million in 2018 News Universal Music Group strikes licensing deal with African music service MdundoMdundo reports to have 17 million active monthly users across Africa1 2 Next
News Warner strikes partnership with Small World Records, founded by Ghanaian music entrepreneur SmallGod"SmallGod is a brilliant tastemaker, marketeer and visionary," said Max Lousada, CEO of Recorded Music at WMG
Interviews ‘AfroFuture’s vision is to bring African art, cuisine, fashion, and music to a global audience.’MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Abdul Karim Abdullah, Co-Founder and CEO of cultural entertainment platform AfroFuture
News Drake sued for alleged copyright infringement over sample used on ‘Calling My Name’Ghanaian rapper Obrafour has filed a lawsuit against Drake
News Warner launches OUT OF ORDER, an emerging markets-focused record label led by Selina ChowdhuryLabel will highlight music from regions including Africa, India, the Middle East, Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean
Analysis News African music service Mdundo’s monthly active users reach 21.5m, up 107% YoYMdundo has published its quarterly report for calendar Q3 2022
News Kobalt to launch NFT collection, becoming ‘first global music publisher to release a set of fully licensed direct-to-fan NFTs’Music lyric NFT collection is called An Electro Revival, in collaboration with Ghanaian visual artist, Afroscope
Analysis News As new Shazam charts launch in 17 countries including Nigeria and Ghana, Apple Music hails app’s role in discovery of African music globallyShazam was acquired by Apple for $400 million in 2018
News Universal Music Group strikes licensing deal with African music service MdundoMdundo reports to have 17 million active monthly users across Africa