Music Business Interviews

Pioneering producer Tainy on shaping the sound of reggaeton, the future of Latin music and his star-studded plans for 2024

The producer who made his name with artists such as Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, J Balvin and Selena Gomez discusses his career so far, his inspiration and the key to collaborations

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BandLab CEO, Meng Ru Kuok: ‘I think there will be over 1 billion music creators by 2030, potentially even sooner.’

MBW and Goldman Sachs team up for our first Entrepreneur Of The Year award – and BandLab's co-founder picks up the prize

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‘Someone said to us in our second week: Boys, the deals you’re doing are going to get you nowhere. You might as well quit now.’

The Other Songs co-founders and brothers Alastair and Billy Webber tell us about the company’s origins, Ren's UK No.1 album and their plans for the future..

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NEON16’s Lex Borrero: ‘The growing interest in Latin Music is a testament to its impact on the global stage.’

NEON16 NTERTAIN's founder on the rise of Latin Music, partnering with Firebird, Tainy's debut album and his ambition to build a billion-dollar business..

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‘If everyone’s wearing a blue hat, make sure you’re wearing a red one.’

Having worked with UK hip-hop royalty such as Dave, J Hus, Skepta and Stormzy, as well as global superstars including Drake and Wizkid, a new deal with Concord looks set to propel writer/producer Nana Rogues to new levels of success - and provide a platform to pull some emerging talent up after him…

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Russ on independence, entrepreneurialism, and what he’d change about the music business

MBW's Trailblazers series meets artist and producer Russ

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Downtown’s Ben Patterson: ‘Ultimately, the access to music afforded by the internet has cracked the gatekeepers of popular culture…’

Ben Patterson outlines the foundations and future for Downtown Music's new Artist & Label Services division

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‘We want music to continue to be an art form the way that it has been; we don’t want it to just be 15-second snippets.’

TikTok’s Ole Obermann discusses the ‘Add To Music App’ feature, ticketing, Tate McRae, subscriptions, delivering revenue, where the company will be in five years and much more

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NetEase Cloud Music wants to be ‘the bridge’ between artists in the West and audiences in China. Here’s how.

In this feature, we speak to Vivian Wei, Vice President of Copyrights at China-headquartered music streaming platform NetEase Cloud Music

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Alfonso Perez-Soto , Warner Music’s President, Emerging Markets, on the ‘huge opportunity in the MENA region’

Exec delivered a keynote interview in Saudi Arabia last week

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‘These archives, they contain gold’: Aviator’s Alex Seidl and Lindsay Jones on the business of rare music content

The co-founders of Aviator join the MBW Podcast

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‘We are looking towards Ed and Taylor right now as the inspiration.’

Drew Simmons talks about the thrills and challenges of managing 2023's breakout star, Noah Kahan

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‘Young Africans are finding their voices. More artists want to be African Giants that are Made in Lagos.’

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Lanre Masha, Director, West Africa at the Orchard

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Michelle Jubelirer on Ice Spice, The Beatles, and reinventing Capitol Music Group: ‘I don’t think any label group has been able to turn things around as quickly as my team and I have done in less than two years.’

Jubelirer tells MBW all about her first two years in charge at CMG – and how she's overcome the challenge of quelling, and then re-energizing, one of the most iconic label brands in existence

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‘Latin artists have been paving the way for deals that offer more control, transparency, and better economics.’

Alejandra Olea, Believe's MD, Americas is interview in MBW's World Leaders series following huge success with Iñigo Quintero