"The songs are sick, the music is gigantic, and the risks were off the charts," Taylor says of his follow-up to 2020's CMFT, due later this year.
With the "right incentive structures," platforms can eliminate "unauthorized, unwanted, and infringing content entirely," says the CEO.
Sales by Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift and other artists boost UMG's recorded music and publishing divisions.
The experimental artist signed with the label in 2021.
"Cupid" shoots onto mainstream charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
The highly respected Pérez worked for over two decades at Universal Music.
The next step in K-pop’s growth may lie not in music itself, but in exporting K-pop’s disciplined development, production and promotion model.
"Our job is to find ways to connect, collect and convert the fans at every possible touchpoint of the rollout," says Cindy James, Virgin Music senior vp of commercial marketing.
How the little-known founder of Rimas went from a Venezuelan military academy to the top of the U.S. music business – and could exit with as much as $200 million.
The label has signed the global star following her exit from Warner Records earlier this month.