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She reports to Tomas Rodríguez, President of Warner Music Mexico and Música Mexicana. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/yusim-aladro-promoted-to-general-manager-at-warner-music-mexico/

A few of the most interesting stats printed in IFPI‘s most recent Global Music Report concerned Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The SSA region was the fastest-growing recorded music region globally for the second consecutive year in 2023 and was also the only region globally to surpass 20% growth. Recorded music revenues in SSA were up 24.7% YoY in … Continued Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/african-music-will-keep-growing-and-making-waves-globally-our-sound-is-unique-and-the-world-is-hungry-for-it/

Charli XCX called it “anti-marketing.” MBW columnist Diana Umana argues it’s a structural shift that the biggest artists have already caught on to… Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-intimacy-economy-why-music-stars-are-going-small/

"Patient Zero" went to the VMAs, Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music before YouTube got it on September 29. TikTok's hub followed a day later. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tiktok-builds-a-taylor-swift-patient-zero-hub-as-her-video-rollout-keeps-skipping-youtube/