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| Japanese Recorded Music Market Down Nearly 5% in 2014
An unsurprising decline in physical sales last year led to a 4.6-percent declined in recorded music revenue in Japan, the world's second-largest recorded music market and one that remains reliant on the CD format.
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| Billboard Latin Music & Marketing Awards Now Accepting Entries
Billboard, in association with the CLIOs, has officially opened the call for entries to the 2015 Latin Music & Marketing Awards.
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| Toronto's Massey Hall Set for $135M, Seven-Year Renovation
Massey Hall, the 121-year-old Toronto live entertainment theater whose hallowed stage has been graced by such acts as Neil Young, George Gershwin, Rush, Igor Stravinsky, Bob Dylan, Luciano Pavarotti and Johnny Cash, is undergoing Phase 1 of a seven-year revitalization project, its president and CEO, Charles Cutts, announced Monday (Feb. 23) at the venue.
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| Number of Music Retailers in UK Climbs To Record High Despite Tumbling Sales
The number of brick-and-mortar stores selling music in the United Kingdom has reached an all-time high, despite the falling popularity of physical product. |
| Taylor Swift Named IFPI Global Recording Artist of 2014
Taylor Swift has been crowned Global Recording Artist of the year by international trade group IFPI. The annual award honors the year's top artist across physical sales, downloads and streaming worldwide.
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| Bobby Brown Cancels Australian Tour to Spend Time with Bobbi Kristina
Bobbi Kristina remains hospitalized after being found unresponsive in late January.
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| Ellie Goulding, Imagine Dragons Lead U.K. Sales Charts
Ellie Goulding’s “Love Me Like You Do” has broken the U.K. streaming record previously owned by Mark Ronson.
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| Foo Fighters, Muse and Ryan Adams to Headline Massive Fuji Rock Festival
Fuji Rock Festival, one of the two leading international rock gatherings in Japan, has announced the lineup for its 19th edition, which will run July 24-26 at Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata prefecture.
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| Will.i.am, Rudimental To Join Music-Centric MMIX At Mobile World Congress
The first MMIX will kick off March 3 at Mobile World Congress with a CEO panel featuring Will.i.am, recording artist and founder-chairman of i.am+; Philipp Humm, CEO of Vodafone Europe; David Hose, CEO of Rhapsody International; and Rich Riley, CEO of Shazam, with moderator Alice Enders of Enders Analysis. The program will continue on March 3 with live performances from UK collective Rudimental and international dance music legend Roger Sanchez at the official MWC15, to be held at the Italian Pavilion at Fira Montjuïc.
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| Chris Brown Claims Canada Won't Let Him In
Chris Brown tweeted that despite having sold-out concerts in Montreal and Toronto, he won't be performing at them. |
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