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...Break-ups recur in the songs, including “Acróstico”, a syrupy ballad featuring her two children with Piqué....
...The major record labels — Universal, Sony and Warner — earn money by taking a cut of revenue from streams and album sales from a stable of thousands of musicians....
...McRae’s pop drama keeps you hooked. ★★★★☆ ‘Think Later’ is released by Sony/RCA...
...An ever-louder drumbeat of success had attended her since she signed a publishing deal for songwriting with Sony/ATV at the age of 14, the youngest in the company’s history....
...In today’s newsletter: The finance bromance gone wrong McKinsey’s internal management battle Pension funds adopt new borrowing tactics The ballad of Lars and Bruno In the realm of international finance...
...This marks out Adele’s latest 12-track, ballad-heavy album — where I Drink Wine lasts over six minutes — as one that only a superstar could afford to make....
...“Wasted on You” finds her in full power-ballad form, doing a big vocal number about being trapped in a relationship....
...Unlike many other big artists, Mr Dylan owned the publishing rights to his music, which was administered outside the US by Sony/ATV Publishing....
...Early titles such as Vice City and San Andreas were adored for their radio stations — expert selections of genres ranging from ’80s power ballads to salsa to gangsta rap....
...Sony/ATV, Universal and Kobalt) and Performance Rights Organisations (PROs ie collection agencies such as ASCAP and BMI)....
...The pennies add up: Sony/ATV makes revenue of about $600m annually; Mr Bandier said it was on track for its “best financial year yet”....
...Since December, the company has reached agreements with Universal Music, the largest record label, Sony/ATV, the biggest publisher, and several other groups....
...Those still reside with her original publisher Sony/ATV, allowing her to in effect reproduce her back catalogue ad infinitum....
...Sony/ATV, the music publishing group, has revamped its UK management team. David Ventura and Tim Major have been appointed to head up its UK operations....
...Apple’s move from TV to feature-length films comes as Netflix is gearing up for an Oscar push for new movies such as Roma and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs....
...Ms Gerson signed her as a songwriter to Sony/ATV in 2008, where she wrote for other artists before putting out her first smash hit album, as Lady Gaga....
...Sony/ATV commands the rights to more than 3 million songs by artists including The Beatles, Michael Jackson and Kanye West....
...The decision will “go a long way to fairly compensate our songwriters for the essential contribution they make to streaming's success story,” said Martin Bandier, chief executive of Sony/ATV, the largest...
...Facebook has signed a series of licensing deals in recent months with music groups including Universal Music Group and Sony/ATV, write Anna Nicolaou in New York and Hannah Kuchler in San Francisco....
...The other songs, mostly rich slow ballads, pick up on the theme of dangerous women and the title’s promise of dance halls, tears and desire....
...Christy Moore On The Road (Sony) These recent live performances of Christy Moore’s best-known songs fall into distinct categories....
.../ATV, the sector’s biggest publisher....
...He is seeking a “declaratory judgment” that Sony/ATV will confirm his rights to the songs. Sony/ATV called the lawsuit “unnecessary and premature”....
...The album’s second half is more contemplative, culminating in “We Don’t Deserve Love” in which Win Butler croons plaintively about modern alienation over a sumptuous ambient-rock ballad....
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