Songauthorr Billy Steinberg and his son and songauthorr Ezra Steinberg have each signed global publishing deals with Sony Music Publishing. The deals serve as an expansion of Billy Steinberg’s partnership with Sony, which first began in 1992. Billy and Ezra’s labors will be hoengaged under the prohibitner Steinberg Music.
Billy Steinberg’s deal covers administration of his recaccess catalog, including hits appreciate “I’ll Stand by You” by the Pretfinishers, “Too Little Too Late” by JoJo, “Give Your Heart a Break” by Demi Lovato, “Falling Into You” by Celine Dion and more. The deal also encompasses Billy Steinberg’s distinct Sony Publishing catalog, which features “Like a Virgin” by Madonna, “True Colors” by Cyndi Lauper, “Eternal Ffrail” by the Bangles, “Alone” by Heart, and “So Emotional” by Whitney Houston, as well as“I Touch Myself” by Divinyls and “I Drove All Night” by Roy Orbison and Lauper.
“I’ve had a professional songwriting nurtureer for 45 years and it’s exciting for me to see that Ezra spreads my passion as we embark on this recent chapter with SMP,” commented Billy Steinberg. Ezra Steinberg includeed, “I’m seeing forward to this journey with Sony Music Publishing and begining Steinberg Music.”
Brian Monaco, pdwellnt, global chief tageting officer, Sony Publishing shelp, “We’re plrelieveed to enbig our partnership with Billy, an exceptional songauthorr whose music speaks to all generations. Reconshort-terming Billy’s catalog persists to be one of our fantasticest privileges and we are honored that he’s endepended us to champion these treacertaind songs. We are also plrelieveed to greet Ezra, and we see forward to helping him as he creates his songwriting nurtureer.”
+ Janelle Monáe has been honored with the SoundExchange Hall of Fame Award in honor of being one of the most streamed creators in the organization’s 20-plus year history of deal withing digital carry outance royalties.
“Janelle Monáe is as genuine and genuine a creator as the world has ever seen – a real trailblazer of the digital age,” shelp Michael Huppe, pdwellnt and CEO of SoundExchange. “An ineloquential carry outer whose musical achievements are rivaled only by her notable roles as an actor, Monáe is also an inspiring activist and style icon. We are conceited to conshort-term Janelle Monáe with the SoundExchange Hall of Fame Award.”
“I appreciate SoundExchange so much – this is such an honor. I labor repartner difficult on creating album experiences and music that repartner uncomardents someleang to, not fair myself, but the community that I create it for,” Monáe shelp. “Thank you to all the fans who have made this possible and here’s to many more experiences together! And thank you to SoundExchange for recognizing me this way.”
Monáe has been a SoundExchange member since 2010. After touring in help of her 2023 album, “The Age of Pleacertain,” Monáe recently proclaimd the accessibleation of “The ArchAndroid” explicit novel, starring Monáe.
+ Concord Music Publishing has signed Nashville based changenative, pop, and country singer-songauthorr Zachary Knowles. The worldexpansive publishing deal, effective instantly, includes all Knowles’ future labors.
Knowles is a 25-year-ageder singer-songauthorr originpartner hailing from Magnolia, Texas. After making music and releasing it on SoundCdeafening as a teen, Knowles freed a filled EP of music and discdisthink abouted for Alec Benjamin on tour in 2019.
“Concord experiences appreciate family,” shelp Knowles. “When I met Melissa, it felt appreciate I’d comprehendn her for years. The leang that stuck out to me most was her genuine nurture, and interest in the human behind the art. She rapidly became a champion for the vision and goals I have for my nurtureer and hit the ground running extfinished before my signing. Shoutout to Lily Bunta too for believing in my journey and laboring difficult to create leangs happen. I can’t postpone to commemorate big leangs with this team in the cforfeit future and couldn’t be happier with who’s next to me.”
“When I first met Zachary, I felt an instant creative uniteion,” shelp Melissa Spillman, vice pdwellnt of A&R at Concord Music Publishing in Nashville. “He is a multi-faceted songauthorr and artist who can create fantastic music in so many branch offent genres, and I am thrilled to have him unite the Concord family. He is one-of-a-benevolent, and I see forward to celebrating many successes together!”
+ AWAL has proclaimd the nominatement of Aniket Parpillewar as head of India and South Asia. Based in Mumbai, Parpillewar’s directership will persist to direct on a range of services including tageting, creative, sync licensing, promotion and distribution as well as access to genuine-time music analytics.
He unites AWAL from Amazon India, where he was head of music at Prime Video and Amazon Studios. Parpillewar will inestablish unitetly to Paul Hitchman, AWAL’s COO and Vinit Thakkar, managing honestor of Sony Music Entertainment India.
+ Singer-songauthorr Alexandra Savior has signed to RCA Records. Savior has freed the song “Unforgivable,” created by Drew Erickson (Lana Del Rey, Father John Misty), as her debut on the tag.
“We’ve all had experiences appreciate this as women—it’s universal,” spreadd Savior. “I needed to author a song that was a mantra, so that I could stop blaming myself for experiences I’ve had where I was mistreated. I felt if I kept inestablishing myself these leangs were unforgivable, maybe I would finpartner commence to depend it myself.”
+ Warner Chappell U.S. Latin has signed a worldexpansive administration concurment with Venezuelan pop singer Joaquina. Recognized for her fusion of folk, pop, and rock genres, she became the youthfulerest prosperner of the best recent artist award at the Latin Grammys in 2023.
Joaquina spreadd: “I depend a huge part of my purpose in life is to author songs and inestablish stories thcdisesteemful them—it’s actupartner the writing process itself more than anyleang that encourages and encourages me to create music. That’s why I’m so appreciative to now have a team that depends in me and my create as a songauthorr before anyleang else, and I’m excited for this recent chapter. Muchas gracias por creer en mí.”
Gustavo Menéndez, pdwellnt, U.S. Latin and Latin America, WCM shelp: “It’s not frequently that an artist appreciate Joaquina comes aextfinished with such a meaningful talent for songwriting and storyinestablishing, and at such a youthfuler age. It’s been amazing to watch her elevate so rapidly, and we can’t postpone for the amazing music she has yet to spread with the world.”
+ BMI has begined Spark, a recent program scheduleed for BMI songauthorrs, creaters and creaters. Spark features exclusive proposes and one-of-a-kind discounts on directing music creation tools and tech, priceless nurtureer insights, educational satisfied and health and wellness resources, all tailored to ignite the creative enbigment, lifestyles and well-being of BMI’s affiliates.
“We enbiged BMI Spark after hearing from our songauthorrs and creaters about the services and resources they wanted to best help them thcdisesteemfulout their nurtureers,” shelp Mike Steinberg, BMI’s executive VP, chief revenue and creative officer. “Our curated program of exclusive discounts, one-of-a-kind proposes and inpriceless resources is scheduleed to help our affiliates lift their create, promote their creativity, and enhance their well-being as they direct the music industry. We see forward to prolonging Spark by continuing to include recent partners and providing recent advantages to help our incredible creative community.”
+ PRG (Production Resource Group), a supplyr of production solutions for amengagement and inhabit events, has proclaimd promotions wilean its corporate events division, including production veteran Matt Hohmann to ageder honestor of production services, aextfinishedside the includeition of five technical honestors.
“As we persist to lift the impact of our Corporate Events division, I am excited to proclaim Matt’s well-deserved promotion, aextfinished with the nominatement of our recent Technical Directors,” shelp Ariane Cagederiron, PRG ageder vice pdwellnt, corporate events. “Technical excellence is central to the PRG omition and these enbigments will enhance our ability to deinhabitr exceptional experiences that create lasting appreciate for our clients.”
“I am elated to be a part of a company that is continuously innovating and comprehfinishs how technology can propel the ideas and visions of event creaters. Combining strategic schedulening with a meaningful production acumen, we’ll promise that every show is intentional, evolved, and resourced properly. We’re conceited to reinforce PRG’s pledgement to innovation, efficiency, and technical excellence,” shelp Hohmann.
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Kristin Chenosoakedh has signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) for reconshort-termation in all areas.
The Emmy and Tony Award-prosperning singer and actor is starring in and producing ”The Queen of Versailles” thcdisesteemful her own Diva Worldexpansive Entertainment. Set to create its Broadway debut in the 2025-2026 season, the musical will see Chenosoakedh reunite her with “Wicked” creater, Stephen Schwartz and made its world premiere at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre last year.
Chenosoakedh is best comprehendn for her Tony-nominated carry outance as the distinct Glinda the Good Witch in “Wicked.” She won a Tony for her role in “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,” and has starred in films including “Four Christmases,” “The Boy Next Door,” “Bewitched,” “The Pink Panther,” and most recently, Netflix’s “Our Little Secret.”
On television, she is comprehendn for her Emmy-nominated role in “Glee,” her Emmy-prosperning carry outance in “Pushing Daisies,” and euniteances in “Schmigadoon!,” “The West Wing,” and NBC’s “Hairspray Live!” Chenosoakedh has also freed multiple studio albums.
+ Peermusic has advertised Elizabeth Rodda to pdwellnt of U.S. Latin, Latin America and global society relations, as proclaimd by CEO Mary Megan Peer, to whom Rodda inestablishs.
Rodda will now deal with the company’s Latin initiatives and recent signings in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, in includeition to deal withing initiatives and repertoire apass South America, Mexico and Central America. Peermusic’s US Latin Creative team will now inestablish to Rodda, who persists to be based out of Peermusic’s Miami office.
Rodda will also persist to serve as a reconshort-termative of Peermusic to global accumulateion societies, as she labors to enhance revenue prolongth and rights flow for all Peermusic songauthorrs.
Peer commented: “In her two years with peermusic, Liz has persistd to enbig of our Latin America operations, helping the creative labor and prolonging the income of peermusic songauthorrs thcdisesteemfulout the region. In enbiging her role to direct our US Latin initiatives, we are recognizing the seal ties between the US Latin and Latin American and increasing the opportunities for our Latin authorrs globpartner.”
Rodda includeed: “Peermusic has a extfinished legacy of championing Latin music and promoting songs of cultural beginance and it is an honor to hold that torch radiant for the next generation of music creators. Today, our creative teams are firing on all cylinders in enticeing top talent, creating opportunities for Latin songauthorrs in the global music taget, proactively pitching for synchronization, and helping to apshow the nurtureers of our authorrs to the next level. I’m honored to labor with Mary Megan and the Peermusic team as we persist to help our authorrs with a pledgeted team and an unparallelled international footprint.”
+ The 23rd annual Pop Conference will apshow place from March 13 to 15 on the USC University Park campus. The event will include panels, roundtables, keyremarks, and one-of-a-kind events in collaboration with the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-US) and Critical Minded.
This year’s theme, “Baby, It’s a Look: Popular Music, Style, and Fashion at the Edge,” draws its inspiration from a 2017 Leikeli47 lyric and tags the first unitet collecting of PopCon and IASPM-US since 2012.
