This week in music, worldwide recorded music revenue continued to rise in 2017, ABBA reunited and Kanye stirred controversy again. Keep up with what is new and important in music with the Daily Chord, offering six assorted links each weekday. For an added reminder, subscribe to our email blast and get the headlines in your inbox.
Monday, April 23
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Tencent Music edges toward IPO
Post from NASDAQ -
‘Now That’s What I Call Music!’ will be mankind’s greatest relic
Post from Quartzy -
How streaming will continue to change everything in the music business
Analysis from Music Business Worldwide -
Facebook strikes more deals focusing on independent labels
Item from Music Ally -
EDM DJ-producer Avicii dead at 28
Obituary from Rolling Stone -
‘The Middle’: Watch how a pop hit is made
Feature from NY Times
Tuesday, April 24
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IFPI global report 2018: Music sales rise for third straight year as streaming becomes biggest revenue source
Post from Billboard -
Spotify beefs up its free tier as Apple Music gains traction
Post from TechCrunch -
J. Cole breaks Apple Music’s first-day streaming record in US
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‘Black Cowboys’ sheds light on overlooked music of African-Americans who went west
Story from WBUR -
Excellent folk albums from 2018 you might’ve missed
List from Uproxx -
Watch Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen and Michael Stipe perform together
Post from Pitchfork
Wednesday, April 25
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Meek Mill released from prison on bail, takes in Sixers game
Story from Philadelphia Inquirer -
YouTube Remix could mean the end of Google Play Music
Post from CNET -
Bloodshot Records: 25 years of independent music
Interview from Hypebot -
Viagogo faces court for failing to protect UK consumers
Post from The Guardian -
The innovator: How Jlin is altering dance music’s DNA
Post from Rolling Stone -
Bob Dorough, jazzman with a hit kid-music series, dies at 94
Obituary from NY Times
Thursday, April 26
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Music Modernization Act unanimously passes US House of Representatives
Post from Billboard -
Sonos files confidentially for IPO, could go public as early as June
Post from Variety -
Germany scraps Echo Music Awards after anti-Semitism controversy
Post from Deutsche Welle -
May contain masturbation: The woman weaponizing pop’s Filthy Fifteen
Post from The Guardian -
Lawsuit accusing Russell Simmons of rape is dropped
Story from NY Times -
The Kanye West delusion
Post from The Ringer
Friday, April 27
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ABBA reunite, announce new songs
Item from Pitchfork -
The data security challenges facing the music industry
Post from Magnetic Magazine -
HD vinyl is a promise, not a product
Post from Engadget -
You asked: Is listening to music good for your health?
Post from Time -
Sex, disco and fish on acid: How Continental Baths became the world’s most influential gay club
Story from The Guardian -
New Orleans legend Charles Neville, saxophonist for the Neville Brothers, dies at 79
Obituary from New Orleans Advocate
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