IFPI

IFPI, the organization that represents the recording industry worldwide, has revealed that Frances Moore will retire from her position as Chief Executive Officer at the end of 2023.As IFPI’s longest-serving leader, Moore has led the trade…

Harry Styles has been named as the winner of IFPI’s Global Single Award for 2022 for his hit As It Was. The IFPI, the global recorded music trade body, says that its Global Single Award is presented to the artist with the world’s…

Global recorded music body IFPI has appointed Adriana Restrepo as Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, effective February 1.Reporting to IFPI Chief Executive, Frances Moore, she will head up IFPI’s regional office in…

Global recorded music body IFPI has launched the ‘Official MENA Chart’, which it calls the first-ever official chart in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).The new singles chart includes music streaming data from Anghami, Apple, Deezer,…

Global recorded music body IFPI and the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Economy (MoE) have signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding pledging “to support the continuing growth of the UAE’s recorded music business”.According to the IFPI,…

The MBW Review is where we aim our microscope towards some of the music biz’s biggest recent goings-on. This time, we crunch the numbers from the IFPI‘s newly-released recorded music industry report for 2021. The MBW Review is supported by…

IFPI, which represents the recording industry worldwide, has opened a new Southeast Asia regional office in Singapore.Simon Seow has been appointed to the newly created role of IFPI Regional Director, Southeast Asia.Seow will lead IFPI’s…

Global recorded music body IFPI has named The Weeknd’s hit single Save Your Tears has the winner of its 2021 Global Digital Single Award.IFPI says that its Global Digital Single Award is presented to the world’s best-selling single of the…

BTS have been crowned winners of 2021’s IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award.The news marks a “landmark moment” for the recording industry, says IFPI, as the South Korean group are the first act to win the award for two…

Rawan Al-Dabbas has been appointed to the newly created role of IFPI Regional Director, Middle East & North Africa (MENA).Al-Dabbas will lead IFPI’s work across the region to promote recorded music, expand its commercial uses, and…