Canadian Music Week 2021
Now in its 38th year, the Canadian Music Week Conference is the premier annual business and networking event in Canada. The 3-day music summit attracts all sectors of the industry in an interactive forum for domestic and international delegates to exchange ideas, explore trends & breakthroughs and offer insight into the global challenges facing an ever-changing landscape. Keynotes, speakers, panels, workshops, master classes and receptions all take place in Toronto,
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MUSIC CONFERENCE NEWS
From Video Guy to Superfly: Fireside Chat with Director X
Few epitomize the blend of high-profile sight and sound in this century like the Toronto-born Director X, whose roster of high-budget video stars has included Jay-Z, Drake, Rosalia, Kanye West, Miguel, Kendrick Lamar, Future, Justin Bieber & more.
Allen Kovac Keynote Interview: ‘Don’t Drink the Major Labels’ Kool-Aid’
Allen Kovac has been in the music industry for over 40 years founding TDA Productions, Tenth Street Entertainment and the Eleven Seven Music Group (now Better Noise Music). TDA productions a concert promotion company was founded in 1975 in Eugene, Oregon, promoting...
Up Close and Personal Conversation with Timbaland
Timothy Zachery Mosley, professionally known as Timbaland, is a legendary American record producer, rapper, DJ, singer and songwriter, well known for hits like ‘Give It to Me’, ‘Cry Me a River’, ‘The Way I Are’ and ‘4 Minutes’. As a rapper he initially released...
CMW 2021 Spotlight on Poland
CMW shines a Spotlight on Poland in Toronto in 2021, welcoming the largest official music mission from Poland to Canada to open new trade routes between our respective music markets. The initiative has been a few years in the making, collaborating with Music Export...
Born to Produce: A Fireside Chat with Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin, Grammy Award Winning Producer, It’s not everyone whose Grade 11 teacher tells his mom to let him quit school and follow his dream. But even as a teenager who carried his keyboard everywhere, the Atlanta-based Dallas Austin turned heads in the music...
From Love-in to Cash-In: How the World’s Biggest Music Festivals Evolved
Creative Director, Co-Founder, Glastonbury Festival / The Great Escape Redhill, Surrey, UK
MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS
Music News
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Billboard Announces New Chart Rules: No More Merch & Ticket Bundles
It has also changed how sales are counted for not-yet-manufactured physical albums delivered at a later date.
CANADA CREATES $20M FUND FOR COMMERCIAL LIVE MUSIC SECTOR
For-profit live music companies in Canada now have access to a CA$20m support fund, in what CLMA calls a “historic recognition” of the commercial live music sector
HIPGNOSIS HAS ANOTHER $300M TO SPEND ON SONGS, THANKS TO ITS BIGGEST FUNDRAISE YET
Hipgnosis Songs Fund has spent over $1bn on songs since going public two years ago… and now it’s got another £236.4m (approximately $299m) in its acquisition war chest.
Global circus company Cirque du Soleil files for bankruptcy protection
Cirque du Soleil, one of Quebec's most internationally recognizable brands, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday following months of meagre revenues because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
RADIO SUMMIT NEWS
RADIO INDUSTRY NEWS
Radio Active News
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US threatens to restrict WeChat following TikTok backlash
Amid intense scrutiny over TikTok as a potential national security risk in the U.S., WeChat, the essential tool for Chinese people’s day-to-day life, is also taking heat from Washington.
FEATURED ARTISTS
MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS
Music Festival News
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BIGSOUND is back for 2020! Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 October
BIGSOUND POWERS FORWARD WITH ESSENTIAL 2020 MUSIC GATHERING
MUSIC AWARDS NEWS
Comic Adam Growe To MC New Radio and Audio Awards Luncheon
For over 30 years, Adam Growe has been performing in radio, television, and on-stage. In addition to hosting 8 seasons of Cash Cab, Adam is a highly sought after event host and an accomplished stand-up comedian, starring in Just for Laughs, Comedy NOW!,...
Funny Man Darrin Rose to Host Music and Broadcast Industry Gala Dinner
Darrin Rose is one of Canada’s most popular comedians, and an award-winning writer and actor. He plays Bill on the hit CBC sitcom Mr. D, now in its eighth sea-son. He is currently a writer on the CBS sitcom Happy Together starring Damon Wayans Jr. He was the host of...
‘Canada’s Queen of R&B Soul’ Jully Black to Host the Live Music Industry Awards
Canadian Music Week (CMW) and Canadian Live Music Association are excited to announce Jully Black as the host of 5th Annual Live Music Industry Awards. Purchase tickets here. Jully Black is a true Canadian Icon. Named as one of ‘The 25 Greatest...
In Memoriam: Nevin Grant to be Inducted into Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame, Receiving Allan Waters Lifetime Achievement Award
Early this year Canadian Music Week announced that Nevin Grant of CKOC was to be inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame, and be the recipient of the Allan Waters Lifetime Achievement Award which is presented in recognition of Nevin’s...
Iconic Indigenous Musician and Activist Buffy Sainte-Marie To Receive Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award
Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce Buffy Sainte-Marie as the 2021 recipient of the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award. Buffy will be honoured for her work over the last 60 years as a trailblazing musician, activist and educator at the...
Rock Icon Kim Mitchell to be Inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame During CMW
Toronto, ON– The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF) has partnered with North America’s leading entertainment festival and conference, Canadian Music Week (CMW), to celebrate the induction of rock legend, songwriter, and broadcaster Kim Mitchell to the Canadian...
Music Awards News
Blackpink Awarded 5 Guinness World Records for “How You Like That”
The music video for “How You Like That” garnered over 86.3 million views when it dropped on June 26. It snatched a previous record claimed by BTS, who lost several records
