CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // FOREIGN ARTISTS RETURN TO CHINA Since the summer of last year, China has been one of the only places in the world that doesn’t still face mass cancellations for events. It’s been great so far for Chinese artists, who’ve still mostly had free range to Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // NETEASE AND TENCENT NAME 2020’S BIGGEST ALBUMS AND ARTISTS NetEase delivered their winning news via a very sleek in-app miniprogram, which was painstakingly translated by Groove Dynasty employee Ivy and is now featured on the Groove Dynasty blog. Tencent went for a bit more glitz Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS Some articles in this month’s newsletter are a few months old, I’m including them because they are great resources and still hold value to my readers in terms of understanding the overall music industry in China and it’s future outlook. New readers, please note, this is Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS Let me keep this part short – despite its coverage, this seems to me more like politicians pissing on each other than actual news, and I doubt it will have any real affect on the music industry or business at large. Details on exactly what’s happening Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS Well, I don’t know how much she personally made. But many are touting her new album’s success within China, led by NetEase Cloud Music and QQ Music who had giant banners and dedicated pages in their app for the album all week. Note that the album Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS Over the past six months, the world has changed in nearly every way you can imagine. The music industry was one of hardest hit by Covid-19, as sweeping event cancellations have not only cut a major source of income for artists, but shifted fans’ sense of Read more…
SCMP is a leading news publication covering news and events in China and Asia at large. Their recent article covering Beijing’s recent initiative to increase the music industry in China featured a quote for Groove Dynasty owner and CEO Kyle Bagley. These initiatives cover both the live and digital music Read more…
Click here to subscribe. CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // ‘CHINA’S TWITCH’ HUYA SURPASSES 100 MILLION MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS Everyone knows gaming is big business in China. The market-leading music streaming platforms from NetEase and Tencent are actually a fraction of their parent companies’ overall business, with the leader and real profit makers being Read more…
Click here to subscribe. CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // KRIS WU VS. THE WORLD Chinese pop star Kris Wu enjoyed brief success, then quite a bit of drama surrounding his release Antares, with reports he used bots to game the charts. Some props to Universal China, who was quick to back up their Read more…