The Japanese government has approved an amendment to the Japanese Copyright Act regarding music playback in public spaces. Performing artists and record companies will now be paid when their recorded music is […]
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Music Ally Insight Report :: International Focus 2026
Welcome to our sixth annual Music Ally International Focus report – where we bring all of Music Ally’s Country Profiles published in the last 12 months into one place.
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Roli’s latest music-education move is a partnership with Casio
Earlier this year, we reported on music-education firm Roli’s launch of an ‘AI Music Coach’ to help people learn to play the company’s Airwave instrument. Now it’s branching out to more-traditional keyboards. […]
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Sony Music Group’s revenues grew 21% year-on-year in Q1 2026
We have a full set of financial results for the major labels, with Sony Music Group declaring its first-quarter numbers last week following UMG and WMG’s recent announcements. Sony Music […]
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Gems in Japan
This week’s Music Ally Country Profile is on Japan, a country which has continued to see revenues climb in 2025 as the second largest domestic recorded music market worldwide. “This […]
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Country Profile – Japan 2026
The IFPI charts suggest that Japanese musical exports are booming, thanks to physical sales. The reality is slightly more complex – but still positive.
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Japan launches So-Fu Music scheme for artists and managers
Over the past year we’ve been picking up on a growing number of initiatives and partnerships aiming to bolster the international growth of music and artists from Japan. The latest […]
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Sony Music and UMG team up to launch music festivals in Asia
Major labels are very keen on joint ventures at the moment, but rarely with one another. Nine By Nine is the latest exception to the rule.
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Japanese duo Creepy Nuts touch down in Sony Music’s Roblox world
Creepy Nuts are big well beyond their homeland of Japan, having notched up more than 900m global streams of their 2024 hit ‘Bling-Bang-Bang-Born’ and collaborated with Dua Lipa. They’re playing […]
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Talent-discovery firm Surf Music raises $6.3m funding round
Japanese firm Surf Music emerged onto our radar in 2023 as a platform to connect musicians with labels, sync licensors and other opportunities globally. It was a finalist in our Music Ally SI:X […]
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Korean and Japanese artists dominate IFPI album-sales chart
The October release date for Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ hobbled its chances in the big streaming platforms’ end-of-2025 charts – as Spotify explained in December. However, it’s a […]
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Avex Music Group targets global growth with The Orchard deal
In its homeland, Japanese entertainment firm Avex is a giant. But its US division Avex Music Group (AMG) has big ambitions for global growth too, and now a new partner […]
