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This issue of Billboard's Asia Pacific Quarterly contains a series of reports on emerging artists from throughout the region. Artist: Dadawa Current Album: 'The Ballad Of Lhasa' Label: Warner This […]

As the recording industry sees it, Japan has never really been part of 'Asia.' Although it is the world's second-largest record market, the island nation has always been viewed as […]

While most Asian markets are making the shift to television as the primary music-marketing tool, record companies in the Philippines are sticking with radio to get their messages out. As […]

MANILA--Gospel music and a serious career in pop? Hardly a winning formula--but then there is nothing ordinary about Gary Valenciano. Widely lauded as the Philippines' most talented artist, Valenciano is […]

HONG KONG--Multinational record companies and their sister music publishing companies appear close to agreeing on a framework for the payment of mechanical royalties in various Asian countries. The issue has […]

Local Talent Slow Coming Out From International Dominance Manila-despite difficult times, music remains a constant passion in this nation of more than 65 million people. Music-related occupations, among them singing […]

Manila - Western music has always been a pervasive influence on Filipino music, and authentic local talent has, more often than not, remained latent. Government decrees and executive orders have […]

MANILA - Sony Music Entertainment opened a wholly owned subsidiary in the Philippines Oct. 1, joining Warner Music International as the only other 100%-owned affiliate in the country. BMG Entertainment […]

MANILA--With its 20% market share last year and a sweep of the most-significant honors during the recent AWIT awards (the local equivalent of the Grammys), Universal Records remains well-entrenched as […]

MANILA--EMI Music has renewed its license agreement with longtime Philippines partner Dyna Products, contrary to last year's industry speculation that the major would set up its own subsidiary. The deal, […]

MANILA - Just a couple months shy of its first anniversary, Warner Music Philippines stands in the spotlight as not only the first 100% foreign-owned record company here, but also […]

SINGAPORE--Just when it was thought that Singapore music market sales had hit saturation point, the business increased by 13 percent, to $63 million in terms of recorded music turnover. While […]

First Release Is A Velasquez-Anka Duet MANILA--PolyGram is up and running with its new joint venture in the Philippines, Poly-Cosmic. The company's first release features local star Regine Velasquez in […]