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Bebo & Cigala and Alejandro Sanz were the big winners at the Premios Amigo ceremony last night in Madrid. The duo of Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes, 85, and gypsy flamenco [...]

Spanish police have arrested 14 hackers who were allegedly behind an international piracy ring that used university computers to sell illegal music files in Internet chat rooms. The hackers, arrested [...]

The unlikely duo of Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes, 85, and gypsy flamenco singer Diego el Cigala, 40, is up for three honors at Spain's Premios Amigo, to be held Jan. [...]

Spanish industry veteran Simone Bose has been appointed to the new position of GM at EMI Spain, as part of a major restructuring that includes the combining of the marketing [...]

Spain's top indie music labels have joined forces to form Madrid-based Independent Phonographic Union (UFI). The body will campaign for more media space for indie music, better bilateral deals with [...]

Warner Music Spain artist Alejandro Sanz was selected for two of the 10 music awards at Spain's Premios Ondas, for which winners were announced yesterday. The awards--which also recognize achievements [...]

A judge in Barcelona last week ordered the return of 500,000 blank CDs and DVDs to local company CD World, after deciding that the discs--seized during what Spanish police had [...]

Richard Branson's V2 Records has opened for business in Spain. The Madrid-based affiliate will run its operation as a joint venture with a local team of specialists and independent investors, [...]

Blank CDs and DVDs are to be taxed in Spain starting Sept. 1, in a move meant to compensate authors and artists for lost rights from copying, it was announced [...]

Last night's scheduled Rolling Stones concert at Spain's top beach resort of Benidorm was canceled hours before the event because Mick Jagger reported throat problems. The 30,000-capacity concert has been [...]

The value of music shipments in Spain fell 7.3% to 214.9 million euros ($245 million) in the first half of 2003, according to IFPI affiliate AFYVE. Unit shipments stayed flat [...]

Cuba's best-known 'sonero,' Compay Segundo, died of kidney failure Sunday at his home in Havana. He was 95. The musician, whose real name was Francisco Repilado, began his career in [...]

Spanish police arrested 14 people in a major anti-piracy raid last week in Barcelona. The raid was at the premises of Grupo CD World, a company that allegedly supplied pirates [...]

Madrid will host the inaugural Festival Marcha Latina tomorrow. The celebration of Latin music will be headlined by Spanish act Ketama. Other performers will include Dominican singer Jose Alberto ('El [...]

Ricardo Cane, singer of Afro-Cuban rumba band Los Muriequitos de Matanzas, died earlier this month of a heart condition in his hometown of Matanzas, Cuba, his family announced yesterday. He [...]

Paula Narea Schrebler has been appointed to the new position of international exploitation manager at Sony Music Spain. She will report to president Jose Maria Camara. Narea had been managing [...]

Lydia Fernandez has exited as managing director of Virgin Records Spain. EMI Music Spain president Roberto 'Chacho' Ruiz says in a statement that he will now be working closely with [...]

BMG Music Publishing Spain managing director Carmen Lopez is adding the title of BMG Music Publishing VP of creative, Latin region. Madrid-based Lopez reports to Laurent Hubert, VP of international, [...]

Pop/rock duo Amaral scored six nominations for Spain's 7th Premios de la Musica awards, set for April 10 in Madrid. Singer Joaquin Sabina received five nods and Las Ketchup will [...]

Spain's music market slumped in 2002, with revenues down 16% from the previous year to 526.9 million euros ($562.7 million), and unit shipments down to 60.2 million from 73.6 million. [...]

Marcelo Castello Branco has been appointed to the new post of president of Universal Iberian Peninsula. Branco, who was president of Universal Brazil & Southern Cone, will be based in [...]

Spanish police arrested 40 people Thursday in what is described as the largest anti-piracy raid ever conducted in the European Union. More than 70 agents raided 11 Madrid apartments, an [...]

Mariano Perez managing director of Warner Music Mexico, will return to Spain to take over as president of Warner Spain and Warner Portugal, effective Feb. 1. He will report to [...]

Cuba's leading commercial artist of the past 15 months, Polo Montanez, died last Monday of head injuries sustained the week before in a car crash near Havana He was 47. [...]

Cuba's leading commercial artist of 2002, Polo Montanez is fighting for his life after a car crash last night left him with severe injuries, including a fractured skull. His stepson [...]

Spanish music conglomerate Gran Via Musical (GVM) yesterday named Pedro Danes as director, replacing Ignacio Iglesias, who has exited. Additionally, managing director Luis Merino says GVM is merging its Media [...]

Spanish TV talent show 'Operacion Triunfo' has won two awards at the 49th Premios Ondas, which acknowledge achievements in radio, television, cinema, and music. The award for best album was [...]