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MADRID -- Todomusica, Spain's annual music trade fair, is looking to expand into a truly international "Latino" event, following a deal with the organisers of German music fair PopKomm. Todomusica […]

Todomusica, PopKomm Organizers Join Forces MADRID--The founders of Spain's Todomusica trade fair are hoping to turn the event into a truly international Latino one by next year, after inking a [...]

MADRID -- Spain's biggest radio group SER has hit back at fierce record industry criticism that radio is not doing enough to promote new local talent. Javier Pons, deputy director […]

ITALY'S SONG OF THE SUMMER is sung by a Spanish artist, but it is being strictly ignored by Spain's main national music radio networks. Tonino Carotone's 'Me Cago En El [...]

UNIVERSAL MUSIC PORTUGAL'S Rudi Steenhuisen has stepped down as managing director, although he remains under contract with the label. According to Universal Music Spain and Portugal president Jesus Lopez, 'Rudi [...]

Company President Lopez Credits Its 3 Labels As Key To Success MADRID--Universal Music Spain (UMS) has swept from fourth to first spot in market share in its first full fiscal [...]

Tonino Carotone rides a Vespa, dresses flash-cool in a white suit made by his mother, sports a pencil-line moustache, and has reached number three in the Italian singles charts with […]

MADRID -- Sello Autor, the non-profit-making record label run by Spanish authors' society SGAE, is to function as a "talent-scout" for the major labels, by changing its emphasis from noncommercial […]

MADRID--Sello Autor, a 'non-profit-making' record label run by Spanish authors and publishers' body SGAE, is to be reinvented as a talent scout for major labels. In its new incarnation-effective in [...]

MADRID -- Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spain's largest broadcasting company GrupoPrisa have launched their much-anticipated Latin music label, MuXXIc Latina. MuXXIc Latina will be based in Miami, not New [...]

THE DEBUT ALBUM by araQue is being hailed as the end of Spain's long drought of fresh musical talent. The title, 'Del Otro Lado' (From The Other Side), hints at [...]

MADRID--The partners in MuXXIc Latina--Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spain's largest audiovisual company, Grupo Prisa--are ironing out details in their goal of creating the world's biggest Latino music label. Their [...]

MADRID -- Spanish AC network Cadena 100 has lost more than 25% of its daily audience in what is being described as a "colossal" change in both the network and […]

MADRID -- David Byrne's world music label Luaka Bop has announced plans to re-release 28 albums in Europe from its back catalogue through Virgin. It will be the first Luaka […]

English Is Primary Language For French Channel As of June 20, French viewers can tune in to their own localized channel of MTV--but they'll be listening to presenters speaking in [...]

MADRID -- Spain's High Court has sensationally reversed the Spanish government's May 1994 approval of the take-over of the Antena 3 radio group by the country's biggest radio group, SER. […]

DAVID BYRNE'S world music label, Luaka Bop, has announced plans to rerelease in Europe through Virgin 28 albums from its back catalog--the first Luaka Bop product to appear in Europe [...]

WARNER MUSIC INTERNATIONAL (WMI) has promoted Jos[acute{e}] Carlos 'Charlie' Sanchez to managing director of its DRO EastWest Spain label, where he had been deputy managing director since February. He fills [...]

Confab's Goal: To Expand Cuban Music's Global Reach HAVANA--It felt as if the Spanish Armada had landed in Havana for a second conquista...this time, however, the invaders were not here [...]

MADRID -- The Spanish authors' and publishers' society SGAE has repeated its call for a French-style 40% minimum quota on radio for national music repertoire at the first Spanish-French music […]

A Look At Some Noteworthy Spanish-Music Web Sites MADRID--As Spain joins the cyber age, numerous Spanish music companies and organizations are building a presence on the Internet. These Web sites [...]

NEW YORK-BASED Dominican Republic pianist Michel Camilo and leading flamenco guitarist Tomatito (who replaced Paco de Lucia as musical partner of late flamenco legend Camaron de Ia Isla), have spent [...]

MADRID--EMI Spain has a double objective in Cuba this year--to become the first major label to open offices on the island and to convince the hundreds of bands that play [...]

MADRID -- Spain's second biggest private radio group, Cadena COPE, has changed its statutes to enable it to enter the world of television. COPE, which is 70% owned by the […]

The Rise To Success Started In His Native Spain And Spread To The World MADRID--By any standards, Julio Iglesias has achieved more goals than most in his unique career. But, [...]

NEW YORK--The new global multimedia company Terra Lycos--born from the acquisition of U.S.-based Internet portal Lycos by Terra Networks of Spain for $12.5 billion in stock (BillboardBulletin, May 17)--is being [...]

MADRID-Spain's first national association of small venues has been formed with the declared intention of helping to develop emerging music. The creation of Salas de M[acute{u}]sica en Vivo (Live Music [...]

MADRID -- This year was supposed to be a sabbatical for Spanish latin rock band Jarabe de Palo. Back in January Lydia Fernandez, managing director of their their label Virgin […]

MADRID -- The TV version of Spanish CHR leader Cadena SER's Los 40 Principales underwent a major revamp on pay-TV Canal Plus on May 1, after 10 years as the […]

It has been a case of third time lucky for Spanish singer Monica Naranjo, whose third album Minage went straight in at number one in the Spanish charts after going [...]

MADRID -- A new "competitive" national music network is one of three formats soon to be launched by Spain's fast-growing radio group, Corporacion Radiofonica Onda Cero. Javier Gimeno, chairman of […]

Latino Web Portal, Dictionary Among Projects MADRID--The first quarter of 2000 has seen Spanish authors and publishers' rights body SGAE launch four separate initiatives aimed at confirming its position as [...]

Virgin Espana signing Eliades Ochoa is, at 54, a youngster among his fellow Cubans in the Buena Vista Social Club. The continuing success of the 'oldies' in the group--Ibrahim Ferrer, [...]

MADRID--Veteran singer/songwriter Joaquin Sabina swept the board at the Premios de la Musica award ceremony in the Spanish capital on April 6, winning four of the five awards he was […]

The inaugural Latino Grammy Awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles and will then become an Olympic-style event, staged in a different city each year. In an effort to [...]

MADRID--The Spanish government's award of 10 digital radio licenses to private-sector companies has prompted sharp criticism from some broadcasters and raised concerns that companies with no radio experience were given [...]

SPANISH MUSIC CONGLOMERATE Gran Via Musical and authors and publishers' body SGAE are joining forces in a three-year plan to boost Spanish and Latino repertoire. Activities include co-production of repertoire [...]

MADRID -- The Spanish government's award of 10 digital radio licences to private sector companies has prompted sharp criticism from some broadcasters, and raised concerns that companies with no radio […]

MADRID--Latest sales figures show that the Spanish music industry contracted slightly in 1999 after two boom years, leading labels' body AFYVE to warn of the 'grave dangers' of piracy. Revenue [...]

MADRID--The controversial decision by the Reed Midem Organisation to cancel this year's MIDEM Americas Latino music fair in Miami has sparked plans for a more wide-ranging North American showcase for [...]

MADRID -- The formation of a major international Latin music label by Spanish media conglomerate Grupo Prisa's Gran Via Musical (GVM) music operation and the Universal Music Group (UMG) is [...]

HAMBURG -- The German record market is continuing to dwindle, with official figures pointing to a decrease in both unit sales and revenues in 1999. The German Phonographic Industry Association […]

MADRID--Spanish labels' association AFYVE is claiming important victories against Internet piracy after the first two court cases it brought against Web sites downloading unauthorized music led to favorable rulings in [...]

MADRID--A major Latino music label called MuXXIc Latina has been formed by Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spanish music conglomerate Gran Via Musical (GVM). The pact marks a big step [...]

MADRID -- The three nominees in each of the 35 categories of Spain's Premios de la Musica Awards have been announced, together with the creation of a new Academy to […]

VETERAN SINGER/SONGWRITER Joaquin Sabina heads the nominations for Spain's fourth annual Premios de la Musica, to be presented April 6 at the Vista Alegre bullring in Madrid. Sabina earned five [...]

MADRID--BMG, the only major label to have its Latin division based outside the U.S., is targeting Europe as its key area for expansion. That statement of intent follows the appointment [...]

GIBRALTAR GROUP Melon Diesel is the new millennium's first rock sensation in Spain, with its debut album, 'La Cuesta De Mister Bond' (Mr. Bond's Hill), on Sony Epic Spain making [...]

JOSE CARLOS 'CHARLIE' SANCHEZ has been named deputy managing director of DRO EastWest Spain. DRO EastWest was acquired by Warner in 1993 but still operates as an indie label in [...]

New Company's Combined Share Heads For 40% Of Market MADRID--True to the country's maxim that chores and problems are best faced manana, the Spanish music business appears to have reacted [...]