Competition Bureau closes its investigation surrounding a potential deal between Postmedia and Torstar and conspiracy allegations. U.S. Danielle Smith quits her Corus radio show. Patrick Rogers is named new CEO of Music Canada while COO Jackie Dean was also named President of CONNECT Music Licensing. Toronto publishing exec Michael McCarty to launch Kilometre Music Group, with producer Gavin Brown and Barometer Capital CEO Greg Guichon listed as directors. Country legend Larry Mercey publishes autobiography Have Mercey. Ex-CIMA president Stuart Johnston is now CEO of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. John Alexander, the man who signed and introduced Alanis Morissette to Jagged Little Pill producer Glen Ballard, recuperates from a near-fatal stabbing during a car-jacking at his Redondo Beach home.
Nominees for the 50th Anniversary of the Juno Awards to be announced March 9. Taylor Swift's evermore is the No.1 album in Canada to kick off 2021. Nicki Minaj pays Tracy Chapman US$450K for unauthorized sample use. Grammy Awards are bumped from January to March due to Covid concerns. Linus Entertainment purchases Borealis Records. Hipgnosis Songs Fund spends an estimated $150M for 50% writer share and 50% publisher share of Neil Young's 1180 song catalogue. Bill King and Jesse King's Soul Nation radio show is picked up by Spotify. Bach medal recipient Angela Hewitt finds a suitable replacement for dropped piano. Live Nation's Ticketmaster fined $10M for illegally accessing computers of competitor Songkick. "Change manager" Randy Lennox officially leaves Bell Media and hints that his next move could be in either broadcasting or music. Man legally changes his name to Céline Dion while in a drunken stupor. Toronto's Ruth Lowe, composer of the Sinatra hit I'll Never Smile Again, subject of a new book.
In the meantime, here's a chronicle of the first six months of 2021, with Part Two to arrive Thursday. Here's hoping that Omicron and other variants don't offer any nasty surprises for 2022, and that we can continue on that road to recovery through the profession we all love and adore. There were lots of deals, a few signings and we lost some good people. Bill C-10 was bandied about in Parliament before it lost traction, but the Feds and Provincial governments both pitched in to offer relief our besieged music and touring industries. This was the year that we waited.and waited.and waited until Drake's much anticipated Certified Lover Boy finally saw the light of day, and Justin Bieber satiated Canadian palates with Tim-Biebs.
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Well, at least live music made something of a comeback in 2021.Īs vaccination compliance levels helped ease border and in-person restrictions that brought concert presentations to a standstill for over a year, people started venturing out again and going to their favourite venues to see their favourite acts.Īnd if you were named The Weeknd, your year was nothing short of phenomenal: from an Emmy-nominated half-time Super Bowl Performance to your album After Hours and your single Blinding Lights breaking practically every record there was to break - and then pitching and getting a new HBO TV series to boot.
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