Music

MTV Latin America announced that MTV World Stage will return to Mexico for the third consecutive year and will be held for the first time in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon .

Heidi Browning oversees strategic growth for automated music recommendation service Pandora Radio. Prior to Pandora, Browning was EVP and Global Digital Officer at Universal McCann. With 22 years of marketing and advertising expertise, Browning has helped Pandora remain innovative and relevant in the digital radio arena. Browning spoke with eMarketer’s Paul Verna about the opportunities for brands to advertise and connect with consumers via music-streaming venues like Pandora. INTERVIEW

According to an annual study of the consumer music market in the U.S. by The NPD Group, growth in the music market can be traced to an increasing number of CD and digital download buyers, and an increase in the total amount that consumers are spending for music.

On December 14, organizers of one of the nation’s premier live music events, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, revealed the lineup for its 2012 extravaganza. Presented by Shell, “Jazz Fest” has become a two-weekend celebration of the best in American music. It has far outgrown its own name, and over the years has welcomed headline rock acts to the big stages. At the same time, smaller stages provide local and regional artists enormous exposure by offering them a prime platform to share their Zydeco and blues sounds with music fans that may never have been exposed to such styles. By Adam R Jacobson is the editor and producer of the Hispanic Market Overview reports distributed by HispanicAd.com.

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Tejano music artists keep it real, even as The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences skips a beat. By Al Carlos Hernandez - Contributing Editor. To read, CLICK above on El Blog

Tr3s: MTV, Música y Más and MTV Latin America’s coproduced MTV Unplugged shows featuring Regional Mexican music icons Los Tigres del Norte & Mexican rock artists Zoe take home three Latin Grammys at last night’s ceremony in Las Vegas.