{"id":1888406,"date":"2026-04-17T19:56:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1888406"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:56:45","slug":"in-canada-socan-reaches-new-revenue-record-in-2025-plus-the-death-of-a-beloved-vocal-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1888406","title":{"rendered":"In Canada: SOCAN Reaches New Revenue Record in 2025, Plus the Death of a Beloved Vocal Producer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tSOCAN is reporting another record high for revenue distribution.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn its\u00a0annual financial report, the Canadian rights organization that collects and distributes publishing royalties for musicians and rights-holders shares that its collected revenue grew to $587 million last year, with $511.9 million being distributed to writers and publishers \u2014 a 5% increase from 2024.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tAPRA AMCOS, SOCAN Pledge to Work Closely on Shaping \u2018Rules of The AI\u00a0Era\u2019\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

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    \n\tOf the nearly $600 million in revenues, $445.5 million came from music use in Canada. It\u2019s a weighty increase from\u00a0last year\u2019s numbers, which were approximately $23.9 million lower. This year\u2019s stats are led by digital revenue sources totalling $232.8 million, an 11.5% year-over-year increase.<\/p>\n

    \n\tMeanwhile, general licensing and concerts revenue rose by 16.1%, and revenue from international territories increased by $3.9 million to $141.7 million, reflecting a rise in global demand for Canadian music, up 1.4% from last year.<\/p>\n

    \n\tWhile the numbers are high, the organization says its findings come during a fraught time as industry-wide conversations on discoverability, streaming economic challenges and generative AI are inciting mounting pressure on Canadian artists and rights-holders.<\/p>\n

    \n\tArtists like\u00a0icon Anne Murray\u00a0and\u00a0pop singer Alessia Cara\u00a0have become alleged victims of unlicensed AI works, after songs that eerily resemble their voices have been uploaded to streaming platforms and social media in recent months.<\/p>\n

    \n\t\u201cAs AI accelerates change across the creative industries, SOCAN has remained focused on a core principle: human creativity must be protected, respected and fairly compensated,\u201d the report reads.<\/p>\n

    \n\tSOCAN has also become\u00a0the first performing rights group to join the Music Fights Fraud Alliance (MFFA), an organization created to combat the streaming of fraudulent content. In February, the organization launched a national five-week member letter-writing campaign to put a stop to unauthorized\u00a0AI music. That generated 8,700 letters to the Government of Canada to urge policymakers to reject any permits that allow the unlicensed use of music to train AI systems.<\/p>\n

    \n\tIt was backed by many Canadian artists and labels, including Sarah McLachlan,\u00a0Mac DeMarco,\u00a0Leith Ross, BMG Music Publishing and more.<\/p>\n

    \n\t\u201cSOCAN\u2019s financial results show increased revenues but we all need to acknowledge that Canadian songwriters and composers are living a different reality,\u201d says SOCAN CEO Jennifer Brown<\/strong>. \u201cThere is an urgent need for modern protections rooted in consent, credit and compensation, to provide songwriters and composers with a reliable foundation from which to support their families and continue making music.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \n\tRead more\u00a0here.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    \n\t\tCanadian Vocal Producer and Coach Nevon Sinclair Passes Away\t<\/h2>\n

    \n\tCanadian vocalist Nevon Sinclair has passed away.<\/p>\n

    \n\tThe Toronto singer, vocal producer and vocal coach\u2019s death was confirmed to\u00a0Billboard Canada<\/em>\u00a0on April 14 by Jermayne Clayton<\/strong>, artist manager and vice-chair of government and community relations at Music Managers Forum Canada. Sinclair\u2019s passing was unexpected, while he was abroad in Thailand.<\/p>\n

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    \t\t\t\t\tR.I.P.: Canadian Music Industry Legend Donald K. Tarlton Passes Away at Age\u00a082\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

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      \n\tDue to his sudden departure, Sinclair\u2019s family has launched a\u00a0GoFundMe\u00a0to raise money for his funeral and other related costs, including bringing him back to Canada. At the time of reporting, the family has received three-quarters of their $30,000 goal.<\/p>\n

      \n\tSinclair was an active mentor in the city, providing intentional vocal development, vocal arrangement and coaching sessions to Canadian artists like Daniel Caesar, Charlotte Day Wilson, Savannah R\u00e9, Loony, Dylan Sinclair, TheHonestGuy and more.<\/p>\n

      \n\tIn the 2010s, he launched\u00a0The Vocal Alchemist, a hub to develop his services, in what he called \u201cthe home of intentional sound.\u201d Nevon Sinclair built up a roster of talent over the past decade, helping them elevate their vocal potential.<\/p>\n

      \n\tNotably, he worked with Caesar on the Toronto singer\u2019s breakout debut album,\u00a0Freudian<\/em>, in 2017. He provided coaching, background vocals, arrangement recording and tour support on the project. \u201cBest Part,\u201d a collaboration with H.E.R., went on to win best R&B performance at the 2019 Grammys.\u00a0<\/p>\n

      \n\tCanadian manager, producer and close Daniel Caesar collaborator Jordan Evans<\/strong> says \u201cNevon was a beautiful person and an incredible talent. He had a rare gift for bringing out the best in everyone he worked with, and he filled every room with his warmth and energy. His contributions to Canadian R&B were immense, and his impact will be felt for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

      \n\tMeanwhile, Toronto-based producer Matthew Burnett<\/strong>, known for helming hits for artists like Drake and Jessie Reyez and also a producer\/manager for Caesar, calls Sinclair \u201ca true unsung hero in this city who always understood the assignment.\u201d<\/p>\n

      \n\t\u201cNevon Sinclair was one of one,\u201d Burnett says. \u201cHe was part of my foundation early in my career as the go-to for all things vocals and always delivered. He was a quiet, beautiful soul with an impeccable sense of humour who was given a gift from God, which he made sure to share by impacting both the gospel community and the music industry at large. It was this sensitivity and understanding of both worlds that made him the perfect person for us to collaborate with on Freudian and so many other projects. His legacy will live on forever both tangibly through the works he touched but also through the impact he had in the hearts of many.\u201d<\/p>\n

      \n\tHead\u00a0here\u00a0for more tributes from Savannah R\u00e9, Dylan Sinclair and more.<\/p>\n

      \n\t\tDirector Chandler Levack on the 2010s Montreal Artists Who Inspired \u2018Mile End Kicks\u2019\t<\/h2>\n

      \n\tChandler Levack is a scholar of Montreal\u2019s indie music scene.<\/p>\n

      \n\t\u201cThe city has famously gone through so many exciting waves in music,\u201d the Toronto-born director tells Billboard Canada<\/em>. \u201cThere was Arcade Fire, The Dears, The Unicorns, Stars, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Wolf Parade [in the 2000s] which was electrifying. When I moved there, there was this new wave of artists like Grimes, Mac DeMarco, Silly Kissers, Think About Life, Cadence Weapon. There\u2019s like a million artists I could name.\u201d<\/p>\n

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        \n\tLevack\u2019s move to the city that unknowingly laid the groundwork for her second film,\u00a0Mile End Kicks<\/em>, which premiered at\u00a0last year\u2019s Toronto International Film Festival\u00a0(TIFF) and is now out in\u00a0select theatres.<\/p>\n

        \n\tBefore Levack became a filmmaker, she was a music critic. Citing Cameron Crowe\u2019s Almost Famous<\/em> as her north star, Levack dove head first into the music world \u2014 she dropped out of her Cinema Studies program at University of Toronto to write full-time, interned at lauded music magazine\u00a0SPIN<\/em>, worked for now-extinct Toronto alt-weekly\u00a0Eye Weekly<\/em>,\u00a0got the scoop\u00a0on Grimes\u2019 avant-garde world before she made it mainstream and even co-directed a couple of Juno-nominated music videos for Toronto punk rockers PUP.<\/p>\n

        \n\tMastering the art of nostalgia is Levack\u2019s fort\u00e9. Transporting viewers back to the 2010s, Mile End Kicks<\/em> is a semi-autobiographical take on Levack\u2019s experience in Montreal. Lead character Grace (played by\u00a0Euphoria<\/em>\u2019s Barbie Ferreira) is navigating the music landscape during a pivotal period for the city\u2019s music scene, when the talent from homegrown artists was oozing out of the city and attracting international audiences. The scene was fuelled by cheap rent, a Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois joie de vivre and nightly gigs by burgeoning acts, like DeMarco and Grimes.<\/p>\n

        \n\t\u201cThey were all playing these tiny loft shows,\u201d Levack says. \u201cComing from Toronto, where I\u2019d only ever really been to more conventional indie rock shows and venues, it was incredibly exciting to be at an abandoned warehouse at three in the morning, watching one of these artists perform for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n

        \n\tThe film is filled with throwback tracks from Canadian artists, including Cadence Weapon, Sean Nicholas Savage, Peaches, Mozart\u2019s Sister and Diane Tell. Levack worked with Montreal indie rock band Tops, formerly known as Silly Killers, to craft two original songs for the soundtrack.<\/p>\n

        \n\tWe asked Levack to flex her knowledge of Montreal\u2019s music scene, sharing seven songs from the early 2010s that shaped her and defined the era.<\/p>\n

        \n\tCheck out her picks\u00a0here.<\/p>\n

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        [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/socan-logo-english-billboard-1548.png?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard SOCAN is reporting another record high for revenue distribution. In its\u00a0annual financial report, the Canadian rights organization that collects and distributes publishing royalties for musicians and rights-holders shares that its collected revenue grew to $587 million last year, with $511.9 million being distributed to writers and publishers \u2014 a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-1888406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1888406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1888406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1888406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1888406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}