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With festival season just around the corner, streaming traffic and User-Generated Content (UGC) can explode in a matter of hours. In today's digital music landscape, capturing that momentum is only half the battle; the other half is having a backend clean and scalable enough to prevent revenue leakage. In SonoSuite's May newsletter, we tackle this exact challenge. We also share a guide for record labels to manage their music rights and stop missing out on royalties. Plus, we bring you all the updates from our team after an intense month of international conferences: key takeaways from our time at Music Biz, Latin Rio, and Rio2C, and the exciting news of our CCO, Hen Heimdal, being selected for the Merlin Engage program. Finally, we analyze the latest major industry shift: Spotify deprecating its automated Viral 50 charts to transition into a discovery model 100% driven by human curators. Catch up with the industry here 👇🏼

💻 “You don’t need to have everything figured out to keep moving forward.” In this new edition of SheBeats, Gabriela shares her experience growing as a developer at SonoSuite, where music and technology constantly intersect. She reflects on learning through uncertainty, gaining confidence little by little, and finding meaning in building tools that help artists and music travel around the world 🎶 Featuring Florence + The Machine, Daft Punk, and honest thoughts about growth in tech 💜 #SheBeats #WomenInMusic #SonoSuite #MusicTech #WomenInSonosuite 

Rio2C is officially underway, and the halls are packed with great conversations. Our team is on the ground this week to listen, learn, and see firsthand where the creative industry is heading. For us, events like this are all about understanding the real challenges creators and businesses face daily, so we can figure out how to make music distribution smoother and more efficient back home at SonoSuite. If you're around the venue, we'd love to chat about what you’re working on, and swap insights.

We are coming back to New York 🗽 with our WINHUB x Indie Week event! This year WIN turns 20 and we are spicing things up throwing a memorable bowling party 🎳 powered by Bandcamp and SonoSuite organized in collaboration with A2IM (American Association of Independent Music)! 📍New York City 🗓️ Tuesday June 9 ⏰ 5-7 p.m. This is an exclusive event for members of WIN trade associations, WIN Supporters and selected guests. If you are interested in attending, get in touch: winhub@winformusic.org

Data fragmentation is still the biggest black hole in the music industry. Even with DDEX standards in place, adoption remains inconsistent. The result? We're still stuck with data silos, messy workflows, and money left on the table for labels and distributors. This week, our Data Architect Moises Catala joined a panel hosted by Kordat Espacio de Datos, AIE Sociedad de Artistas and Music Tech Hub (MTH) to talk through how SonoSuite approaches this at scale. The conversation focused on what it actually takes to build transparent, auditable data infrastructure in an industry that still runs on fragmented systems. To overcome these challenges, the music industry must transition toward a unified, agile ecosystem built on a flexible data structure. By implementing a comprehensive data model that supports the entire music chain, the industry can establish a collaborative music data space governed by clear rules to foster trust.

SonoSuite is heading to Rio de Janeiro next week for Rio2C, Latin America's ultimate playground for music, tech, and innovation. Rio2C is one of those events where the right conversations can change the direction of your business. We're going in to connect and bring back real insights on where digital music distribution and publishing are headed. Our team on the ground: Sebastián Mañana Lenzi (CEO), Henriette Heimdal (CCO), Francisca Carreno Limone (CPO), Dan Fowler (Director of Publishing) and Victor Lana (Senior Business Development Manager). Are you attending Rio2C? We’d love to meet up, talk strategy, and explore how we can help your music business scale. Let's connect!

We're heading to Rio de Janeiro. Sonosuite will be at Latin Rio 2026, one of Latin America's most important gatherings for the music and entertainment industry. Our CEO, Sebastián Mañana, will be there from May 18 to 20, connecting with leaders, labels, and innovators shaping the future of music distribution across the region.

The industry is paying attention to UGC. Are you? At Music Biz 2026 in Atlanta, one of the standout sessions our team attended was "More Equals More: UGC Pathways to YouTube Revenue." The message was clear: UGC and YouTube Shorts are becoming core strategies for artist development and catalog growth, especially for independents. Short-form content is no longer just about discovery. It's a real revenue driver and the music companies who build around it now will have a serious edge. We've been covering exactly this. Our latest piece breaks down how to leverage TikTok trends to drive viral growth for your catalog: https://lnkd.in/eVKDj_Wf

The conversations have started, and the energy in the room is exactly why we show up every year. Our team is on the ground, connecting with the people shaping the future of the music industry. If you're at the conference, don't miss the chance to talk to us about what's next for your business. The future of music distribution is being built in rooms like this one. We're glad to be part of it. 🚀

Connecting with the global music industry at Music Biz 2026. Our team will be in Atlanta for the annual conference hosted by the Music Business Association: Sebastián Mañana Lenzi, CEO; Henriette Heimdal, CCO; Jelmer Schütte, COO; Jeremie V., Chief Supply Chain Officer; Victor Lana, Senior Business Development Manager. Panels, roundtables, and the conversations that actually move the industry forward. See you there!