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Nettwerk Toasts Passenger With Canadian Diamond Award

The award was presented last week in Vancouver at Passenger's sold-out Vogue Theatre show.

Nettwerk Toasts Passenger With Canadian Diamond Award

By FYI Staff

“Let Her Go” the smash global hit single by Passenger, has been certified Diamond (10x Platinum) by Music Canada.


Execs for his Vancouver-based label and publisher Nettwerk were out in full force to celebrate with Passenger (Mike Rosenberg) last week in Vancouver at his sold-out Vogue Theatre show.

Coinciding with the recent release of his latest album Runaway, the video for “Let Her Go” surpassed 2 billion views on YouTube, joining a very exclusive club. Originally recorded in 2012, the single reached No.1 in 19 countries. Passenger tracks now have more than a billion streams on Spotify.

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Obituaries: Record Label Veteran Steve McAuley, Canadian Tributes to Dolly Parton, Tim Curry

This week we acknowledge the passing of a popular EMI Music Canada exec, a global country music icon and a famed English actor and rocker.

Steve (Stephen) McAuley, a veteran label executive at EMI Music Canada, died on Aug. 24, at age 71. He had been living with Alzheimer's disease.

His official obituary notes that "Steve was born in Happy Valley- Goose Bay in Newfoundland/Labrador and is husband to his soul/song mate, Jennifer Loucks. He had many friends who were like family, having spent 25 years of his music career with Capitol/EMI Records of Canada in Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto.''

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