By The Way: YouTube Music, Britney Spears, Sony Music, RIP Ramsey Lewis

By The Way is a rapid-fire segment that gives you a snapshot of developing stories in the music world. This week, stories on YouTube Music paying music rights holders over $6 Billion USD in the last 12 months, Britney Spears probably never performing again, Sony Music Group exiting Russia, and the passing of jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis.