6 billion track saves translated to 'many, many billions more streams in repeat' on platforms like Spotify and Apple Music said TikTok Source
If you want to understand where AI policy is really heading, don’t look at press releases, look at the fault lines. Florida just exposed one. On one side: a federal AI policy direction increasingly aligned with hyperscalers and their investors—call it the “hyperscaler donor consensus.” Closer than...
The appearance took place at Pete’s Candy Store in Williamsburg.
The singer, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, was known for '60s hits like "Be My Baby"
Last week saw the first Stockholm Music Week, a conference intersecting music industry, business, tech and academics. The post is from Music Ally.
The song comes off the singer's forthcoming album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love
A couple of years ago, I was standing in a live music venue in my hometown of Paris, France and tears started streaming down my face uncontrollably. The artist on […] The post is from Music Ally.
The collaboration marked the pair's third consecutive festival appearance.
När Spotify grundades för 20 år sedan dominerades musikmarknaden av illegal nedladdning. Sedan dess har streaming bidragit till att återupprätta betalningsviljan för musik och lagt grunden för en starkare och mer hållbar musikekonomi.
Alongside her cousins Ronnie and Estelle, she recorded hits in the '60s that live on as classic pop staples, most notably the influential "Be My Baby."
Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving founding member of the early 1960s-era girl group and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the Ronettes, has died, according to a post on the group’s Facebook page. No cause of death was announced; she was 80 years old.
The singer-songwriter's new album brought in 60% of the vote.
Ringo Starr, crooner. It’s not everyone’s first go-to when we’re talking about someone who has rightly earned a reputation as the most important, and many would say best, drummer in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. But T Bone Burnett has long held the belief that Starr is underrated as a singer.
More than 18,500 people joined Manolo García and Quimi Portet for the launch of their tour in Spain.
Castro performed on Saturday at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium in Medellín, Colombia, giving the most important concert of his career alongside guests including Maluma, Feid and J Balvin.
Before performing two new album tracks, frontman Dave Grohl was spotted in a cameo during Saturday night's monologue.
The films on this list cover a wide range of genres, including rap, classical, country, Latin and contemporary Christian.
"I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate where wiser men would have left well enough alone."
Here's every soundtrack with 25 or more weeks in the top 10 since 1963, when separate mono and stereo charts were combined.
Plus: TOMORROW X TOGETHER has the week’s top debut and Justin Bieber’s SWAG and the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack surge.
The media has done a good job of talking about what’s not in “Michael.” I refer, of course, to the accusations of child sexual abuse that dogged Michael Jackson from 1993 until the day he died (and, of course, they didn’t stop then). The media has done a far less good job of talking about […]
It's "a detective story, but the detective happens to also have spider powers.”—EP Chris Miller
Before Coachella, Tomora wasn't on my radar at all. It's actually only by chance that I stumbled upon them - I opened the wrong stream because my TV was lagging like a MFer. I paused for a few moments, entranced by the two ethereal Nordic women banging on giant drums to a techno beat.
Superstars perform "Permission to Dance" and "Magic Shop" as surprise song encore as stadium trek comes stateside
Dave Grohl and company perform "Caught in the Echo" and "Child Actor" as first American musical guest to play U.K. version of SNL
Software lets robots learn from each other even if they have different hardware.
Madonna made an epic surprise appearance Saturday night at West Hollywood LGBTQ bar and nightclub The Abbey. The invite-only event was billed as “Club Confessions Los Angeles” with DJs Stuart Price (producer of both of Madonna’s “Confessions” albums), Romy and Mez Monty.
There were thousands of unhappy Stagecoach festivalgoers on Saturday night, as the approximately 75,000-80,000 guests were forced to evacuate due to high winds. At 7:46 p.m., the Stagecoach app shared an update: “Due to severe weather, please exit the event site and move to your vehicles or...
Why is it that nearly every fictional movie that is about music, or set in a musical milieu, has to feel as phony as a $2 resale ticket? Biopics like “Michael,” “Back to Black” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” are their own unbelievable animals.
Cyndi Lauper didn’t hold back when a heckler interrupted her opening night in Las Vegas, firing back mid-show with an expletive-laced response that quickly drew cheers from the crowd.
Alicia Keys recently told The Times of London that the music industry can feel like a boys’ club, and that it is difficult for women, particularly if they are working as producers or studio engineers, to break in.
"Our abusers are praised sometimes, even after we come out and tell the truth," James Safechuck says in statement to Rolling Stone
The explosive 2019 film, centered on allegations made by Wade Robson and James Safechuck, was pulled after a legal battle between HBO and the Jackson estate
"It wasn't a big deal. It just coincided with the fact that Moon was farther away from the Earth."
Slack messages, interviews with current and former works paint picture of company in turmoil.
The Philly soul greats had the desert fest crowd swaying to their 1994 chart-topping hit
As we head back into the next Phonorecords proceeding, there is an issue hiding in plain sight inside the existing and ancient streaming mechanical royalty rate structure that we fondly call “the 39 steps” in honor of John Buchan, Alfred Hitchcock and Richard Hannay.
3OH!3 also performed at Diplo’s Honky Tonk and had the crowd singing along to their breakout hit "Don't Trust Me"
The artist brought non-stop fan favorites to the desert festival
The singer-songwriter's father and brother joined her onstage for the reflective duet "On Our Way Along"
"If boost-phase intercept from space is not affordable and scalable, we will not produce it."
Row, row, row your Stagecoach, gently down the livestream. Times have been announced for Amazon Music’s streaming this weekend of most of the sets at the 2026 country music festival. The Amazon streams will feature most, but not all, of the performers appearing Friday through Sunday.
IHeartMedia and SiriusXM are in early talks to join forces, with veteran music industry mogul Irving Azoff and Apollo Global Management offering to assist with and advise on any such deal, sources tell Variety.
This follows a similar, but smaller, investment by Amazon just days ago.
Amid RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda, Moderna withdrew its FDA application last year.
Albums where the best song is not the single. This is a live show, call in with your opinion. Tune in Saturday April 25th to Faction Talk, channel 103, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. Phone #: 844-686-5863 If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: […]
In the heart of Mexico City, music, culture, and fashion converged last night as Spotify and Vogue Latin America welcomed guests to an intimate gathering at Soho House.
FCC defines consumer routers expansively, updates FAQ to include Wi-Fi hotspots.
Hundreds of subdomains from dozens of universities have been hijacked by scammers.
Treatment options are tricky. The teen opted to live with the masses.
The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source
It's like "Pete Rose betting on his own team," Trump says of arrested soldier.
Layer by layer, researchers revealed the jaws of an ancient predator.
The AI-driven memory shortage is hitting Samsung's bottom line.
‘Add to Music App’ is a big deal for TikTok. It’s the feature that enables its users to save a song they discover on TikTok to playlists. The post is from Music Ally.
Music Ally has been interested in micro-dramas since seeing a conference talk last October about the format being a $7bn business in China. The post is from Music Ally.
Beloved wolf gripped the nation after burrowing out of the zoo.
"Preliminary findings indicate that the issue likely results from a combination of factors."
Porsche's stake in Bugatti and Rimac Group have been sold to private equity.
Under Cook, Apple became hugely successful, if not always surprising.
House vote to defang the Endangered Species Act was unexpectedly cancelled
Thousands of authors seek share of Anthropic copyright settlement — “The authors sued Anthropic in 2024, arguing that the company, which is backed by Amazon and Alphabet, used pirated versions of their books without permission or compensation to teach Claude to respond to human prompts.
The money from the UK’s voluntary levy on arena and stadium tickets is already being distributed to support the country’s grassroots live sector. We reported on the Music Venue Trust’s plans earlier this week, and now the Featured Artists Coalition has announced the first musicians to benefit from...
We’ve been covering the growing number of big-artist partnerships signed by Openstage in recent times, with Radiohead, Hayley Williams, Bad Bunny and Oasis among the clients using its tech for ticket pre-sales.
Spotify launched in its first countries 20 years ago. To celebrate, the company has been mining its data to identify the most-streamed artists, albums and tracks from that first two decades. There are no big shocks.
This week brings a spate of new ventures and funding announcements in the music sphere. Starting with Tamber, a startup that pitches itself as a “sonic intelligence-powered creative suite”. What’s that?
‘Engage’ is indie licensing agency Merlin’s annual mentorship program for female executives in the music industry. It is returning for its fourth year this month with its largest cohort yet.
The biggest AI-music startups are based in the US, while there are plenty of innovative firms launching out of Europe and Asia. But Africa, too, has an emerging AI ecosystem. Korin AI is a good example. While its website is currently in a holding pattern ahead of its ‘Korin 2.0’ upgrade launch next...
…Or sing along to her new single “drop dead”, that is. In partnership with the pop star’s label Interscope Records, TikTok is hosting karaoke events in 24 cities around the world, which fans can enter for a chance to attend through a dedicated in-app hub on the platform.
The platform announced on Tuesday that they will be broadening their Content ID system to include celebrity content, designed to flag deepfakes and protect creators from identity scams and other non-approved content using the individual’s likeness.
There’s a new experiential marketing trend on the rise for brand activations that could provide some serious inspo for fan events. According to Event Marketer, brands like Simply Pop and T-Mobile have tapped into the trend of aura reading – where attendees have their energy captured, visualised,...
This week’s Music Ally Country Profile is on Japan, a country which has continued to see revenues climb in 2025 as the second largest domestic recorded music market worldwide.
If 2025 was the year of recognition for India’s live music industry—when the world was alerted to the immense potential of the country’s ‘concert economy’—then 2026 is turning out to […] The post is from Music Ally.
"If it doesn’t rely on a solid, there’s no reason why we can’t launch."
Yonhap News Agency reports today (April 24) that the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office declined the warrant request Source
Nintendo and Spotify are welcoming fans to the Super Mario Bros. 40th anniversary and the release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie with new playlists and a special in-app experience.
MBW digs through new patent filings describing a 'media rights platform' that sits between rightsholders, gen AI systems, and the end users who want to prompt AI to create derivative works from copyrighted music Source
“Jack Antonoff Reacts to Ticketmaster Canceling Some Harry Styles Ticket Sales After They ‘Caught Scalpers’: ‘You Caught You?’ – The ticket giant & Styles announced that they’re working together to sell tickets to fans at face value.”...
The case was originally filed in July 2024 Source
He’s got a new autobiography, “The Soul Man: Life of Songwriter David Porter.” After talking about Memphis, we dive deep into those great songs he wrote and produced with Isaac Hayes, like “Hold On, I’m Comin’,” and so much more! Apple:...
Whether you’re relaxing at home or on the go, Spotify is there across more than 2,000 devices, ready with your favorites or something new to discover. Now, Spotify is available somewhere new: inside Claude.
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the original iPod.
Today, we’re making available another pre-release version for the upcoming MusicBrainz Picard 3. Beta 1 focuses on fixing issues that were found in the previous releases as well as some minor improvements and updated translations.
The feature, however, is optional as artists can still choose whether to disclose AI involvement in their song production. Source
Multi-dimensionality in music – that is, engaging in ways beyond simply listening to a song – has existed for decades. In the vinyl era, fans could read liner notes and look at album artwork while listening. Source
Miller promoted to regional integrated marketing role; and Cloud joins from Universal Music Group to lead Goldenvoice strategy. Source
The expansion comes six months after YouTube started rolling out the tool in October, which was limited to a specific set of creators with YouTube channels. Source
19Clouds will be the first artist to release music through INVERSA and will also serve as a “creative decision-maker” and A&R. Source
It’s been 20 years since Spotify began, but the real story is what the world chose to play. For the first time, we’re unveiling the most streamed artists, albums, songs, podcasts, and audiobooks in our history.
Over the past 20 years, Spotify’s look and feel has evolved with the way people use our platform, while ensuring we preserve an intuitive, personal, and familiar experience for anyone who presses play.
All data tells a story, and in our case, that story is written by you. To celebrate 20 years of Spotify, we’re sharing bite‑sized moments that capture how the world listens, discovers, and connects. Check back each day as we build out the full story.
On this week’s podcast episode, I talk with Ben Montague, founder and CEO of The North American Guitar Global (TNAG) about the business of vintage guitars.
This past weekend, Spotify was at the heart of the largest literary event in the U.S.: the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. As the presenting sponsor of the Audiobook and Podcast Stage on the USC campus, we spent April 18 and 19 celebrating the authors, stories, and fans that make up book...
Earth Day is a chance to reflect on our connection to the natural world. To mark the 57th Earth Day on April 22, Spotify’s editors have pulled together a collection of audiobooks that explore nature, climate, and the people working to protect the places they call home.
1 I couldn’t sleep last night because Dave Mason died. At least that’s what I figured out. Oh, I was a Dave Mason fan. “Only You Know and I Know” was the breakout track from Delaney & Bonnie’s “On Tour” album, the one with Eric Clapton, but the definitive version came months later on Dave’s […]
An entity linked to UMG has been building a patent portfolio around AI-music infrastructure Source
On April 14, 2026, Judge Rakoff ordered Anna's Archive to pay $322 million for copyright infringement, highlighting the difficulties of enforcing penalties against anonymous online operators. Difficult, but not impossible.
Spotify and the New York Liberty are teaming up to give music and basketball fans the ultimate game day experience. Today, we’re excited to announce a multi-year partnership that will make Spotify the Official Music Partner of the New York Liberty, our first official team partnership in the United...
Back in 2014, my friend Alastair Porter and I built a thing called Spinbin. The idea was simple and, at the time, slightly ridiculous: if a radio station’s website showed the tracks it had just played, we should be able to turn that into a subscribable playlist. The tagline we...
It’s that time of year again for the definitive annual assessment of the global electronic music market: The IMS electronic music business report . Premiered at the annual IMS conference in Ibiza, this year’s report paints the picture of a healthy industry with thriving scenes but also a few war...
The FTC's StubHub settlement offers consumer refunds but raises concerns about whether it effectively deters deceptive pricing practices.
AI music startup GRAI says fans want to remix tracks, not generate songs from scratch.
A curious divergence is emerging in the UK's media habits. Earlier this month, Ofcom published its latest report on adults' media use, and one finding stands out. Social media usage remains high, with 89% of UK adults using at least one platform daily. Source
Deezer says it receives nearly 75,000 AI-generated song submissions to its music streaming platform each day, accounting for about 44 percent of all daily uploads, as reported earlier by TechCrunch.