The rapper went deep about her faith and its connection to her career during a podcast interview.

Billboard 5m ago

A federal judge has narrowed the copyright lawsuit that Eight Mile Style filed against Meta Platforms Source

Music Business Worldwide 11m ago

The rising country star recently scored his first No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart with "Brunette."

Billboard 16m ago

The band formed in Parazaider's basement in 1967, and he remained a pivotal part of their sound until he was forced to step aside in 2018 to battle Alzheimer's

Rolling Stone 17m ago

The group reflects on growth, global stages and the emotional pop identity that continues to shape its sound.

Billboard 20m ago

From a ballerina-in-a-box reveal to a Maggie Rogers cameo, the Spanish superstar brought the full scale of her ambitious LUX Tour to New York.

Billboard 26m ago

Druski is set to host the show, which is living up to its billing as Culture's Biggest Night.

Billboard 26m ago

The rising singer-songwriter will release the album via Atlantic Records on July 12 featuring her breakthrough single "iloveitiloveitiloveit"

Rolling Stone 26m ago

The teenager called her dad and stepmom's split "a very clearly private family matter."

Billboard 29m ago

Another fun example of AI hype and reality colliding

The Register 31m ago

Le contenu en langue française atteint les auditeurs sur Spotify comme jamais auparavant. En 2025, plus de 148 millions d’auditeurs dans le monde, en dehors des marchés historiquement francophones, écoutaient régulièrement du contenu en français sur Spotify — un signe clair que la Francophonie est...

Spotify 45m ago

French-language content is reaching listeners on Spotify like never before. In 2025, more than 148 million listeners worldwide outside of historically francophone markets regularly listened to French-language content on Spotify, a clear sign that the francophonie has become a global cultural force.

Spotify 45m ago

The hit has logged the most cumulative weeks at No. 1 of any song among all Billboard radio rankings combined.

Billboard 1h ago

Plus, Malcolm Todd, Evanescence, Death Cab for Cutie, The Red Clay Strays and Modest Mouse bow in the top 10.

Billboard 1h ago

The musician's wife, JacLynn, was by his side.

Billboard 1h ago

Buyers put off by rising prices expected to turn to second-hand phones instead

The Register 1h ago

Trust is the biggest barrier to AI adoption, says AI chief, claiming that new features in Bedrock AgentCore will prevent bad outcomes

The Register 1h ago

PARTNER CONTENT Europe wants control over its own technology, but what does that look like?

The Register 1h ago

Snapdragon X2 silicon and recycled aluminum are nice, the sticker shock less so

The Register 2h ago

Singer underwent surgery in 2024 that forced band off the road

Rolling Stone 2h ago

Dream Maker says it has developed more than 3,000 virtual singers Source

Music Business Worldwide 2h ago

No song on 1331, the first release by Speedy Ortiz leader Sadie Dupuis' solo project since 2020, cracks two minutes.

Billboard 2h ago

Updated at the time? No sweat. Check those logs, though

The Register 2h ago

Homebrew was "less vulnerable 10 years ago than npm is today," project lead tells us

The Register 2h ago

France is one of the countries where Spotify has tangled with policymakers who want it to do more to support local music.

Music Ally 2h ago

Rival rendering engines could make pages load almost 30% faster on iPhones, Redmond claims

The Register 3h ago

The US Grammy Awards are getting new categories for 2027, including two that continue its expansion into international genres and scenes.

Music Ally 3h ago

Social media is the go-to form of marketing in the digital age, resulting in a predicted combined $737.1 billion in annual revenue by 2031 per MIDiA’s forecast . It’s not hard to see why: social offers quick returns and easy measurement, including reach, time spent, click-through rates, and purc...

MIDiA Research Blog 3h ago

Instagram’s Threads app raced to 100 million users in its first month after launch in July 2023. Now it has 500 million.

Music Ally 3h ago

Music marketing-tech company Ctrl+Reach has published a report analysing wider trends in the music industry’s advertising spending.

Music Ally 4h ago

Chipzilla claims 9% speed bump without extra power draw but is compatible with designs for 18A

The Register 4h ago

There really was a time when Microsoft cared about every KB

The Register 4h ago

Swsh is the latest superfan-focused music startup, but its focus is on a specific aspect of fandom: live experiences.

Music Ally 4h ago

There is news of two expansions for Warner Music Group this morning, starting with a partnership in India with SVF Entertainment.

Music Ally 4h ago

There isn’t an official emoji for vinyl, despite the format being nearly two decades into its sales revival. But that could change…

Music Ally 4h ago

OpenAI’s ChatGPT became the fastest mobile app ever to reach one billion monthly active users in May this year.

Music Ally 4h ago

By the end of this year, it’s quite possible that there will be more than one billion music subscribers globally.

Music Ally 4h ago

What anonymized data taught me about B2B sales... and reliance on the private sector for statistical info

The Register 4h ago

The proceeds from the CBS deal will be donated to World Central Kitchen, which provides meals to communities affected by natural disasters and civil unrest. Source

Music Business Worldwide 5h ago

New rules cover organic rankings, AI Overviews, and user-approved search data sharing

The Register 5h ago

The partnership is designed to accelerate the growth of Bengali music and to open routes for artists, soundtracks and repertoire to reach audiences across India. Source

Music Business Worldwide 5h ago

The investment forms part of a wider redevelopment representing a total of £25 million (approx. $33.5 million) to restore and modernize the building. Source

Music Business Worldwide 5h ago

15-year-old among six arrested after Dutch cops target suspected bank fraud call center

The Register 5h ago

Warner is positioning Hong Kong artist Gareth.T as a proof point, with his single 'Glass' generating more than 250 million streams in its first month. Source

Music Business Worldwide 5h ago

Grainge said that while AI would unlock new opportunities, great music and great people would remain at the center of every successful music company. Source

Music Business Worldwide 6h ago

Microsoft won the OLE vs OpenDoc wars. Now it's saying OLE dependencies don't matter

The Register 6h ago

Harry Styles took a break from his record-smashing run at London’s Wembley Stadium on Tuesday night to do something the pop star has never done before: perform with a full orchestra.

Variety 6h ago

Bootstrapped Linux box-botherer flogs new Thelio kit, talks up COSMIC, and politely declines to bolt AI onto everything

The Register 7h ago

The 90-minute effort will be released exclusively on Mubi this fall

Rolling Stone 8h ago

Supermarket giant has turned to third-party support as court sets date to hear licensing dispute

The Register 8h ago

Fear and even grief are natural reactions to machines that do your job. The next reactions – acceptance and innovation – are more useful

The Register 9h ago

Warner Music India has entered into a partnership with Kolkata-headquartered media conglomerate SVF Entertainment to gain a foothold in the Bengali music market. SVF Entertainment, which has produced over 180 […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 12h ago

Bitter harvest for Australia's Mackay Sugar, attacked in peak cane crushing season

The Register 14h ago

“Hope has a home, and it’s time to open its doors,” reads the center’s welcome message for its grand opening in Chicago

Rolling Stone 15h ago

The Louisiana rapper entered a guilty plea to third-degree rape charges in March

Rolling Stone 16h ago

I met Rush in the fall of 1975. Rush was supposed to open for a Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow show in Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre. Rush was kicked off the show because their drum riser was too big, according to Ritchie Blackmore.

Lefsetz Letter 17h ago

Step (or fly) aside, Geese. Circle back later, Turnstile. Take five and go flaccid, Viagra Boys. There can only be one rock band that is unquestionably and certifiably the cool kids’ choice in 2026, and whatever indie cred the rest of you kids may carry, this town ain’t big enough for both you and...

Variety 18h ago

Running low on memory, can't afford more? The House of Zen's latest acquisition puts an AI spin on flash-based memory expansion

The Register 18h ago

It’s June 10, 2026, and RZA, the leader of the Wu-Tang Clan, is reading the room — a really big room. The Wu’s many members have once again joined forces to rock Madison Square Garden, but this is no ordinary hometown concert. The newly minted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members are set to […]

Variety 18h ago

Rapper Mystikal has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a woman at his Louisiana home in 2022. The victim appeared before the court on Tuesday and asked for the maximum sentence, according to WBRZ.

Variety 19h ago

Goodbye, useful Spotlight; hello force-fed Apple intelligence bloatware that feels distressingly like Google AI Overviews

The Register 19h ago

As Season 1 of Hulu’s “Paradise” came to an end, showrunner Dan Fogelman alerted his co-music supervisors, Tom Wolfe and Manish Raval, that Graceland was going to be featured in the new season.

Variety 21h ago

MIDiA Research estimates that the global subscriber count grew 10.1% YoY in 2025 Source

Music Business Worldwide 21h ago

A Los Angeles judge excused jurors, citing misconduct by a panel member, and ordered Brown back on Thursday for the start of testimony in a new trial

Rolling Stone 21h ago

The annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France is where creators, brands, and fans collide to celebrate the world’s most innovative ideas in marketing.

Spotify 23h ago

The Cinq deal follows a run of distributor and label partnerships for EVEN over the past year. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

The late Billy Jones, co-founder of the long-running Brooklyn venue Baby’s All Right, was one of the most familiar faces on New York City’s music scene, having worked as a musician, promoter, club owner, record shop proprietor, manager and booking agent at Sin-é, Pianos, the Dance, and Elvis.

Variety 1d ago

An appeals court vacated a lower court order that had granted Martin summary judgment against songwriter Luis Adrián Cortés-Ramos. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Something Better Change looks at frontman Joey “Shithead” Keithley’s run for reelection in British Columbia

Rolling Stone 1d ago

“This administration is corrupt and does not give a damn about the American people,” artist says

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Music’s big night will also celebrate Best Asian Pop Music Performance during its ceremony in February 2027

Rolling Stone 1d ago

The Grammy Awards update rules and add to their categories in response to proposals from members every year, and 2027 is no exception. The next show, taking place on Feb.

Variety 1d ago

Kate Nash and Lily Allen’s feet aside, there haven’t been that many musicians turning to OnlyFans for an extra source of revenues in recent times. A BBC investigation published this week may well strengthen that trend.

Music Ally 1d ago

Here’s a pop-quiz question to store in your memory banks: how many listeners does retired Brazilian football star Ronaldinho have on Spotify? The answer, right now, is 2.4 million.

Music Ally 1d ago

Streaming service Qobuz has regularly been in the press noting its growth, but this morning it has actually published some figures to quantify that. The French company says that its revenues grew by 45.7% in 2025; that it now has 1.2 million monthly active users; and that its average annual revenue...

Music Ally 1d ago

It’s very clear that some AI-music services have trained their models on huge datasets of commercial music. But which songs exactly? That’s the question at the heart of lawsuits against Suno and Udio, and it’s also the subject of a fascinating investigation by The Atlantic’s ‘AI Watchdog’ project.

Music Ally 1d ago

The UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) committee certainly has its dander up when it comes to urging changes in the music industry. Its latest report focuses on the barriers British artists face when touring Europe. Yes, this is a post-Brexit thing.

Music Ally 1d ago

Sheryl Crow has slammed President Donald Trump and his administration for staging the UFC Freedom 250 event last night at the White House, describing it as “disgraceful and void of decency.” The singer-songwriter, who has been very outspoken against Trump in the past, shared a post on Instagram...

Variety 1d ago

Los Angeles quartet the Linda Lindas, who first captured national attention as teenagers (or pre-teenagers) in 2018, have signed with Reprise-Warner Records and celebrated by releasing the new single and video “Burning Out,” likely a precursor to a third album from the group.

Variety 1d ago

Executive producer Ben Winston is no stranger to producing variety specials. He counts “The Late Late Show,” “The Grammy Awards,” and more among his credits. When it came to bringing “Wicked: One Wonderful Night” to audiences, his biggest concern was: “How do we do justice to this thing?” Winston...

Variety 1d ago

Este fin de semana, Spotify reunió a Ryan Castro con algunos de sus mayores fans en Bogotá para una celebración muy especial. La noche rindió homenaje a las raíces del artista nacido en Medellín, al vínculo que ha construido con su público y a las historias que lo han llevado a convertirse en EL...

Spotify 1d ago

This past weekend, Spotify brought Ryan Castro back to Bogotá for a special celebration with some of his biggest fans. The night paid tribute to the Medellín-born artist’s roots, the connection he’s built with his audience, and the stories that have earned him the title of EL CANTANTE DEL GHETTO...

Spotify 1d ago

National backlash against hyperscale AI infrastructure accelerates as Nashville, Georgia, Birmingham, Texas, and Utah controversies converge around property rights, ratepayer impacts, transmission corridors, animal welfare, and stranded-asset risk.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 2d ago

Global music streaming subscribers grew 10.1% to reach 921.6 million in 2025, according to MIDiA’s just-published music subscriber market shares report . While growth slowed compared to 2024, it remained in the double digits, with the 1 billion subscriber landmark now firmly in sight. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 2d ago

1 There’s only one problem with this movie…IT’S MISSING THE THIRD ACT! Forget the reunification like in “Behind the Music,” all those years after the band stopped having hits, what happened then? I was surprised that wasn’t covered in the movie.

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago

Unlock a party. | Image: Conclave I have this vivid memory of walking to pick up my oldest from school in June of 2022. For a variety of reasons, I was in a very bad place mentally. And to make matters worse, it was brutally hot.

The Verge 2d ago

Plans for new event at the Secret Garden Party site and Womad Glasgow are dashed, but others remain optimistic Hosting Scotland’s first Womad festival seemed like an easy sell for Glasgow, the country’s gig capital and self-proclaimed “dynamic global hub for music lovers”.

The Guardian 4d ago

Other western acts have attempted to crack country’s music scene since singer’s breakout success in 2018 One week after announcing she was “cancer free”, the British pop star Jessie J did what any recovering patient would do and travelled thousands of miles around the world to perform for an...

The Guardian 4d ago

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Lefsetz Letter 4d ago

1 It was invigorating! Now the truth is if you were a rock music fan before the advent of the internet you know Rush, because the band’s music was played on the radio, which you were addicted to, it was your Bible, your source, your heart. But you might not have been a Rush fan. […]

Lefsetz Letter 4d ago

As the next Phonorecords proceeding approaches, one issue deserves attention: should the physical and download mechanical royalty rate reset to 12¢, or should the 2027 adjusted rate become the new baseline?

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 4d ago

There is an apparent paradox in today’s streaming-dominated music market: major labels are losing share (on a distribution basis) yet long-tail indies are finding it ever harder to achieve scale. So, is the trend fragmentation or concentration? The perplexing answer is that it is both. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 5d ago

Spotify House returned to CMA Fest for its seventh year, taking over Nashville’s Ole Red from June 4-6. Curated by the team behind Hot Country, the event brought together some of the genre’s biggest stars alongside breakout and emerging artists.

Spotify 5d ago

Rare Full Court Rehearing Granted in Copyright Case Against Kat Von D’s Miles Davis Tattoo — It’s rare for a Circuit Court to rehear a case en banc. Even more rare: one of the leading copyright circuits to grant en banc rehearing to consider its long-standing, foundational precedent on the standard...

Copyhype 5d ago

For millions of fans, Friday means one thing: new music. On Spotify, New Music Friday has become a global go-to for discovering new releases each week. Now, for listeners in the U.S., we’re bringing you even closer to the music and the experts who curate it.

Spotify 5d ago

Eras. Easter eggs. Masters. Monoculture. It has been 20 years since Swift released her debut single, setting in motion a career so extraordinary, it permanently redefined the concept of pop stardom.

The Guardian 5d ago

Pride Month is a time for celebration, reflection, and amplifying the diverse stories and perspectives from the LGBTQIA+ community that enrich our world. To help you connect with these powerful narratives, our editors have highlighted five must-hear audiobooks to stream this month.

Spotify 5d ago

I have tested more portable MIDI controllers than I can keep track of, and I will tell you right now: 37 keys is the ideal size. While Arturia's 25-key MiniLab MK3 is a solid controller that easily fits in a backpack, it feels a bit claustrophobic.

The Verge 6d ago

As Spotify’s global RADAR program enters its sixth year in Italy, a new class of artists is stepping into the spotlight. Today, we’re announcing the six emerging acts joining RADAR Italia: Sara Gioielli, faccianuvola, Angelica Bove, prima stanza a destra, Visino Bianco, and Emili Kasa.

Spotify 6d ago

You are not alone In case you were wondering what the AI platforms do with the books, music, journalism,. photographs, movies, Facebook posts, YouTube videos and other IP they steal, here it is.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 6d ago

As podcast formats evolve in the streaming era, podcasting needs updated, transparent metrics that accurately reflect reach and active engagement. Starting today, play counts will now reflect the number of times an episode was watched or listened to for at least thirty seconds.

Spotify 6d ago

Female artists who hire producers risk losing creative control before a single song is released. On this week’s podcast episode, Xylo Aria, founder of Music Production for Women (MPW), tells us how she learned this the hard way, by paying for sessions where male producers overrode her vision,...

Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog 6d ago

After a successful first year , MIDiA's audio creator survey is back. We are once again inviting spoken-word audio creators to share their experiences and help build a better understanding of this rapidly growing creator segment. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 6d ago

Deezer will now scan your playlists on other streaming platforms to detect AI-generated music. Deezer was the first of the big streaming services to start labeling AI-generated music. It even offered its tech to other platforms, but it doesn't seem like it had many buyers.

The Verge 6d ago

A group of independent musicians is suing Google claiming it trained Lyria on their uploads. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge If you've uploaded a song to YouTube, Google almost certainly considers your video fair game for training its Lyria music AI, it just won't admit it right now.

The Verge 6d ago