Apollo reveals that its managed funds and affiliates have provided a $1.25 billion equity capital solution to support the BMG+Concord merger. American asset management firm Apollo Global Management has revealed that its managed funds and affiliates have provided an impressive $1.25 billion equity...
Released back in April 2012, "Payphone" gives Maroon 5 a sixth entry into YouTube's Billion Views Club.
The Colombian superstars return to their shared musical universe with a sensual merengue fueled by desire, chemistry and tropical heat.
The recent Billboard cover star aims to continue his winning streak on new album.
The pop star pours her full heart into her dance-infused 10th studio album.
15 months after closing a $100 million raise – and with its revenue having “more than tripled” during the past three years – Fever has scored a $250 million primary equity round.
SubmitHub switches it up with a new AI policy that will keep AI music off the platform—even at the cost of up to 10% of its current revenue. SubmitHub has announced a new AI policy that builds on Spotify’s move to keep AI music out of recommendations.
Participating artists will receive 12 months of free studio time, early access to select Spotify features, prioritized access to tour or music video partnerships, and more
Nashville announces a citywide celebration of Dolly Parton’s legacy set for September 25, or 9/25—a nod to her iconic song and movie “9 to 5.” On Friday, September 25, Nashville is coming together to celebrate one of Tennessee’s most beloved icons by doing what Dolly Parton does best: spreading a...
"The Way It Was Back Then" is unlike any other album created by Steward, the Eurythmics legend.
A Trump-appointed board voted to temporarily close the center after a judge blocked Trump from putting his name on the building
The "Fly Away" singer is the second man to be bestowed the "Kenbassador" title by Mattel.
My Life, My Story has 10 remaining shows between October & February.
"I was so excited to ask him and so excited that he said yes," Sivan told Billboard of getting Ian McKellen to narrate the video.
“It's wildly competitive, no matter what some news companies say,” Saumil Mehta said at the Trapital Summit on Tuesday (Sept. 15).
Over two years later, Congress has officially passed the bipartisan American Music Tourism Act, which is heading to the president’s desk. First introduced back in 2024, the American Music Tourism Act received Senate approval in 2025, and the House passed the same version of the bill in a voice vote...
The company's quest to find an opener for singer has been caught in the wave of controversy over Macklemore's exit from The Loop Tour
"There's so much space to be held still for the whole Midnight Sun album," the Swedish pop star tells Billboard.
It might be the next trillion-dollar company, but it'll need some help on the supply side to do it
Orville Peck has a ritual he does before every concert. He hugs and tells each member of his band, “I love you.” And that’s what the country music star did at Madison Square Garden on June 20, 2023, at the opening of his “Bronco” tour. But this night was different from all the others. Just […]
Plugin4Shell attack affects all the major coding agents, researchers say
Rei Ami is loving life, and she’s also learned to love herself. But it wasn’t an easy journey getting to this stage. Before breaking out as one-third of Huntr/x in Netflix’s smash “KPop Demon Hunters,” Ami largely released rap songs like “Snow Cone” and “Body Bag,” which she says came from a place...
Another day, yet another Suno class action lawsuit, filed, like at least two others before it, over the AI music platform’s alleged November 2025 data breach.
Miley Cyrus, now being professionally known as just Miley, spoke about her last conversation with her godmother, Dolly Parton — stemming from Cyrus sending Parton an advance copy of her new album, “Bass Persuades” — in a fresh interview with Zane Lowe.
Spotify is looking to support emerging artists with the launch of Fresh Finds Forward, a program intended to give roughly 10,000 independent artists support and resources each year.
960DT is set to arrive early, boasting performance far exceeding anything the West could offer the Middle Kingdom
The Heartbreakers were heartwarmers Wednesday night in Nashville, reuniting the original members of Tom Petty’s band together on a stage for the first time in 24 years, with an assist in the frontman position from country superstar Chris Stapleton.
Just a correction Bob, I’m not sure what you were looking at but Macklemore’s ‘Hind’s Hall’ has 48 million streams on spotify. And ‘Hind’s Hall 2’ has 6 million streams. I’m not a macklemore fan at all, but the numbers are the numbers.
The House Committee advances the recently amended MAIN Event Ticketing Act with a unanimous vote, but it raises concerns about Live Nation’s motives. The MAIN Event Ticketing Act has unanimously cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee with a 36-0 vote, having drawn support from secondary...
Entrants get $250K upfront to deliver a demo within a year, which sounds totally feasible given quantum computing's track record
Rachel Accurso, the children’s entertainer known as Ms. Rachel who rose to prominence on YouTube before striking a deal to bring her videos to Netflix, announced on Instagram that she is matching Macklemore’s $1 million donation to organizations supporting Palestine.
Atlantic Records and Rockstar Games announce ‘Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album,’ featuring 34 exclusive new tracks, including six singles available today.
Eve's dropping in on Alice and Bob
Barbra Streisand is speaking out against Pres. Donald Trump’s controversial handling of the Kennedy Center . “In 2008, I was deeply honored to be included in the 31st annual class of Kennedy Center Honorees,” Streisand wrote in a statement posted Thursday on her official website.
The NFL announces Burna Boy will headline the halftime show during the 2026 NFL Paris Game between Pittsburgh and New Orleans on October 25. The National Football League has announced that Burna Boy will headline the halftime show during the 2026 NFL Paris Game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and...
Dustin Lance Black is the director of the new series “Rock Out” about the gay influence in rock music. As much as you think you know, you’ll learn more, especially about Brian Epstein. The documentary is available to stream for free at revry.com starting on September 20th.
The LP contains 34 original tracks, six of which were issued as singles on Thursday (September 17). Source
“You guys are such fucking losers, like it’s crazy,” Swedish singer says
Hip-hop producer died from an accidental overdose, a source at medical examiner’s office in Nashville tells Rolling Stone
AI-generated 'artists' including Xania Monet will 'perform' live on stage at the first AI Music Awards in Los Angeles in November. Source
Spotify launches Fresh Finds Forward, a program giving about 10,000 emerging indie artists annually the resources to support long-term growth. Spotify has announced Fresh Finds Forward, a new program giving approximately 10,000 emerging independent artists each year the resources, community, and...
Beware the SparroWocky, my son! The backdoor that bites…
Music royalty collection platform Notes.fm raises $5 million from leading artists, managers, executives, and strategic partners across the industry. Notes.fm, the platform for collecting music royalties that helps musicians and music companies identify and collect 100% of their royalties, announces...
Why go through the hassle of reading a study for yourself when you can turn it into an AI agent and tell it to reproduce the analysis for you?
Zara Larsson blasted the White House for using her song “Midnight Sun” in a TikTok post depicting ICE agents handcuffing and deporting people, captioned “Never ending deportations.” Larsson replied with a video on her personal TikTok, holding an “L” up to her forehead and saying, “I’m just sad.
Cover of Jimmy Reed’s blues classic is meant to evoke the “electric energy” of video game’s Vice City
Gregg Alexander wrote one of the biggest songs of the '90s, then pretty much completely withdrew from public life, opting instead to stay behind-the-scenes and write hits for other people. Here he tells is remarkable story, and explains why he's bring New Radicals back... Source
Raye, Gener8tion, Yung Lean, and more join awards show lineup
Corey Kent’s sound brings together his Oklahoma roots with country soul and a rocker’s edge. Earlier this month, he brought that mix to Bloomington, Indiana, for the latest iteration of Spotify Homegrown Live, presented by Hilton, ahead of the release of his new album Heartland Rock and Roll, out...
Discover Chartmetric Flow, an AI agent built for the music industry that turns complex questions into simple answers, data-driven analysis, research, and strategy in minutes.
The professionals featured in Variety’s 2026 Women’s Impact Report navigated yet another crazy year in show business. Despite the mergers, layoffs and the ongoing transformation brought by AI, the box office returned with a bang and small-screen series captured imaginations.
City Relay says intruders accessed its Metabase Cloud instance twice and extracted customer data
Validation? Apparently that comes after deployment
Apollo-managed funds and affiliates have acquired what Apollo describes as a "noncontrolling interest" in a subsidiary of BMG that holds the legacy Concord asset-backed securities, backed by a catalog of over 1 million songs Source
The historic West Village venue will host six exclusive interviews and intimate performances this year
Premiering Sept. 21, Season 30 marks Latifah and Green’s first time in the coaches’ chairs, while Levine and Clarkson are back for their 19th and 11th seasons
The most successful creators are not just creative storytellers – they’re commercially minded entrepreneurs. The most sophisticated operators in this field recognise that launching their own product lines can be a lucrative and reliable revenue stream. Source
Rhythm section ace literally tries to break the chains that bind him in clip for title song on thrashers’ new album
QuitGPT-led pledge targets Leading the Future's push for lighter regulation ahead of the midterms
Wednesday night’s Americana Music Honors & Awards in Nashville found the love being spread among a handful of the Americana’s brightest lights — among them Brandi Carlile, Molly Tuttle, Tyler Childers and the duo of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings — on top of some high-profile and highly emotional...
Notes says the money will fund "continued platform development and scaled marketing efforts" as it takes its offering to artists globally. Source
The interface of the Nova plug-in for browsing and loading Nova plug-ins inside your DAW. | Screenshot: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge Lunacy, purveyor of fine VST plug-ins like Cube, a synth that you control by moving a ball around a 3D space, has just launched Nova, a platform where creators can...
Machine Identity Isolation policies can reject valid credentials unless controllers meet the Server 2025 functional level
Eligibility is retroactive to January 1, 2026: artists added to a Fresh Finds playlist from that date onward are invited to join through Spotify for Artists Source
Lasso Security sees differences in tool handling and model refusals
Today, Spotify is launching Fresh Finds Forward, a new program that will give approximately 10,000 emerging independent artists each year the resources, community, and support to turn early momentum into long-term growth.
ISE authentication bypass under active attack just days after another Cisco zero-day sent admins scrambling to patch
After teasing a music-related reveal a few days ago, Rockstar has officially announced the soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto VI. Called Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, the soundtrack will feature 34 songs, which Rockstar describes as "brand-new, original tracks." Based on the first six singles, which...
Spotify’s move into direct competition with YouTube continues apace, even if music videos are still officially a ‘beta’ feature on its service. The latest news is the addition of Taylor Swift’s music-video catalogue – 58 videos in total, complete with customised play and pause-button animations.
Fever is the live-entertainment tech company that acquired ticketing firm Dice in June 2025, shortly after raising $100m of funding. Now it’s turning to investors again with an even bigger raise. The post is from Music Ally.
UK-based charity Youth Music has hit an impressive milestone: £1m awarded directly to young musicians and creatives from its ‘NextGen Fund’ since it was launched in 2021. The post is from Music Ally.
YouTube has named 16 additional independent artists to its ‘Foundry’ class of 2026 – the latest iteration of its accelerator program for artists. The post is from Music Ally.
Earlier this year, music-promo platform SubmitHub revealed research suggesting that 23.2% of the tracks being submitted were fully AI-generated. The post is from Music Ally.
Mustafa Suleyman claims model welfare language could make future systems harder to control – while sparing OpenAI the same scrutiny
The Spotify Partner Program is bigger than ever. This fall, we’re bringing the program to more than 35 new markets, opening the door for eligible creators in Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and beyond to earn more from their work. Following the Spotify Partner Program’s success across the...
The latest update on the rocketing number of new tracks being uploaded to music-streaming services comes from research firm Luminate. Its CEO Rob Jonas divulged the latest figure in an appearance on Billboard’s ‘On The Record’ podcast. The post is from Music Ally.
Even a temporary staging server needs to be locked down.
The bill would amend the Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016 – one of the laws the Federal Trade Commission is using to sue Live Nation and Ticketmaster. Source
The catalog runs from "Tim McGraw," released in 2006, to "I Knew It, I Knew You," released in June. Source
DHH's Arch-based desktop becomes the latest front in FOSS's culture wars
Platforms comply just enough to avoid being blocked, leaving the regulator chasing debt
The named plaintiff is Michael Beckham, whom the filing describes as an adult domiciled in Huron, South Dakota. Source
ALL IN is led by Henri Jamet, Managing Director of Believe France, and Sébastien Saussez, who will head the new entity. Source
As team responsible for tech strategy shunted to third department in three years, experts fear exodus of talent
On a Sunday in August 2025, I approached the O2 Forum Kentish Town to see an act I had heard plenty about. On this warm August afternoon, the main attraction was flamboyant, distinctive, petite in size and, by all accounts, electric. Source
Singer-songwriter Kavya Trehan, who performs under only her first name, is also an actress and dancer. It’s dance that’s at the centre of the music video for her new single, […] The post is from Music Ally.
India is among the 100 countries where Apple’s iCloud+ subscribers will now get access to Apple TV, Apple Arcade’s catalogue of over 200 games, and Apple Music Select. The last […] The post is from Music Ally.
In what’s turning out to be a kind of announcement relay, Diljit Dosanjh who in May told his audience at the Rogers Centre in Toronto that he would be playing […] The post is from Music Ally.
Yes, the 'Secondhand Software Presentation' does sound like it might be an adverse document...
Clouds, the sovereign-sensitive, and the inferencing-interested are also about to get sales calls
After Macklemore loudly challenges Robert Kraft to match his $1 million donation to support Palestine, Robert Kraft reveals that he and Ed Sheeran had already quietly donated four times that sum a day earlier.
Your feed made her famous and then called it “organic” discovery. The music business loves a miracle, especially one it can invoice. Every few months, a new artist supposedly appears from nowhere, posts the right fifteen seconds of a song, and wakes up inside a career that once required years of...
Just like that, another would-be class action complaint – filed this time against StubHub over its CEO’s alleged ties to a ticket-resale fund – is heading to arbitration. District Judge Jed S.
1 This is a rights issue, not one of censorship. The Geto Boys had a deal with Geffen Records, but once David Geffen became aware of the content of the act’s debut, which contained graphic, violent and sexually explicit lyrics, he decided not to put out the album and released the Geto Boys from...
MNRK Music Group has officially acquired the “complete” recorded catalog of Zakk Wylde-founded Black Label Society (BLS), including over 300 total tracks from the veteran heavy metal group.
Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour continues, even without his opening acts, and now tickets are being sold online at a significant loss. One notable side effect of the ongoing feud over Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour and Macklemore’s controversial speech that led to him being removed as the opener is that resale...
In collaboration with Gallagher Alternative Health Solutions, BMI announces BMI Health Connect to provide US affiliates with personalized guidance. BMI has announced the launch of BMI Health Connect, a free service available exclusively for its U.S.-based songwriters and composers that makes it...
Amid Spotify’s robust push into video content, Taylor Swift’s entire music video catalog is now available for premium subscribers. Spotify has announced that all 58 of Taylor Swift’s official music videos are now available to watch on the streaming platform.
Among Saregama’s biggest hit soundtracks of the last few years is composer Shashwat Sachdev’s OST for the first part of the spy thriller Dhurandhar, which featured a number of reworkings, […] The post is from Music Ally.
The music industry loves the phrase “artist development” – but ask ten people what it actually means and you’ll get ten different answers. The following comes from Blinding Talent, a partner of DMN.
As phone-free events increase exponentially, MILA Lounge in Miami announces a monthly No-Phone Night, a recurring Thursday night ritual. Phone-free events increased by a staggering 567% globally in 2025, the result of a growing appetite for present and immersive nightlife experiences.
Taylor Swift has long been keenly aware of the power of music videos to help expand the worlds she meticulously builds in her songwriting. Now, for the first time, all 58 of Taylor’s videos are coming to Spotify, giving her fans the opportunity to dive deeper than ever into her catalog.
Featuring Tom Morello, Chuck D and Idles’ Joe Talbot, the rapper’s new project celebrates the shared ideals of punk and hip-hop – ‘both the voice of the voiceless’ Adam Briggs has never been one for subtlety – in his lyrics, his punchlines or his activism. In person, the man has a huge presence.
Argentina’s inflation-hit economy makes a mockery of growth figures. But the rise of local acts is making insiders feel quietly confident. The post is from Music Ally.
This fall, Coach is launching “Live Your Story,” a global campaign celebrating self-expression through music, fashion, and culture. And Spotify is helping to bring it to life with the Tabby Tour, an experiential and digital activation making stops at college campuses across the U.S., U.K, Japan,...
Yesterday, we broke down the events that led to Macklemore being removed from his support slot on Ed Sheeran’s US tour. There have been two big developments since. The post is from Music Ally.
Literally nobody was surprised by the announcement this week that Oasis will be continuing their reunion with another run of concerts in 2027: it’s been an open secret for months. The post is from Music Ally.
Apple is adding some new services into its iCloud+ cloud-storage subscription in more than 100 countries around the world, including a taster tier for Apple Music. The post is from Music Ally.
We wrote about startup A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya in April when it launched its Bop “pocket DJ” app. The company was founded by former Spotify exec Máuhan M. Zonoozy as “a label that treats software like music”. The post is from Music Ally.
Parents love using Spotify to play music for their families. But parents don’t always share the same taste as their young children—and playing music for your kids shouldn’t have to affect your own recommendations.
Parents can finally get the kids' music out of Spotify Wrapped and other personalized playlists.
DistroKid dominates AI music distribution while Spotify owns a stake. As streaming integrity standards tighten, its refusal to sign deserves much closer scrutiny.
I had no idea it was a Temptations song. I’m not quite sure if I thought the Peter Tosh take with Mick Jagger was an original composition, but that’s the one that rings in my head when I hear these words (when I don’t think of the movie…oops, research tells me the name of that […]
Cuando piensas en ver a tu artista favorito en vivo, seguramente hay algunas canciones que esperas que formen parte del setlist. Para los fans de El Bogueto, Spotify lo hizo realidad la semana pasada en El Bogueto Pa’ los OG, una experiencia única creada junto a sus oyentes más fieles.
When you think about seeing your favorite artist live, there are probably a few songs that you hope make the setlist. For El Bogueto’s fans, Spotify made that dream a reality at last week’s Bogueto Pa’ los OG—a one-of-a-kind event shaped by his most dedicated listeners.
Former Spotify exec's company releases experimental "singles" that involves users in music making.
I know from our early days how high-pressure road life can be. While big tours often hire therapists, grassroots acts can’t afford it. I’m pleased to back a new scheme that aims to change that When Radiohead started touring, it was hugely exciting, but we got signed when we had been going for five...
More than 800 businesses ask PM to make good on pledge, or risk more closures and job losses Hundreds of UK hospitality businesses, backed by celebrity chefs including Angela Hartnett and Heston Blumenthal, have asked Andy Burnham to lay out plans to lower VAT for the sector, urging him to make...
The Units are a band I discovered in part thanks to No Dogs in Space. During their miniseries on The Screamers (another incredible band worth checking out), they mention synthpunk.org as one of their sources.
Today the Picard team is making available a third release candidate for Picard 3. We received good feedback on the previous release candidate 2, thanks to everyone for testing and providing feedback. The final 3.0 release is planned to happen in a few weeks.
Sylvan Esso preparing to attend a frutiger aero renfaire. Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, better known as Sylvan Esso, have been bringing their low-key electro-pop to the masses since 2014, bursting onto the scene with their self-titled debut album and the single "Hey Mami." Over the years, they've...
Music fans worldwide turn to Genius to uncover the lyrics, meaning, and stories behind their favorite tracks. Today, Spotify is bringing that experience directly to our platform by partnering with Genius on its slate of video series.
Gilligan: A lesson in copyright and the importance of local journalism — “It takes our newsroom of about 30 people to put out a paper every day, whether it is digital or print. But let’s focus for a minute on the seven local news reporters who cover seven counties across three states.