It's a whole new way for fans to experience the award-winning film.

Billboard 8m ago

Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. responds to the news that BTS will not submit music for the 2027 Grammy Awards. After BTS announced on Wednesday that they will not be submitting music for consideration in the 2027 Grammy Awards, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

Digital Music News 31m ago

As his rendition of Conway Twitty’s “Hello Darlin’” gains steam on social media, McCreery reveals his top classic songs to sing.

Billboard 54m ago

"It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week," former president wrote

Rolling Stone 58m ago

Universal Music Group generated revenues of EUR €3.294 billion (USD $3.83bn) across all of its divisions (including recorded music, publishing, and more) in Q2 (the three months ending June 30, 2026). That’s according to UMG‘s fresh set of quarterly results, published today (July 30).

Music Business Worldwide 58m ago

The rapper also addressed her weight loss.

Billboard 1h ago

Three months later, concrete plans are taking shape for Fanomenon, the K-pop mega-festival that’s expected to feature performances from Hybe, SM, YG, and JYP artists.

Digital Music News 1h ago

David Beard is the author of the revealing new book “All Summer Long: Conversations with The Beach Boys from Surfin’ to SMiLE.” Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/david-beard/id1316200737?i=1000779088456...

Lefsetz Letter 1h ago

“I’m so proud of him. I think he deserves it,” the “iloveitiloveitiloveit” singer says of Kahan's huge year.

Billboard 1h ago

The film shows how the country's passionate fandoms have influenced global pop culture.

Billboard 1h ago

The singer was slated to kick off a run of overseas dates in Glasgow on Aug. 27.

Billboard 1h ago

A complete rundown of the most important events across the music business.

Billboard 1h ago

ShieldFont is available today if you've got copy that needs protecting, we mean

The Register 1h ago

The 6 God was enjoying himself at the concert.

Billboard 1h ago

Singer-songwriter performed at a Dublin pub hours before his death

Rolling Stone 1h ago

The star also shared her new favorite English phrase and why she loves spicy foods before shows.

Billboard 2h ago

Sir Lucian Grainge, Chairman and CEO of UMG, announced the move on the company's earnings call on Thursday (July 30). Source

Music Business Worldwide 2h ago

CAA's Shirin Nury's intuitive understanding of young fans informs her approach to advising the pop's next generation of headliners.

Billboard 2h ago

The 6/17/1991 show at Giants Stadium is the subject of the annual ‘Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies’

Rolling Stone 2h ago

A lesson for aspiring vandals: Take out all the cameras, not just the ones that flout your ideals

The Register 3h ago

IFPI has applied the framework to the charts it directly manages Source

Music Business Worldwide 3h ago

The Beverly Hills Hotel has named ALR Music as the exclusive music partner for its new supper club, opening this fall. The appointment marks ALR Music’s arrival on the West Coast after becoming one of the most sought after music collaborators in London and New York City.

Variety 4h ago

Polling suggests patience with handsets in the classroom is running shorter than a teenager's battery life

The Register 4h ago

My book was published in three languages, but four editions. The fourth edition is Indian, published by Bombay Circle Press. I've seen pictures of this, but have yet to actually hold one in my own hand.

furia log 4h ago

Paramount+ announced “Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour (Live)” will premiere Aug. 6 on the streaming service. The concert movie was released in theaters on May 8 and has grossed $10 million in the United States and Canada to date, plus $27 million worldwide.

Variety 4h ago

EGOT-winner John Legend is set to star in “The Road Home,” about South African jazz legends Hugh Masekela and Miriam “Mama Africa” Makeba, and their Apartheid-era Graceland tour with Paul Simon. Legend will portray American singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.

Variety 4h ago

PARTNER CONTENT: Databricks survey data suggests certified professionals lift partner delivery capacity, customer credibility, and AI readiness well beyond the individuals who earn the credential

The Register 4h ago

Two months after Billy Corgan interviewed actor Barry Williams on his podcast, the pair reunite at Lollapalooza aftershow at Chicago’s Riviera Theatre

Rolling Stone 5h ago

Tech giant counts record piles of cash while buyers face years of elevated prices

The Register 5h ago

The latest startup hoping to give music-education a tech spin is SoundGate, a company from Armenia that has just launched its first product: an AI-powered guitar tutor.

Music Ally 5h ago

Spotify’s ‘Discovery Mode’ promotional tool has been quite the talking point since launch due to its model of exchange promotional placement for tracks in certain parts of the streaming service in exchange for lower royalty payouts.

Music Ally 5h ago

There’s a lot of chatter about ‘attribution’ in the current AI-music debates. Rightsholders are keen to find out if GenAI tracks can be traced back to the ‘inputs’ – the specific songs used to train the models that made them – in order to calculate royalties.

Music Ally 5h ago

Mrs. Green Apple taking 13th place in the IFPI’s global artists chart for 2025 was a wake-up call for anyone underestimating the breakout potential for Japanese acts. Now Chartmetric has some more data to reinforce the trend.

Music Ally 5h ago

A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? BILLIONS of people using your company’s personal AI agents, hopefully with no unfortunate side-effects in terms of mental health, mass surveillance or societal polarisation!

Music Ally 5h ago

For music-industry pros with long memories, Clique Apps is a throwback to the heyday of Mobile Roadie and other ‘every artist needs a mobile app’ startups.

Music Ally 5h ago

Researchers say Sapphire Sleet socially engineered maintainers before publishing malicious updates through trusted accounts

The Register 5h ago

Search for ‘Fitness’ in Spotify’s mobile app and – if you’re a premium subscriber – you may now find its new ‘Running Mode’.

Music Ally 5h ago

Sometimes the difference between a good run and a great run is the right playlist. That’s why we’re introducing Running Mode, a new personalized running experience that transforms playlists into running sessions tailored to your goals, music taste, and tempo.

Spotify 5h ago

Most AI mastering and mixing tools still translate creative intent into presets and sliders. SoundBoost takes a different approach: users simply describe the sound they want in plain language and refine it through conversation, just like working with a real engineer.

Digital Music News 5h ago

Singer-songwriter-actor and “Yellowstone” star Ryan Bingham has signed with WME for worldwide representation in music, the company announced on Thursday. He continues to be represented by Jack Whigham at Range Media Partners for film and television.

Variety 5h ago

For years, choosing a music streaming service was perhaps less of a decision than an accident. At least in Western markets, the major DSPs have offered similar catalogue, feature sets, and user interfaces, giving consumers little reason to choose one over another. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 5h ago

Paul McCartney has received his first-ever nomination for the U.K.’s prestigious Mercury Prize alongside Olivia Dean, Raye and more. The shortlist for the prize, which recognizes outstanding British albums, was unveiled on Thursday.

Variety 6h ago

New button beside the ribbon promises consistency – and more questions for admins

The Register 6h ago

FTC says Meta and Snap received sensitive patient information while customers faced unexpected prescription charges

The Register 7h ago

The recent decision to add a dedicated ‘Asian Pop’ category to the Grammy Awards was pitched as justified recognition of “one of the most significant and sustained forces in the global music industry”.

Music Ally 7h ago

The model rolled out inside Google Flow Music, the company's AI song-creation platform. Source

Music Business Worldwide 7h ago

Mason said the Asian Pop category was created "to celebrate the depth, diversity and extraordinary growth of pop artistry coming out of Asia." Source

Music Business Worldwide 7h ago

Support for the MySQL build ends in September as the company develops separate premium replication technology

The Register 7h ago

The following MBW op/ed comes from Samantha Moore, President of Rostrum Pacific-owned distributor SpaceHeater. Source

Music Business Worldwide 8h ago

Opening a booby-trapped message unleashes a browser implant that can survive password changes and device rebuilds

The Register 8h ago

What’s better than a a survey of over 5,100 Indian “digital content consumers” on “how India listens, streams and pays for music”? A survey of more than 15,300 of them. […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 8h ago

Soundpatrol struck partnered with Universal and Sony in September 2025 to detect copyright infringement in AI-generated music Source

Music Business Worldwide 8h ago

Survey finds more workloads run off-site than at in-house corporate facilities for the first time

The Register 8h ago

The IFPI will be adopting proposals from a group of record labels for how AI-music should be treated in official charts for its own rankings.

Music Ally 9h ago

Netscape still ruled the browser market, but Microsoft had Windows 95, WorldNet, and a very valuable foothold

The Register 9h ago

Install now or remind me later? Neither belongs in the House of Fun

The Register 10h ago

The country singer’s new album, The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales, is out Friday

Rolling Stone 11h ago

The 82-year-old musician’s former manager thanked the community for helping to “amplify this effort by sharing information, reaching out with support, and expressing genuine care for Linda’s well-being”

Rolling Stone 11h ago

Schools often don't prioritize or understand cybersecurity

The Register 11h ago

If your AI goes rogue, better have a good lawyer

The Register 12h ago

Yes, this is mostly about VMware migrations

The Register 12h ago

Since 1991, music industry attorney Donald Passman has sold more than half a million copies of his industry survival guide, All You Need to Know About the Music Business.

Digital Music News 14h ago

Posisbly cracked mud, therefore more evidence Red Planet was once less horrible

The Register 15h ago

But AI has come along just in time to cover being dumped by Apple

The Register 16h ago

The singer joined frontman Kevin Parker onstage for Tame Impala’s show at Boston's TD Garden

Rolling Stone 16h ago

“I am saddened to hear that BTS has chosen not to participate in the Grammy Awards process this year,” said Grammy CEO Harvey Mason jr.

Rolling Stone 17h ago

Redmond now allows only locked-down rigs with joint software and hardware support for its on-prem hyperconverged cloud and Switchzilla won't go there

The Register 17h ago

The music industry is building practical AI governance through chart eligibility principles and standardized labeling, creating shared infrastructure for transparency, trust, and responsible innovation.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 18h ago

Grammy CEO Harvey Mason jr. has issued a statement in response to BTS’ decision not to submit for the 2027 awards, which the K-Pop superstars announced on Wednesday, in an effort to clarify that the launch of a Best Asian Pop category was not intended to sideline K-Pop artists.

Variety 19h ago

Another year, another Grammys boycott – this time from K-pop sensation BTS, which has opted against submitting ARIRANG to the Recording Academy. BTS announced as much in a Korean-language statement on social media.

Digital Music News 19h ago

Lauren Pisciotta, West’s former assistant, accused the artist of drugging and sexually assaulting her at a Sean Combs studio session

Rolling Stone 19h ago

Capex spending? What? Me worry?

The Register 19h ago

The music industry has been consumed by AI debates – from lawsuits involving Suno and Udio to major-label licensing deals. Now the focus is shifting to a bigger question: how do we work with AI-generated music legally, and what will it mean for the future of artists, labels, and streaming...

Digital Music News 19h ago

Multiple sale attempts and one bidding war later, Anthem Entertainment’s catalog has found a new owner: Influence Media Partners, which is set to pay north of $600 million for “substantially all” the IP at hand.

Digital Music News 20h ago

Gunship is back with a spooky new music video. The trio’s visual is for their cover of Cyndi Lauper’s iconic “Time After Time,” which is featured on the soundtrack of Corin Hardy’s recent horror film “Whistle.” Hardy also directs the music video, which consists of previously unseen footage from the...

Variety 20h ago

St. Vincent’s music goes beyond the merely dramatic, at times; it can be harrowing, if not soul-shaking, in its most intimate and passionate moments. So it’s not completely surprising that Annie Clark, the woman behind the nom de plume, would be interested in enhancing that sense of drama by...

Variety 20h ago

A collection of record labels — including labels such as Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music — on Wednesday proposed a new set of guidelines for how AI-generated music could chart, demanding only tracks that were “substantially human made” qualify for the industry’s measure of...

Variety 21h ago

An investigation into allegations at Michigan’s Interlochen Center for the Arts revealed rampant sexual abuse by leadership, including late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Digital Music News 21h ago

Finneas, Cat Power, Rachel Zegler, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Warren Ellis remember the Irish musician who died Wednesday

Rolling Stone 21h ago

(Note: This is essentially all of the responses I received, posted in approximate order of their arrival in my inbox.) __________________________________ Bob, Hollywood didn’t lose its moral compass after October 7. It revealed that it never had one.

Lefsetz Letter 22h ago

Has Spotify topped Melon in South Korea’s ultra-competitive streaming arena? Yes, per one market research firm – and not quite, according to another, with both nevertheless pointing to strong gains for global DSPs.

Digital Music News 22h ago

For years, Japan's music industry has been a sleeping giant on the global stage. But now, thanks to streaming, anime, and artists like YOASOBI, J-pop's global rise is just beginning.

How Music Charts 23h ago

A coalition of major record labels and leading independents outline framework to ban unlicensed AI music from the official chart rankings worldwide. A global coalition of leading music companies—including Believe, BMG, Concord, Dirty Hit, Glassnote Records, HYBE Corp., Mom+Pop Music, Partisan...

Digital Music News 23h ago

Huntsville’s music industry has ballooned since 2018, supporting over 3,000 jobs and driving $278.2 million into its local economy, per a new audit. Huntsville, Alabama, has enjoyed a thriving music industry that’s grown exponentially over the last eight years into a $278.2 million economic driver,...

Digital Music News 23h ago

Google’s Flow Music Spaces gets a big update, bringing song editing, stem splitting, video creation, and more into an AI “vibe coding” workspace. Google has announced a major update for its Flow Music Spaces, unveiling a suite of new AI-powered creative tools for collaborative workspaces.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Why are oldsters and Hollywood fighting a passé war? At least CNN does more reporting than Fox, even MS Now, but the truth is hardly anyone is watching and the outlet, like its two political competitors, is basically a hotbed of analysis and argument which younger generations refuse to engage with.

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago

The GRAMMY-winning rapper will be honored at the private ceremony in Los Angeles on August 26. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in Q4 2026. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Back in May, our global editors shared their annual Songs of Summer predictions, blending streaming data with their cultural expertise and instinct to identify this year’s early contenders.

Spotify 1d ago

Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights is set to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with an original haunted house dubbed “Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness.” As part of the experience, guests will be able to climb aboard the “Crazy Train” for a terrifying trip through his disturbing world of rock...

Variety 1d ago

Algorithmic personalisation and niche scenes have seemingly undermined mainstream culture . Labels struggle to break new superstars and Hollywood productions have fallen into a repetitive cycle of remakes and franchises. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 1d ago

Framework would 'establish a clear boundary between human-led creativity and works that are purely synthetic or generated by unauthorized AI models' Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Official music charts around the world have been grappling with the challenges provided by AI music. Now labels want to set some rules.

Music Ally 1d ago

Neigh-Pop sounds like a new genre that’s sprung to prominence on SoundCloud. It’s actually the new musical direction for My Little Pony.

Music Ally 1d ago

Since starting Mordlust in 2018, Paulina Krasa and Laura Wohlers have turned an after-hours project into one of the most popular German-language podcasts to date. The show has surpassed 400 million plays across 243 episodes, ranking as the No.

Spotify 1d ago

It’s been 16 months since our last story about Huntsville, Alabama, so it’s about time for another, eh? Back then we were reporting on Fast Company anointing the city as the ‘most innovative company’ in economic development for 2025, thanks to its five-year plan for music investment.

Music Ally 1d ago

There’s a changing of the music-streaming guard in South Korea, with Spotify possibly having just overtaken local player Melon, previously the biggest audio streaming service there. Or possibly not.

Music Ally 1d ago

Deezer has published its latest financial results, and they continue its recent trends: flat revenue growth and falling overall subscriber numbers, but growth in its ‘direct’ business on both counts.

Music Ally 1d ago

Noah Kahan criticized Trump’s use of his music on social media. White House officials clapped back. Now, the song has been removed from the post on Instagram.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Universal Studios has unveiled plans to open Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness haunted houses in Orlando and Hollywood for Halloween Horror Nights. Next stop on the Ozzy licensing train: Prince of Darkness haunted houses in Orlando and Hollywood for Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Glen Hansard, the beloved frontman of the Dublin band The Frames, has died in a vehicle crash at age 56. Singer Glen Hansard, the frontman of Dublin band The Frames, died in a motorcycle crash in West Dublin on Wednesday, July 29. He was 56 years old.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Where do fans go when they don’t want to pay for premium audio? AM/FM radio, which, far from dying off, currently boasts a U.S. audience share in excess of 10 times larger than that attributable to Spotify’s ad-supported tier.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Boy George has released an AI-assisted pro-Israel song, leading to intense backlash — not from the anti-AI camp, but from the anti-Israel camp. Boy George previously said, “I would never turn my back on my Jewish friends,” and the Culture Club frontman has illustrated that point well with a new...

Digital Music News 1d ago

Suno gets slapped with a proposed class action lawsuit over the data breach that reportedly exposed the personal information of 55.3 million users. As if on cue, Suno has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Providence Equity will gain full ownership of The Team, formerly Wasserman, as Casey Wasserman sells his ownership stake. Casey Wasserman confirmed on Tuesday that he had sold his stake in The Team (the talent agency that officially changed its name from Wasserman earlier this year) to Providence...

Digital Music News 1d ago

Spotify has a big AI music slop problem. Third-party tracking databases have stepped in to fill the void caused by the platform’s longtime inaction. It’s no secret that Spotify has a big AI music problem.

Digital Music News 1d ago

View this post on Instagram “You condemn the Jews, with selective memory Musicians holding flags, mouthing like sheep Propaganda fueled by the Internet feels so weak” What kind of crazy, f*cked up world do we live in where Boy George takes a stand when everybody else in music is afraid of rocking...

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago

How big of a fan are you of your favorite musical act? Have you recommended your favorite songs to friends and strangers alike? Have you forever memorialized their work on your body with a tattoo? Did your fandom, in some mystical twist of fate, lead to you meeting your significant other?

Spotify 2d ago

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating StubHub due to numerous fan complaints about undelivered or inferior World Cup tickets, highlighting broader issues of speculative ticketing in the secondary market.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 3d ago

How the words we teach English language learners changed

The Pudding 5d ago

Ahead of the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner, Spotify joined leaders from across the media and political landscape to honor America’s journalists and the tradition of the annual gathering.

Spotify 5d ago

A mediados de los 2000, el emo pasó de ser una escena underground a convertirse en un fenómeno cultural que llevó a bandas como Fall Out Boy (y accesorios como los guantes sin dedos) al mainstream.

Spotify 5d ago

When two-time Grammy nominee Asake partnered with Spotify for a special one-night-only concert at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane last month, the goal was simple: create an unforgettable night for the Nigerian artist’s top fans, friends, and family.

Spotify 6d ago

In the mid-aughts, emo transformed from a fringe underground scene into a cultural phenomenon, launching bands like Fall Out Boy (and accessories like fingerless gloves) into the mainstream.

Spotify 6d ago

Versions of Amy Winehouse and hundreds of other musicians are generating millions for beleaguered UK venues. But what is the emotional toll for the imitators, and are they pushing out original artists?

The Guardian 6d ago