"One In a Million wasn’t just an album; it was art [and] a masterpiece," the rapper wrote.

Billboard 13m ago

Singer Rivers Cuomo told a 2025 Coachella crowd that the band was shooting the film in Los Angeles before their gig.

Billboard 15m ago

The Toy Story single is her 16th top-shelf hit at the format.

Billboard 24m ago

The K-pop act marks its latest EP release with a Kuromi collection featuring apparel, collectibles, drinkware and more.

Billboard 48m ago

The Jersey rapper decided to go back to basics and dropped a sequel to 'Finesse the World' last month. Check out our conversation.

Billboard 56m ago

KATSEYE’s WILD may only be six songs, but they’re filled with flirtation, heartbreak and chaos.

Billboard 1h ago

The deal comes after a judge ordered a trial over accusations Live Nation failed to stop a fight that saw a concertgoer “violently beaten into unconsciousness.”

Billboard 1h ago

"My wish is that whoever hears these songs feels the hope I feel when I sing them," Crow shared about the album, out Oct. 9

Rolling Stone 1h ago

The founding member of the "Unbelievable" dance-pop group was 55.

Billboard 1h ago

Recorded in 2017, Prolific arrived on Friday (Aug. 14), with appearances from Cardi B, Ty Dolla $ign, Leon Thomas and more big names.

Billboard 2h ago

Government disputes claims of continued access as investigators measure damage

The Register 2h ago

“You’re fucking up history," the comedian said in footage from the event, where Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean were only able to perform for one hour after beginning their set late

Rolling Stone 2h ago

"I do not take freedom lightly, because our freedom has been paid for in the lives of others throughout history," says the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer.

Billboard 2h ago

Turns out this space thing really is hard

The Register 3h ago

The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source

Music Business Worldwide 3h ago

A companion ticketing measure, AB 1349, was released from suspense at the same hearing and can now proceed to a Senate vote. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3h ago

The dismissal with prejudice bars Rudolph Isley's estate from bringing the same claims again. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3h ago

Bill Ackman‘s Pershing Square has disclosed six new stock investments in its first quarterly shareholder letter as a publicly listed company. None of the six is a music company.

Music Business Worldwide 3h ago

Weaponized agents could turn digital intrusions into kinetic disasters, experts warn

The Register 3h ago

AI Bots Are Stripping European Booksellers’ Shelves; EU Copyright Law May Ban It — The industrial-scale destruction of books for training LLMs has reached Europe. The practice emerged following the decision in Bartz v.

Copyhype 3h ago

Copilot's gurning blob is leaving Voice for a new career in education

The Register 4h ago

70,000 customers will join the collective, whose name and leader remain unknown

The Register 5h ago

Even if your hardware is secure, quantum-ready, encrypted, and future-proof, no one is immune to a supplier letting the side down

The Register 6h ago

Diary of an excuse hound: Pie charts make us hungry for pizza

The Register 7h ago

Music Ally’s stonks-ometer is pinging merrily this morning, thanks to the latest forecasts from consultancy firm Midia Research.

Music Ally 7h ago

Unnamed third party spotted suspicious activity, with names, roles, and email addresses potentially affected

The Register 8h ago

Things are moving fast for prediction-market startup Kalshi, but are they in danger of breaking? It is facing regulatory headwinds in the US.

Music Ally 8h ago

Music podcasts score 77 on WhichPodcast’s ‘demand index’. 77 is high, but music podcasts only score 30 out of 100 for supply.

Music Ally 8h ago

The girl group’s new five-song EP, Wild, is out now

Rolling Stone 8h ago

Talking about musicians being ‘CEOs of their own businesses’ has become a cliché, but that’s what the Colorado Artist Company Act is about.

Music Ally 8h ago

Legislation in California that would have capped resale prices for concert tickets at 10% more than their original price has bitten the dust.

Music Ally 8h ago

The reunited rock band released their fourth album, All in Now, earlier this year

Rolling Stone 9h ago

Developers report model thinking blocks being returned empty or truncated

The Register 9h ago

Kobalt has signed on for Spotify’s upcoming AI-powered ‘fan-made covers and remixes’ features, with a licensing deal.

Music Ally 9h ago

The track is the third listen off the country singer’s forthcoming album, Mule

Rolling Stone 9h ago

Suno’s fortnight of big announcements – alright, the losing-a-big-lawsuit-to-GEMA one wasn’t its plan – continues. Meet Suno Studio 2.0.

Music Ally 9h ago

‘Sadete’, Haitian electronic music DJ and producer Francis Mercier’s new collaboration with his Turkish counterpart Mahmut Orhan — which has sparked an AI “octopus rave” online trend — owes at […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 9h ago

Connecting a single power cord turned into a lucrative all-nighter

The Register 10h ago

Selena Gomez, her mom, and their company co-founder face a lawsuit with accusations of defrauding investors of mental health startup Wondermind. Singer and actress Selena Gomez, her mother Mandy Teefey, and their company co-founder Daniella Pierson are among the defendants in a lawsuit filed by the...

Digital Music News 12h ago

Troye Sivan has kicked off a new era with the release of his new single “She’s the Best” along with a music video co-starring Nicole Kidman. In the clip, directed by Gordon Von Steiner, Sivan holds the spotlight at a club filled with drag queens, including Sasha Colby.

Variety 12h ago

Google announces a slate of new connected apps coming to its Gemini AI assistant, including Ticketmaster, Pandora, and iHeartRadio. This week, Google announced a slew of new connected apps coming to its Gemini AI assistant, including several music and live events-focused favorites.

Digital Music News 12h ago

Phoebe Bridgers tends to stand out in a crowd, and not just because of her celebrity or natural star quality, but because of the hair; other women around L.A. may go for the platinum blonde look, but not quite that platinum. So it was fairly easy to pick her out for the entirety of the […]

Variety 12h ago

Another day, another high-profile AI licensing deal – this time between Spotify and Kobalt, which is officially set to participate in the streaming platform’s forthcoming AI-powered remix and cover tool.

Digital Music News 12h ago

AB 1720, the California Fans First Act, failed to advance in the Senate Appropriations Committee after StubHub spent a record high in lobbying efforts to oppose it.

Digital Music News 12h ago

Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board has found a new way to potentially circumvent a federal judge’s order to remove his name from the building. On Thursday, the Trump-appointed board of the John F.

Digital Music News 12h ago

This is the first single off Sivan’s new album of the same name, out Oct.9, and the track’s accompanying video stars Nicole Kidman

Rolling Stone 12h ago

Investors say they pumped $1.2 million into Wondermind and claim they were misled about Gomez’s involvement

Rolling Stone 13h ago

It's been all the rage to shit on post-grunge as being one of the worst music genres of all time, especially one of the worst genres of rock music.

Medium 13h ago

Intelligence Service says finding domestic threats is harder due to proliferation of toxic content online

The Register 13h ago

The Latin superstar claims the firm filed “incoherent” tax documents, missed deadlines, and failed to invest his money or fund his retirement account

Rolling Stone 15h ago

'Computer History' records clicks and typing to build ChatGPT memories

The Register 16h ago

The rap star also said that he has “one or two” albums left in his career

Rolling Stone 16h ago

Beatport has officially added AI tags – and committed to booting “fully or majority AI-generated music” – under an expanded Beatdapp partnership. Denver-based Beatport and Vancouver-headquartered Beatdapp, having inked a fraud-prevention pact back in 2024, unveiled their bolstered agreement in a...

Digital Music News 16h ago

Ongoing share buyback program aside, Universal Music stock is still hovering around a 52-week – and all-time-low – price that represents a nearly 40% falloff during the past 12 months. When trading wrapped today, this price was €14.65 (currently $16.89) per share, down from north of $25/€22 at the...

Digital Music News 17h ago

Durk's defense fought the admission, saying it would create “so much risk of prejudice and confusion"

Rolling Stone 17h ago

Suno claims that "Grammy-winning artists" have used Suno Studio in the past to "make chart-topping hits" Source

Music Business Worldwide 19h ago

Got $10 and a gig of storage space? Marlin lets you weight your crawl toward the parts of the web you actually care about

The Register 20h ago

TikTok announces the return of Music on Stage, its global music program dedicated to discovering emerging artists and helping them grow their fanbases. Today, TikTok has announced the return of its global music program Music on Stage, hosted by Cat Burns and Songkarn.

Digital Music News 20h ago

Suno announces Studio 2.0, a browser-based creative platform that more closely resembles a comprehensive DAW, with MIDI support and more. And the best part? There are no pesky download limits. Creators looking to dabble in AI rejoice: Suno’s Studio 2.0 is here, and it’s the company’s most...

Digital Music News 20h ago

Amazon says it will train AI on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out—because “if this was opt-in, nobody would opt in.” Content creators on Twitch are raging at the Amazon-owned streaming platform, which the company says will train its AI on Twitch streamers’ content by...

Digital Music News 21h ago

Consumer and work experiences converge, while a few features face the chop

The Register 21h ago

Leonardo DiCaprio could throw any of us off of our game — as EJAE can testify. The “KPop Demon Hunters” vocalist spoke with the U.K. newspaper the Times and recounted her experience performing at this past year’s BAFTA Awards. “I made mistakes,” she said. “I cracked a little bit on the high notes.

Variety 22h ago

StubHub’s lobbying efforts have reached record highs in California as the company pushes against a bill that would cap resale prices. StubHub has spent millions on lobbying efforts in California, reaching an all-time high as the company fights against a bill that would place limits on concert...

Digital Music News 22h ago

Songwriter, performer, producer Erick the Architect created the track featured in the Apple WWDC presentation in June. We go deep into that process as well as Erick’s career in the Flatbush Zombies and… Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/erick-the-architect/id1316200737?i=1000783119847...

Lefsetz Letter 23h ago

Vishal Mishra keeps coming back to one word: honest. Ask him about competing with streaming playlists, about his string of Bollywood hits, about writing a love song for a film soaked in violence, and the composer-singer circles back to the same idea: the music has to be true to the moment it was...

Variety 1d ago

Suno is releasing Studio 2.0 with significant upgrades that push it closer to an actual digital audio workstation (DAW), rather than a bare-bones audio editor with generative AI features. The biggest addition is undoubtedly MIDI support.

The Verge 1d ago

The analogue revival is not a novel concept – MIDiA first explored the idea that consumers are embracing analogue or ‘old’ technology in response to digital fatigue in 2024’s analogue revival report . Source

MIDiA Research Blog 1d ago

Ticketmaster said eligible events are surfaced automatically based on relevant fan searches, with no additional implementation required from clients. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

It is the first deal for the tool with a music publisher outside Universal Music Group. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Pair of reworked production-based engines carry the Hydromax into the record books

The Register 1d ago

Rolling Stone's best folk albums list skews decades old, but Chartmetric data shows today's trending folk artists are anything but. From Bad Bunny to Swedish electro-pop, here's how a new generation is redefining what folk music even means.

How Music Charts 1d ago

Syaheed joins from Believe to oversee Virgin’s operations across Africa, the Middle East and Asia Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

With 60% revenue from post-2000 releases, Saregama is “now a new age IP company” The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Contractors could surveil and disrupt foreign criminal networks, provided they follow strict rules and put up $1M

The Register 1d ago

SPONSORED FEATURE: Your M365 and Azure data might not be as safe as you think from ransomware; time for a reality check

The Register 1d ago

1916 Enterprises has signed Grammy-nominated artist-songwriter-producer MNEK for management, the company has announced. The partnership comes in advance of MNEK forthcoming album “Bulldozer!!,” due September 18, and a headline U.K. and European tour this fall.

Variety 1d ago

On Tuesday, more than 400 New York City-based KATSEYE fans—aka EYEKONS—packed Brooklyn’s Elsewhere for a special listening event celebrating their upcoming EP, WILD.

Spotify 1d ago

This blog post was co-authored by MIDiA's Head of Data, Perry Gresham , and Vice President of Music Strategy, Tatiana Cirisano . It’s now mid-summer, which can only mean one thing at MIDiA: our annual global music forecasts have arrived. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 1d ago

Custom tools harvested whatever over-permissioned guest accounts would surrender

The Register 1d ago

La conexión entre artistas y fans solo puede construirse sobre una base de confianza y autenticidad. En la música, esto significa que quienes escuchan deben poder confiar en que el artista detrás de una canción es quien dice ser.

Spotify 1d ago

Spotify and Kobalt, the world’s largest independent music publisher, today announced a licensing agreement for Spotify’s upcoming tool that will allow fans to create covers and remixes of their favorite songs from participating songwriters.

Spotify 1d ago

Gemini gets to juggle crews, forecasts, and maintenance while AWS keeps its seat

The Register 1d ago

Beatport is the latest music service to clarify its policies on AI-generated music, and it’s leaning towards Bandcamp’s stance of barring it outright from the platform.

Music Ally 1d ago

Google has been unveiling its latest phones and AI features this week at its ‘Made by Google’ event, including some new music partnerships.

Music Ally 1d ago

The latest startup hoping to point music listeners towards independent and grassroots artist is Fairground, based in the UK. It has launched its website and mobile apps this week.

Music Ally 1d ago

Two organisations have announced their latest efforts to support emerging artists today: one a music-industry body from the UK, and the other… a storied cognac house, focusing on Africa.

Music Ally 1d ago

TikTok’s global take on X Factor is coming back for another talent-search contest this summer. ‘Music on Stage’ will kick off with an “all-day global relay concert” on 15 August.

Music Ally 1d ago

Music artists and songwriters are facing decisions right now about whether to opt in or out of the deals that their labels and publishers are striking with GenAI companies. But the same is true for other kinds of online creators.

Music Ally 1d ago

CRM provider confirms customer database was copied and probably downloaded in readable form

The Register 1d ago

For the first five minutes of the Cure’s headlining set at Øyafestivalen in Oslo, Norway, Robert Smith stared out at the packed crowd and smiled. As the band played the long, atmospheric introduction to “Alone” — the opening track of their great 2024 album “Songs of a Lost World” — Smith stood...

Variety 1d ago

Despite outcry from musicians, AI slop is creeping into the charts as record labels scramble to adapt to a new normal where hits can be made at the click of a button This year, the battle for song of the summer has been eclipsed by a much more complicated – some would even say disturbing – debate.

The Guardian 1d ago

BTS member V told fans in a Wednesday livestream that he is being treated for hearing loss affecting his right ear, which he said now functions at roughly a third of the level in his left. He said he initially did not take the issue seriously, calling it “a matter of mental strength,” but is […]

Variety 1d ago

https://x.com/MrGameHunter/status/2087737677885866359 Now that made me smile. I’ve been reading about this all day, how Ritchie Blackmore was going to return to Deep Purple for one night only, FOR ONE SONG ONLY! It’s been 33 years.

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago

Most Deep Purple fans had long since given up any hope of seeing the band ever share a stage with founding guitarist Ritchie Blackmore again, due to a well-know, decades-long estrangement.

Variety 1d ago

A Japanese K-pop influencer died seemingly by suicide during a TikTok livestream in Seoul. Police received an emergency call after concerns about her safety arose during the broadcast.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Boy George cut his performance short at an ’80s-themed event in Frankfurt after technical difficulties. He alleged sabotage before seemingly walking back that claim.

Digital Music News 1d ago

[London – 13 August, 2026] Global recorded music retail revenues will grow by 62.9%, from $74.3 billion in 2025 to $121.1 billion by 2033, including expanded rights, according to MIDiA Research’s 2026–2033 Global music forecasts | A diversifying market report. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 1d ago

The latest individual to weigh in on the proposed Phonorecords V settlement? Stevie Wonder, who may have submitted a comment to the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) as part of the ongoing rate-determination proceedings.

Digital Music News 1d ago

With an eye on expanding its presence in MENA’s quick-growing music markets, Influence Media Partners has taken a stake in what’s being billed as today’s “first investment platform dedicated exclusively to Arabic music catalogs.” BlackRock-backed Influence reached out with word of the investment...

Digital Music News 1d ago

Rod Stewart is recovering after undergoing a coronary procedure, forcing him to cancel his remaining US tour dates as he takes at least four weeks off. Over the weekend, Rod Stewart was forced to cancel a performance at the last minute as he was rushed to the hospital for an emergency procedure.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Hayley Williams’ band Power Snatch has released their second project “EP2,” which they surprise-dropped on Bandcamp. “EP2” features four songs including “Machete,” “New Legs,” “Born Dead” and “Hell Is a Highway.” The group posted on Instagram to help announce the project, setting the song “Machete”...

Variety 1d ago

Quebec is the latest market experiencing a steep decrease in local music content consumption, with album sales declining for the fourth year. As reports of major declines in local content pop up in major areas like Australia, new data from Luminate reveals that Quebec is the latest market...

Digital Music News 1d ago

In a broader shift toward transparency and tagging across a variety of AI platforms, Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models. As AI platforms strive for legitimacy across sectors, much of it driven by EU regulations, Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI...

Digital Music News 1d ago

The Band Perry used to have sibling “blood harmony,” but now things are just looking bloody between the sister and two brothers who used to make up country music’s foremost contemporary family band.

Variety 1d ago

The NFL announces the Jonas Brothers as headliners of the halftime show during the Melbourne game on September 11 (September 10 in the US) on Netflix. The 2026 NFL Melbourne Game between the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams will feature a halftime show by the Jonas Brothers.

Digital Music News 1d ago

The other defendants are Parkwood Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Publishing, W Chappell Music Corp. and John Holiday. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

After weeks of controversy and speculation, music company D'Addario has admitted that AI, specifically Suno, was used as part of a recent promotional video. For nearly two weeks, the company has denied the allegations, even as evidence piled up against it.

The Verge 2d ago

Less than one week after announcing a series of far-reaching policy changes and safeguards, Suno has inked a global licensing agreement with BMG. The AI music platform and the Bertelsmann subsidiary disclosed their “landmark” pact in a brief release (plus a separate blog post from Suno co-founder...

Digital Music News 2d ago

In a shift from its traditionally close-fisted stance to IP, Disney has announced a partnership program with TikTok that will bring creator-made, short-form content to Disney+. This comes on the heels of Disney+’s Verts feed in March 2026 and an agreement earlier in the year to license over 200...

MIDiA Research Blog 2d ago

IPNation describes itself as the first investment platform dedicated exclusively to Arabic music catalogs and entertainment IP. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

Original article: https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2026/08/10/long-hair-tattoos/ The original e-mail that inspired my screed: Bob…. Long time reader and have enjoyed your postings so much but what is your thing against long hair on guys?

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago

Superstar’s Catalog Certified for 85.5-Million Units Country Music Icon Achieves Notable Gold, Platinum & Multi-Platinum Milestones Alan Jackson’s career music sales have reached new heights as his recorded catalog has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for...

RIAA 2d ago

For five years, Spotify’s EQUAL program has helped amplify and celebrate women artists around the world. Since launching in 2021, EQUAL has supported more than 1,400 women artists across more than 40 markets through editorial programming, marketing campaigns, and cultural moments designed to help...

Spotify 3d ago

Koneksi antara artis dan fans yang sesungguhnya hanya dapat terbagun dengan landasan kepercayaan dan autentisitas. Dalam dunia musik, ini berarti pendengar harus bisa percaya bahwa artis di balik musik yang mereka dengarkan benar-benar sesuai dengan yang ditampilkan.

Spotify 3d ago

Eine echte Verbindung zwischen Künstler*innen und Fans braucht Vertrauen und Authentizität. Gerade im Zeitalter generativer KI müssen Hörer*innen darauf vertrauen können, dass die Künstler*innen hinter der Musik auch diejenigen sind, als die sie sich ausgeben.

Spotify 3d ago

Le lien entre un artiste et ses fans ne peut être construit que sur une base de confiance et d’authenticité. Les auditeurs doivent pouvoir savoir qui se trouve réellement derrière la musique qu’ils écoutent. Cela est plus vrai que jamais à l’ère de l’IA générative.

Spotify 3d ago

Una vera connessione tra artisti e fan si costruisce soltanto sulla base della fiducia e dell’autenticità. Nella musica, significa che gli ascoltatori debbano potersi fidare che l’artista dei brani che amano sia chi dice di essere. Questo è ancora più importante nell’era dell’AI generativa.

Spotify 3d ago

True artist-fan connection can only be built on a foundation of trust and authenticity. In music, that means listeners need to be able to trust that the artist behind the music is who they say they are. That’s more essential than ever in the age of generative AI.

Spotify 3d ago

Spotify will soon label AI artists and remove their music from your recommendations. The change, which will start rolling out in mid-September, means you'll see an "AI Persona" badge on an artist's profile across the app if they do "not represent a real person." The music streaming platform will...

The Verge 3d ago

Whether you’re into epic fantasies or juicy celebrity memoirs, getting lost in a great book is always time well spent. Now, Spotify is making it easier than ever to discover new stories and dive deeper into what you’re already listening to with three new features that let you create personalized...

Spotify 3d ago

Today, we have released MusicBrainz Picard 3 beta 9. This new versions brings several fixes over the last beta 7 (yes, we have skipped a beta number again), but also improvements and some new features.

MetaBrainz Blog 3d ago

Rock and roll was the other. Outsiders questioning precepts. It was anything but me-too. No one wore their hair long before the Beatles. And isn’t it interesting that today Paul & Ringo wear their hair short, and have for quite a while.

Lefsetz Letter 3d ago

UK podcast listening is remarkably fragmented by taste: sport, comedy, true crime, news – and that fragmentation is precisely the opportunity. There isn't just one podcast audience to court ; there are several, each with its own tone, trust dynamics, and level of political engagement. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 3d ago

Blue dot fever is spreading through the music industry as Post Malone, ZAYN, Meghan Trainor, and the Pussycat Dolls cancel tours. Here's what the data reveals about fandoms, ticket sales, and why artists are rethinking how they tour in 2026.

How Music Charts 4d ago

Sadly, there hasn't been a new episode of No Dogs in Space since July of 2024. Part four of the podcast's series on Can wrapped up an abbreviated season 3, which focused on experimental rock.

The Verge 4d ago

Tom, we can’t see your face. | Image: Tom Vek Tom Vek burst onto the scene in 2005 with his album We Have Sound, which garnered a solid 7.6 from the tastemakers of the day over at Pitchfork.

The Verge 6d ago

That cover art is almost certainly AI too. | Image: Fenix Flexin It took long enough, but now LA rapper Fenix Flexin appears to have admitted using AI for the 80s synth pop-themed song "Rubberz." His comments follow the producer Medasin's videos claiming that an AI tool called Treblo (formerly...

The Verge 6d ago