Rapper's second night in the Bronx focused on his 2001 album The Blueprint

Rolling Stone 1h ago

Night two included appearances from Slick Rick, Eminem and Pharrell. Check out every song that was performed.

Billboard 9h ago

"He was funny, intelligent, and most importantly, he was a good man," Jimmy Barnes wrote.

Billboard 9h ago

Jay-Z was almost entirely truthful to the source material for his 25th anniversary Yankee Stadium show on Saturday to celebrate “The Blueprint,” setting guests artists to high wattage but low frequency as he trotted out Eminem, Pharrell Williams and Slick Rick for a curtailed 90-minute set.

Variety 11h ago

The obsession with KPop Demon Hunters continues with this new collection of plush toys.

Billboard 12h ago

The first question most Jack White fans are looking to have answered to when it comes to his new album, “Frozen Charlotte”: Is it effectively a “No Name 2.0”? Nearly everyone is hoping for a “yes,” on that one.

Variety 16h ago

The four-part Netflix docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning earned 21.8 million views in its first six days.

Billboard 19h ago

The newlyweds were spotted at the wedding of the NFL's JuJu Smith-Schuster, who previously played for the Chiefs, and Laura Kruk on Friday (July 10).

Billboard 20h ago

Live from Las Vegas on Saturday (July 11), you can watch the entire MMA event, including McGregor's return, online for free.

Billboard 21h ago

"These labels will provide an immediately understandable and easily scalable approach to transparency," RIAA and other companies say of initiative

Rolling Stone 21h ago

Jay-Z put on a masterclass show, with appearances from Beyoncé, Blue Ivy and Nas, for day-one fans at the first of three nights at Yankee Stadium.

Billboard 23h ago

Clairo, Kim Petras, and Underscores also joined singer onstage at intimate Music Hall of Williamsburg show

Rolling Stone 23h ago

If you're a music maker of a certain age, then you probably once dabbled with a pirated copy of a little app called Fruity Loops. These days it's called FL Studio, and Constantin Koehncke, is the man responsible for shepherding the pioneering digital audio workstation (DAW) through the modern age.

The Verge 1d ago

Plus, Shakira surpasses Taylor Swift on Spotify, and a star-studded telethon rallies aid for Venezuela.

Billboard 1d ago

Sienna Spiro also lands the biggest British debut of 2026 so far.

Billboard 1d ago

The singer's Ryan Murphy reunion is on hold after her tour schedule conflicted with a change in the show's production dates.

Billboard 1d ago

Jay-Z did appear to promise far in advance that his “Reasonable Doubt” 30th anniversary show would, in fact, be a celebration of the debut album that he dropped back in June 1996. That didn’t stop him from pulling out all the stops — well, most of them, at least — during the first of his […]

Variety 1d ago

“Not today, Satan”… or “Hell yeah, Beelzebub”? A split is taking place in the polarizing realm of devil-rock, as practiced by self-styled “Satanic” duo Twin Temple.

Variety 1d ago

Tune in July 11th to Faction Talk, channel 103, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago

Carliz De La Cruz Hernández got a green light to pursue her claim over the “Bad Bunny baby” tagline on “Dos Mil 16"

Rolling Stone 1d ago

The number no longer makes sense. Forget lying to others about your age, can you lie to yourself? It was really our grandparents who were the last generation to get old and accept it. It was a natural stage of life. As for our parents, they were flummoxed.

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago

More than 20,000 people participated in the “largest gathering of people wearing bald caps” at BST Festival in Hyde Park

Rolling Stone 1d ago

The update comes after the superstar and her husband, Travis Kelce, faced criticism for their Fourth of July wedding

Rolling Stone 1d ago

A little over 10 years ago, Lin-Manuel Miranda was still performing on Broadway in “Hamilton” while writing the music for Disney’s “Moana.” Since then, Moana has grossed more than $643 million at the global box office, and its 2024 sequel earned more than $1 billion worldwide.

Variety 1d ago

“I just didn’t want you to think that I was turning a blind eye or that I didn’t care,” the singer-songwriter says in a rare update. “I fucking care”

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Ariana Grande is no longer a part of “American Horror Story” Season 13. The pop star dropped out of the Ryan Murphy production due to scheduling conflicts with her “Eternal Sunshine” tour, Variety has learned from sources.

Variety 1d ago

The punk rockers’ new LP arrives on Aug. 28

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Taylor Swift paid more than $160,000 to cover police overtime as part of a New York City permit required for her and Travis Kelce’s wedding at Madison Square Garden.

Variety 1d ago

Spotify is giving listeners control to fine-tune what gets surfaced for them in Release Radar - one of its most popular weekly playlists. The new options allow you to narrow the playlist to a specific genre, focus on artists that are new to you, and more.

The Verge 1d ago

The invitation comes after the L.A. duo were reportedly fired from Charley Crockett’s tour over their Lucifer-loving imagery

Rolling Stone 1d ago

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

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

I Must Be Dreaming, band’s first album in 11 years, out Aug. 28

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Hyperpop may be taking on a new form. Artists like Slayyyter, Kim Petras, and Tiffany Day are finding success by embracing electropop and the data suggests a new era is underway.

How Music Charts 2d ago

It is the second time Smith and the other co-defendants have tried to shut the case down before trial. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

A collection of groups representing musicians and the music industry at large — including the RIAA, IFPI, the Grammys and SAG-AFTRA — have banded together for a new labeling program that aims to provide a unified front on indicating whether a song has been produced with AI.

Variety 2d ago

The report highlights Sabrina Carpenter's "Manchild" as an example of a new release built on borrowed nostalgia. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

The deal adds 71 compositions to the specialist publisher's portfolio, including Cherish, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

New York Times-led group asks court to sanction OpenAI in US copyright dispute — In litigation originally filed in 2023 alleging the AI developer infringed copyright in news publishers’ works when it trained its Large Language Models, the group of newspapers this week asked the court to impose...

Copyhype 2d ago

You’d be forgiven for thinking the Venn diagram of ‘Rolling Stones fans’ and ‘Roblox players’ is two separate circles. That means the venerable band’s big new Roblox activation is either a baffling mismatch, or a genius move to bring their music and history to another new generation of potential...

Music Ally 2d ago

It would be easy to assume that BTS must have had the biggest streaming track in South Korea in the first half of this year, such has been the scale of their comeback. Nope.

Music Ally 2d ago

The big stars were out in force touring the UK last year, and the country’s music-tourism revenues spiked accordingly – something quantified in the latest report by industry body UK Music. It reports 24.7 million ‘music tourists’ attending concerts and festivals in the UK last year, up 4.8% on...

Music Ally 2d ago

Have you heard of ‘Drums That Knock’? Even if not, you may well have heard sounds from this popular samples library – they’ve been used in big tracks by the likes of Bad Bunny, Charli XCX, Karol G and the Chainsmokers.

Music Ally 2d ago

Discovery has always been a core part of the Spotify experience. Whether you’re diving into curated editorial playlists like Artists To Watch or using personalization features like DJ, there’s always something new to explore.

Spotify 2d ago

In recent months, Meta has been busy rolling out new features and apps. While not everyone is impressed by its continued expansion into AI, the company’s latest app, Pocket, could be interesting for music marketers. Pocket is a vibe coding app for mini games.

Music Ally 2d ago

Nathan Bank is a Mexican pop artist with a strong social media following (601.8k on TikTok, 363.1k on Instagram) and a developing listener base on streaming services (34k monthly listeners on Spotify).

Music Ally 2d ago

1. Artist exhibitions. Promoter Semmel Concerts recently chatted to Pollstar about the growth of this latest non-concert format, calling it “one of the most exciting developments in live”. Udoversum is the exhibition of Udo Lindenberg, one of Germany’s most iconic artists.

Music Ally 2d ago

The 2026 Music Ally NEXT conference brought together music biz people from across the industry, for a day of sessions on topics shaping the future of music marketing, culture and the business at large.

Music Ally 2d ago

Four years after its debut, Psychic Fever built its second full-length album around a simple idea: none of its seven members sound, look or think alike, and that’s exactly the point.

Variety 2d ago

Broad Support from IFPI, RIAA, A2IM, WIN, IMPALA, The Grammys,SAG-AFTRA & Human Artistry Campaign Track-Level Labels to Provide Transparency for Fans AcrossDigital Music Services and Partners NOTE: Suggested Icons for “AI-Generated” and “AI-Assisted” Labels WASHINGTON / NEW YORK / LONDON (July 10,...

RIAA 2d ago

A group of music industry bodies have revealed plans for a system of labels for music that is wholly AI-generated or AI-assisted.

Music Ally 2d ago

Music orgs want the world's biggest streaming services to start labeling music made with artificial intelligence. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

It’s two years now since Landr launched its ‘Fair Trade AI’ program for artists using its distribution service. The ahead-of-its-time initiative asked artists if they wanted to opt in to having their music used to train AI tools, earning a share of revenues generated by the company’s AI plugins,...

Music Ally 2d ago

Backers of the round include Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma's family office VSS Investco and Paytm CFO Madhur Deora. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

The FCC investigated whether iHeart broke rules by trading radio airplay for artist performances at its events. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

Gender inequity in creative industries is often treated as a series of one-off incidents. Individual acts of bias, isolated pay gaps, or a singular unsafe workspace. This fragmented view is, itself, part of the problem. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 2d ago

They form the organization's 2026 New Member Class, part of a membership model the Grammys rebuilt in 2019. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

'The allegations in the lawsuit are unilateral and unsubstantiated,' Big Hit Music said Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

AnArtizen, an organisation that produces and provides resources to help creative professionals build careers, has launched Unfair Advantage. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

Warner Music India has expanded its artist services and expanded rights division, which is known as ASER in the country. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

Gigs by Gallagher brothers, Coldplay, Lana Del Rey and Beyonce gives £11bn boost to the economy Big name artists including Oasis with their highly anticipated reunion tour, Coldplay and Beyoncé helped to attract a record number of fans to travel to watch live music last year, helped by a surge in...

The Guardian 2d ago

Anthony Hopkins isn’t just an Oscar-winning actor — for decades, he’s been composing music in addition to his acting roles. The “Silence of the Lambs” actor has signed with Decca Classics for a new recording project encompassing more than six decades of original compositions.

Variety 2d ago

Legendary agent Marsha Vlasic represents Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, Iggy Pop and more! Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsha-vlasic/id1316200737?i=1000776100872...

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago

Romain Becker named Group COO, Elsa Bahamonde Bourgain to lead combined Artist Services and Label & Artist Solutions Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

Javascript, like most modern programming languages, allows you to use regular expressions to parse values out of formatted strings. Here, for example, is a fairly nice regexp template to get the interesting stuff out of an Apache web-log line. /^(?.+?) - - \[(?..)\/(?...)\/(?....):(?.+?) -0400\]...

furia log 2d ago

We are looking for a highly motivated, forward thinking digital marketing and advertising strategist to join our UK team. This role will be responsible for providing top tier marketing services […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 3d ago

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The Digital Edge 3d ago

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The Digital Edge 3d ago

Gopher can’t play the piano for you, but it can bury it in the mix. | Image: Image Line Last year, Image Line introduced Gopher for FL Studio, an AI chatbot that was basically a glorified instruction manual. You asked it how to do something, and it would serve up the relevant instructions.

The Verge 3d ago

The 'Coffee for Contracts' initiative involves offering pro bono legal support to creative professionals every July. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 3d ago

AI is a black swan event for music, intertwining the futures of the creator economy and the music industry. The number of gen AI music monthly active users (MAUs) nearly tripled between 2023 and 2025, adding nearly nine times as many users as the global base of musicians over the same period. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 3d ago

What could be more 2026 than trying to detect whether a song is AI-generated or not… from within one of the big AI chatbots?

Music Ally 3d ago

“Why Netflix Is Suffering From a Perpetual Sophomore Slump – Analysis – Long season breaks, increased competition and confusing release schedules have led to shows seeing big ratings declines between seasons. But does Netflix care?”...

Lefsetz Letter 3d ago

The formula for success on social platforms changes regularly, much to the frustration of emerging creators and marketers alike. This is a natural consequence of content saturation.

MIDiA Research Blog 3d ago

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The Digital Edge 4d ago

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The Digital Edge 4d ago

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The Digital Edge 4d ago

Version 0.7.0 of libdiscid has been released. libdiscid is a C library that allows applications to easily calculate MusicBrainz and freedb disc IDs from audio CDs or CD TOC details. It also can extract MCN and ISRC information.

MetaBrainz Blog 4d ago

Goal-hunting strikers, ball-stopping defenders, and…Shakira? That’s right: With the world’s biggest football tournament well underway, we’re reminded that the stars lighting up the pitch this summer include some of the most talented players on the planet, along with one particular hitmaker from...

Spotify 4d ago

With hit albums, sold-out tours, and a generation of fans hanging on every lyric, Gracie Abrams and Olivia Rodrigo are two of pop’s most exciting voices.

Spotify 5d ago

With punters drinking less, running costs rising and one-third of the sector wiped out by Covid, venues and promoters are turning the business model on its head On a cold, rainy Tuesday night in Sydney’s Dulwich Hill, most of the shopfronts are dark, but one is shaking.

The Guardian 5d ago

This follow-up post covers how and why our servers are still being impacted, an explanation and examples of what we consider “botting” in ListenBrainz – and an apology, because our last post had some baaad comms!

MetaBrainz Blog 5d ago

The O-1 visa has become one of the biggest obstacles facing international artists who want to tour in the U.S. Rising application costs, processing delays, and stricter documentation requirements are changing how musicians plan their careers and connect with American audiences.

How Music Charts 6d ago

America's AI infrastructure has become a political issue as rural voters oppose extensive projects affecting electricity, land, and water. Communities demand transparency and local control, viewing these developments as interconnected with broader governance concerns.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 6d ago

First, you drop bombs, then you send aid. Totally logical. | Image: Definitive Jux There was a period in the early aughts when Definitive Jux (nee: Def Jux) seemed like it was going to be the future of hip-hop.

The Verge 6d ago