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Billboard 8m ago

The country star also debuts with “Been by Now.”

Billboard 19m ago

The culmination of Ninajirachi being influenced by Robinson — and Robinson feeling inspired and understood by Ninajirachi's work — "WannaCry" is out now.

Billboard 20m ago

“BTS boycott Grammys over new Asian pop award category”: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/bts-boycott-grammys-over-new-asian-pop-award-category-2026-07-29/ There are nearly a hundred Grammy categories. But only 9-12 are given away on the live telecast.

Lefsetz Letter 20m ago

The case, one of many over Drake's partnership with the Stake platform, has been sent to private arbitration.

Billboard 21m ago

The superstar adds her ninth leader, the fifth-most since the chart began.

Billboard 23m ago

TikTok clips pair Benito's “La Mudanza” and the rapper's “Hoe Phase” with footage of ICE arrests.

Billboard 38m ago

"Music at the funeral will be provided by Glen's friends and family," family says of August 4th memorial

Rolling Stone 42m ago

The group's decision isn't a snub; it's recognition of a pattern the group has been navigating for years.

Billboard 53m ago

Eshy Gazit, founder of EG Management and Intertwine Records, examines 'a Grammy category nobody can define' Source

Music Business Worldwide 55m ago

"Rein Me In” by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean is the first single to log 19 weeks at No. 1 in the U.K. It hasn't even made the top 40 on the Hot 100.

Billboard 1h ago

Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco and Becky G have also unveiled their new summer single.

Billboard 1h ago

iHeartRadio and TikTok Live team up once again for an artist exclusive, this time with a premiere of Alex Warren’s new single, “RESCUER” on August 6. TikTok Live and iHeartRadio are teaming up for another artist exclusive—this time with Alex Warren.

Digital Music News 1h ago

A Charli xcx and Lorde reunion, John Summit's homecoming and Sombr's collab with 5 Seconds of Summer led night one.

Billboard 1h ago

The first year of the retooled ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Sphere has helped the venue’s second-quarter revenue rise by 11% after adding more viewings. Approaching the first anniversary of its Sphere-exclusive iteration, The Wizard of Oz could run for a decade at the Las Vegas venue, according to owner...

Digital Music News 1h ago

The 13-year-old artist, who released her debut EP earlier this year, had 14 tour dates planned with rapper Molly Santana

Rolling Stone 1h ago

Germany’s GEMA has notched another AI legal victory – this time over Suno, which the Munich Regional Court has reportedly ordered to disclose its revenue and pay damages. Meanwhile, the music-generation startup is set to appeal.

Digital Music News 2h ago

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean are making U.K. chart history. Their collaborative single, “Rein Me In,” has officially become the country’s longest-running No. 1 single of all time. With 19 weeks at the top of the U.K.

Variety 2h ago

The track features as B-side for Waits’ “Boots on the Ground” collaboration with Massive Attack, his first new music since 2011

Rolling Stone 2h ago

Hopefully the company secures houses better than it locks down SaaS systems

The Register 3h ago

History suggests this was not wise

The Register 3h ago

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

Music Business Worldwide 4h ago

Whoever wins, we lose

The Register 4h ago

“Police confirm that reports were lodged and investigations are ongoing,” authorities said after band waved Palestinian flag onstage, a violation of local law

Rolling Stone 4h ago

The acquisition will combine Canada's leading performing and reproduction rights organizations, pending regulatory approval. Source

Music Business Worldwide 4h ago

The track, which arrives days after Simon revealed her recent Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis, is off her upcoming album Comes in Waves

Rolling Stone 4h ago

A nice little summer job for someone

The Register 5h ago

German court rules AI music firm Suno broke copyright rules — The final text of the decision is not yet public, and the ruling can be appealed. Nevertheless, first-hand reports suggest the court held both that the training of the model with copyrighted works is not fair use under US law and that...

Copyhype 5h ago

A week into shutdown, 14,000 customers still have no restoration date and some are struggling to pay staff

The Register 5h ago

German music collection society GEMA notched another major legal victory in its campaign to rein in AI companies’ use of copyrighted material on Friday, winning the case it brought against the generative music platform Suno. The Munich Regional Court has ruled that Suno is in breach of German and...

Variety 5h ago

The global live music business is chugging along through its busy summer season as strong as ever, defying even what has long been its biggest challenge: ticket-price sensitivity. Consumers consistently cite cost as the biggest barrier to attending concerts.

Variety 6h ago

With 90,000 AI-generated tracks uploaded to Deezer every day(at time of writing), AI-generated music now constitutes the majority of new releases on the platform.

MIDiA Research Blog 6h ago

The Second Voice is an anonymous, mask-wearing artist from Zambia blending Afrohouse and Amapiano who recently secured his breakout with ‘Let Me Be’. Released on Spinnin’ Records, the track quickly became a global hit and served as the artist’s official entry onto the international stage.

Music Ally 6h ago

Engineers make progress in stabilizing mission but push back the rendezvous date

The Register 6h ago

Social media management platform Metricool has just published a new report, revealing crucial data around how to better grow on YouTube. The good news for developing artists first: if their YouTube channel sits between 2k – 10k subscribers, it’s one of the channels with the highest likelihood of...

Music Ally 6h ago

The Slovak pop artist Adéla has been creating a lot of buzz around her in the last year, rapidly growing a streaming and social audience and becoming one of pop’s most promising breakout artists.

Music Ally 7h ago

Live Nation's Concerts division drew 49 million fans in Q2 Source

Music Business Worldwide 7h ago

Welcome to Q2 financials season, including Live Nation’s latest chance to rebut concerns about ‘Blue Dot Fever’ in the live-music market.

Music Ally 7h ago

Apple’s latest financial results, for the second quarter of 2026 – its fiscal Q3 – revealed the latest growth for its Services division, including Apple Music.

Music Ally 7h ago

Quite a few of the recent feature additions by music-streaming services have been geared towards providing more context around the music – whether that’s provided by artists, in-house editors or scraped and served up (not always accurately) by AI.

Music Ally 7h ago

How up are you on the Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (ECGT) directive, which comes into force across Europe this September?

Music Ally 7h ago

Roblox remains a huge gaming platform, but in terms of daily active users (DAUs) it’s actually been getting less huge for three straight quarters now.

Music Ally 7h ago

£4.3B deal gives telco full control of Britain's largest mobile operator

The Register 7h ago

If we look back at the evolution of pre-saves, there was a time when they were all the rage, then they started feeling like a tickbox exercise that only moved the needle for artists with sizable audiences, and then came forever pre-saves (or lifetime pre-saves).

Music Ally 8h ago

APUC investigating after criminals claim historical data theft

The Register 8h ago

European firms feel the greatest pressure as US giants dominate cloud and AI infrastructure

The Register 9h ago

Hot on the heels of EY and IMI’s report that includes recommendations on how to get more Indians to pay for music, Universal Music Group announced in its earnings call […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 10h ago

Refundable charge intended to discourage time wasters from filing applications that will never be realized

The Register 10h ago

When the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) plays its Autumn 2026 season of concerts from 16 to 30 August, the shows will mark 20 years of the country’s first and […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 10h ago

AI music generator Suno has lost the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by German collecting society GEMA. The collecting society alleged that Suno used, stored and reproduced copyrighted music to train its AI tool without a license or payment to the rightsholders.

Music Business Worldwide 10h ago

Michael Jackson's Thriller album was Sony's biggest-selling artist project around the world in calendar Q2 2026, boosted by the Michael biopic movie Source

Music Business Worldwide 10h ago

GEMA won its lawsuit against Suno. What did the ruling say, what happens now, and what does it mean for the major label’s US Suno lawsuits?

Music Ally 11h ago

Bork! Bork! That's the sound of the police

The Register 11h ago

The song marks the rapper’s first new music since her 2025 album, Am I the Drama?

Rolling Stone 12h ago

With an over-crowded streaming-scape, ever-changing algorithms, and the looming threat of AI, navigating a career in the music industry can be challenging for young artists. The learning curve is sharper […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 13h ago

The first job was lucrative and went well, but a pension was preferable to rolling projects

The Register 13h ago

Tips Music has published its financial results for the first quarter of FY2027. The publicly-listed Indian legacy label’s revenue from operations grew 21% year-on-year to Rs106.5 crore (approximately $11.1 million) […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 13h ago

The anthemic track follows the singer’s recent album, Wor$t Girl in America

Rolling Stone 13h ago

Boy George’s manager says the singer is dropping out of a London production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” amid backlash to his AI-generated pro-Israel song. Boy George’s manager announced on Thursday that the Culture Club singer would be dropping out of a London production of “Jesus Christ...

Digital Music News 14h ago

On the surface, Ariana Grande’s “Petal” is a sister album to its predecessor, 2024’s “Eternal Sunshine” — it was made with the same two collaborators, Ilya Salmanzadeh and Max Martin, and it also was entirely written, performed and produced by the three of them.

Variety 15h ago

A little free advice to Don Passman on what's next in AI litigation.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 15h ago

Later this week, Stephens will place the cherry on top of “Sugar Trap” release week with a performance at Lollapalooza

Rolling Stone 17h ago

Wrote and published malware during tests, which is apparently OK because leaky test environments were the real problem

The Register 17h ago

The musicians surprise performed “She Looks So Perfect” for the fest’s massive crowd Thursday night

Rolling Stone 18h ago

We were getting into our house music vibe that we do on stage and he started playing a melody on trumpet that made us think about reimaging those Love ...

Medium 18h ago

All I know is, on October 8th, when posters of kidnapped kids were being ripped off telephone poles all around the World, there’s a big problem. Lost dogs and cats posters are left up, but not Israeli kids.

Lefsetz Letter 19h ago

Universal Music Group (UMG) has posted so-so financials for Q2 2026, including modest publishing growth and a double-digit merch-revenue slide. Meanwhile, the major has reupped with Pandora, sold over $460 million worth of Spotify stock, and disclosed plans to put new releases behind a paywall in...

Digital Music News 19h ago

"Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies"

The Register 19h ago

Boy George has dropped out of a London production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” just days after releasing the controversial pro-Israel song “We Will Dance Again.” Paul Kemsley, George’s manager, released a statement on social media that he had decided that the Culture Club singer would no longer...

Variety 19h ago

The singer's AI-assisted song, “We Will Dance Again,” praises Israel’s military actions in Gaza

Rolling Stone 20h ago

Live Nation and Cidade Center Norde have announced São Paulo’s “first world-class music arena,” and the largest such arena in South America. Live Nation Entertainment and Brazil’s planned urban living district Cidade Center Norte have announced the development of São Paulo Arena, its first venue in...

Digital Music News 22h 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 22h ago

Spotify’s controversial “Discovery Mode” adds a new analytic to understand its impact on your campaign (to prove it’s actually working). Spotify’s “Discovery Mode” campaign system has been pretty controversial since its launch.

Digital Music News 22h ago

Influence Media Partners, in collaboration with funds and accounts managed by affiliates of BlackRock, has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Anthem Entertainment: its music publishing catalogs, film & TV publishing assets and its portfolio of master recordings, for a...

Variety 22h ago

SiriusXM has revealed a mixed-bag performance for Q2 2026, when its revenue grew modestly but net income spiked and self-pay churn hit a record low. The satellite radio giant and Pandora parent revealed its second-quarter financials – and, incidentally, the departure of COO Wayne Thorsen – today.

Digital Music News 23h ago

AI-riddled social network adds button to report sloppy posts, ditches AI rewrite tools, and promises more to come

The Register 23h ago

Live Nation continues to post incremental profits with the release of its second-quarter earnings, reporting $7.7 billion in revenue in a 9% increase over the same period last year. The company saw concert revenue increase by eight percent over the year, with international markets amplifying...

Variety 23h 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 23h ago

Universal Music Group India will begin triggering a 72-hour paywall for new releases, according to Sir Lucian Grainge during UMG’s earnings call. But is that enough to transform India into a higher-paying premium music market?

Digital Music News 23h ago

Amy Winehouse’s dad has been ordered to pay nearly $2.7 million to two of his late daughter’s friends after accusing them of auctioning off her belongings without consent. Mitch Winehouse, father of the late Amy Winehouse, has been ordered to pay nearly $2.7 million to two of his daughter’s...

Digital Music News 1d ago

Sean “Diddy” Combs will spend even less time in prison after his release date was moved up again, with his release now slated for January 24, 2028. It looks like Diddy will be spending even less time behind bars after his release date was moved up for the second time in just over a month. […]

Digital Music News 1d ago

Chocolate Factory LLMs join Big Red's Fusion automation party

The Register 1d ago

High-bandwidth flash promises SSD-like capacities with HBM-like speeds, but it's not all unicorns and rainbows

The Register 1d ago

UMG published its fresh set of quarterly results on July 30 Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

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

The Register 1d 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 1d ago

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

The Register 1d ago

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

Music Business Worldwide 1d 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 1d ago

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

The Register 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

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

Music Business Worldwide 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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 2d ago

Artists whose work has been co-opted by AI are taking to court. | Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge When The Atlantic published a searchable dataset of works used to train AI, Kirk Wallace Johnson, like a lot of artists, looked for his name out of curiosity. And, like a lot of artists, he found it.

The Verge 2d ago

Ariana Grande filed a lawsuit on Monday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court against the currently unidentified hackers who allegedly stole and leaked private content.

The Verge 2d 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 3d 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 4d ago

How the words we teach English language learners changed

The Pudding 6d 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 6d 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 6d ago