The legendary Parton died Tuesday after a battle with cancer.

Billboard 18m ago

Taylor Swift shared a touching tribute to the late Dolly Parton after the iconic singer-songwriter’s death on Tuesday. “A world without Dolly doesn’t feel possible, real, or right,” it reads.

Variety 55m ago

"I'm sure they'll be playing 'I Will Always Love You' when I die, just like they did with Whitney Houston," she said in a 2015 interview -- but she had a different pick.

Billboard 2h ago

Former rap mogul Russell Simmons has reached an agreement with the Justice Department to recover a portion of a Celsius stock (NASDAQ: CELH) tranche worth north of $350 million.

Digital Music News 2h ago

1 What you’ve got to know is she WROTE those songs! So it’s October 1973. I’m driving with the top down on my 1963 Chevy Impala trying to get something on the radio. This was before cassette decks. Sure, you could buy an aftermarket 8-track, but they sat under the dash and were notorious for […]

Lefsetz Letter 2h ago

The Whites Stripes released their "Jolene" cover as a B-side in 2000 & a live single in 2004.

Billboard 2h ago

Following the music legend's passing at the age of 80, industry executives are sharing their reactions and condolences

Billboard 2h ago

Will the K-pop megahit take the lead? We'll soon see.

Billboard 2h ago

The icon died Tuesday after "a brief battle with cancer," her team shares.

Billboard 2h ago

The pop star posted several Instagram images from the set of the 'Please Please Please' music video, which they shot together in 2025

Rolling Stone 3h ago

"The only thing I could say after we first met was, 'She really is an angel walking the earth,'" the pop singer writes.

Billboard 3h ago

"Protect our once in a generational talented witch queen geniuses with all we've got," the rock star said of the emerging pop artist.

Billboard 3h ago

The 19-year-old is adding another fashion credit to his career after walking the Vetements runway at Paris Men's Fashion Week.

Billboard 3h ago

The judging panel features artists Myles Smith, Bicep & ALT BLK ERA.

Billboard 3h ago

"My mentor is gone," wrote Twain in her tribute alongside footage of their duet on the Oprah Winfrey Show

Rolling Stone 4h ago

Dolly Parton’s reps have revealed her cause of death. The iconic singer died after a “brief battle” with cancer at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, her reps said Tuesday.

Variety 4h ago

Amid talk of an Nvidia deal, the AI search biz is looking beyond the cloud

The Register 4h ago

DIY website wikiHow has sued OpenAI for copyright infringement over the alleged misuse of its instructional content to train the company’s popular AI chatbot ChatGPT.

Digital Music News 4h ago

Beyoncé has paid tribute to country icon Dolly Parton, who died on August 25, calling her “the barometer” and thanking her for the impact she had on the world. In a statement posted to her website, Beyoncé wrote, “Dolly, you were the barometer. The north star. Bold and brilliant.

Variety 4h ago

A new white paper released by the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator exposes ticket resale practices inflating the cost of entry by $11 billion every year. Ticket resale prices continue to rise due to corporate middlemen and online ticketing platforms, making the cost of entry increasingly unaffordable...

Digital Music News 4h ago

The rapper posted a message the country star wrote him after he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rolling Stone 4h ago

Delayed, flawed, yet still beautiful

The Register 5h ago

The cast of Universal’s Snoop Dogg biopic is shaping up, with Camron Jones (“P-Valley,” “Panic”) set to play Tupac Shakur, while Lauren London (“Without Remorse,” “ATL”) will portray Snoop’s late mother, Beverly Tate.

Variety 5h ago

Dolly Parton, a cherished American icon, larger-than-life figure in the entertainment industry, and the enduring “Queen of Country,” has died at the age of 80.

Digital Music News 5h ago

There’s been a lot of talk about approval ratings lately, so let’s pour one out, or a few billion, for Dolly Parton, the only superstar in the history of entertainment to rise to a 100% public approval rating for even a moment, let alone 60 years.

Variety 5h ago

Dolly Parton’s “Dolly: A True Original Musical” will open on Broadway “as was Dolly’s wish.” The news follows the death of the country music superstar on Tuesday.

Variety 7h ago

ElevenLabs announces the launch of Composer, a section-by-section song editor, in its AI song-generating platform ElevenMusic. Today, ElevenLabs announced the launch of Composer, a section-by-section song editor in ElevenMusic, the generative AI music platform the company launched earlier this...

Digital Music News 7h ago

On September 14, during New York Fashion Week, a select group of Gap Inc.’s Encore members and cardmembers who RSVP will enjoy an intimate performance by singer-songwriter Gigi Perez at the historic Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village.

Rolling Stone 7h ago

The cost of memory makes this an expensive ML meal

The Register 7h ago

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, will not be performing in Russia, as originally planned. The stadium denies ever organizing such an event and says no rental agreements were signed.

Digital Music News 7h ago

After initially rejecting the the honor, Dolly Parton showed up in 2022 and delivered one of the greatest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performances in recent memory

Rolling Stone 7h ago

Shared memory is live, with no option to separate it between services, Anthropic tells us; Claude Code stays apart for now

The Register 8h ago

“The world loves you,” president says in social media update

Rolling Stone 8h ago

Figures across music, film, and TV honor the life and legacy of Parton, who died Tuesday at the age of 80

Rolling Stone 8h ago

Dollywood, the Tennessee theme park and resort owned by legendary country singer Dolly Parton, was closed Tuesday as previously scheduled. The company, in a statement after news broke of Parton’s death, said the park will be open Wednesday.

Variety 8h ago

Stability AI has scored a $76 million Series B – for a total of over $230 million raised during the past two or so years – with support from all three majors, Electronic Arts, and others.

Digital Music News 8h ago

She wrote the song for Dollywood’s 25th anniversary in 2010, and she revived it at the 40th celebration last year

Rolling Stone 8h ago

Gustavo Dudamel gave a blowout final performance at the Hollywood Bowl as he bid the LA Phil farewell, with help from Foo Fighters and Chris Martin. At the Hollywood Bowl over the weekend, the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrated the career of Gustavo Dudamel, who’s departing for the New York...

Digital Music News 8h ago

Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban, Khloe Kardashian, Jamie Lee Curtis and more are paying tribute to the iconic musician Dolly Parton, who died on Aug. 25. Musgraves, who joined Parton on stage for an all-star tribute performance at the 2019 Grammy Awards, took to X and wrote, “Dolly.

Variety 9h ago

Singer-songwriter-actress Dolly Parton, died Tuesday in Nashville at 80. Look back at her seven-decade career at the pinnacle of music stardom that also included iconic movie roles in “9 to 5,” “Steel Magnolias” and more, plus her own TV show, “Dolly.” Her family paid tribute to her, saying, “A...

Variety 9h ago

The annual fundraiser for injured veterans and their families will take place November 9 at David Geffen Hall in New York City

Rolling Stone 9h ago

The latest 'Tim's Take' from Music Business Worldwide founder, Tim Ingham Source

Music Business Worldwide 9h ago

35-mm prints will screen around North America

Rolling Stone 9h ago

Singer-songwriter-actress Dolly Parton, whose glittering country music stardom was matched by her pop fame and popular parallel careers in film and TV, died Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80. Her reps said that she died after a “brief battle” with cancer.

Variety 10h ago

Fasten your seatbelt and empty that bladder: AI investment is rising, but reported enterprise earnings impact remains stubbornly flat

The Register 10h ago

State and local regulators would decide whether the public gets a say on minor-source permits

The Register 11h ago

Nearly 40 years later, a Milli Vanilli nostalgia license has taken shape in Saint Laurent’s fall advert campaign, which is set to “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You” and features Blackpink’s Rosé.

Digital Music News 11h ago

The three major music companies have all just banked equity in Stability AI – by joining a USD $76 million Series B investment into the gen-AI company. Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group, and Warner Music Group join a Series B investor coalition that also includes gaming giant Electronic Arts,...

Music Business Worldwide 11h ago

Attackers now ready to exploit how things work, rather than just break them, says Oracle support expert

The Register 11h ago

Current Exchange connector is retiring - and new ones won't work if you don't upgrade

The Register 12h ago

OpenAI wants you to thank it for keeping a permanent record of all your discussions with its bots

The Register 12h ago

“Enough with improving ourselves! And listening to stuff about how we’re supposed to get better, and better, and better,” Amy Poehler joked on an early episode of her podcast, Good Hang with Amy Poehler.

Spotify 12h ago

Dutch electronics giant saw right through ex-engineer’s plot, albeit over a year after it all unravelled

The Register 13h ago

128 chips, 1.7 exaFLOPS, and 27 TB of HBM give Altman and crew a leg up over Blackwell, and maybe even Rubin

The Register 13h ago

So incredibly stable, govt branches, banks, and dentist offices still haven't figured out how to close it

The Register 14h ago

Data centers have crossed from local land-use controversy into the 2026 campaign ad war. Candidates in Texas, Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan are weaponizing data-center development, while calls for statewide moratoriums are becoming bipartisan.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 14h ago

Finding out your favorite new artist is playing a concert just a few miles away. Mastering the lyrics to a song you’ve had on repeat. Digging into the credits and realizing the same songwriter is behind three of your favorite tracks. These are the moments that turn casual listening into true...

Spotify 15h ago

Rack-mount system intended for software porting, workload optimization, to bring open standard to the bitbarn

The Register 15h ago

Summer in Redmond, Winter for everyone else

The Register 16h ago

Disclosed in January and honeypots buzzed soon after, CISA says it’s finally time for the USG to plug the gap

The Register 17h ago

Fast and lightweight unmanned aircraft is designed for easy deployment and fits in a pickup truck

The Register 17h ago

Sponsored search results lead developers straight into a ClickFix malware trap

The Register 18h ago

Taxman wants to drag creaky NPS into agile era

The Register 19h ago

In April, Soundscapes of India invited artists and bands from across the country, working in any genre and language, to apply for a slot at the showcase festival, which will […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 19h ago

SPONSORED EXPLAINER: Why you should take a long-term approach to rethinking your virtualization portfolio

The Register 19h ago

This is basically a riff on ‘You wouldn’t steal a car’ and means only the human league can have a hit

The Register 20h ago

Why drive when you can fly? Air taxis are officially coming to LA Live under a multiyear pact between AEG and Archer Aviation, the company behind the Midnight aircraft.

Digital Music News 21h ago

Fully or mostly AI-generated songs will be excluded from Australia’s official music charts starting this Friday, according to the Australian Recording Industry Association.

Digital Music News 21h ago

Today in social media infringement lawsuits: A massive complaint against Kroger, which is accused of using all manner of Sony Music recordings in promotional clips without authorization.

Digital Music News 22h ago

YouTube Premium is increasing prices worldwide after US price hikes earlier this year that saw the service increase in price by up to $4 a month. YouTube Premium subscribers in countries across the world are about to see a price hike, Google has confirmed.

Digital Music News 22h ago

In June, I dumped my Facebook account. I did not deactivate it for a while or dramatically announce that I was taking a break. I deleted it because I had grown tired of the advertising, the clutter and, most of all, the lack of relevance.

Digital Music News 22h ago

We may never get to season two, I could barely get Felice to finish season one, that’s how intense, gritty and realistic this prison drama is. I mean I’m watching it thinking this is the best prison show I’ve ever seen. I mean there’ve been tons of movies and I did enjoy “Oz,” but plot […]

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago

Three months later, the American Federation of Musicians’ high-stakes AI compensation lawsuit is moving full steam ahead – albeit with Warner Records, not Warner Music Group Corp., named as a defendant.

Digital Music News 1d ago

A Twitch streamer is suing the platform in a proposed class action over claims that the company trained Amazon’s AI models on streamers’ content. Streaming platform Twitch and its parent company Amazon are facing a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a Connecticut-based streamer over claims that...

Digital Music News 1d ago

This is why the streamers’ lunch is being eaten by YouTube. So it’s Friday night, I’ve had a busy week, not that I’m complaining, and I come home from an evening hike to finish my favorite new show, “Furious.” There are two episodes left and just enough time to watch them. BUT THEY’RE UNAVAILABLE!

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago

Unfortunately some legitimate services got caught up in our recent attempts to mitigate (yet another) bot-net attack on ListenBrainz. You may find that a service you use is now being blocked, including Navidrome.

MetaBrainz Blog 1d ago

After the BBC Introducing Stage was removed from Reading & Leeds, the BBC has announced a month-long series of live events for emerging artists across the UK. BBC Introducing has unveiled a series of live events for emerging artists across 10 cities in the UK in November.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Round Hill says statutory damages could approach or exceed $1 billion in each case, and intends to take both Suno and Anthropic to trial. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Donald Trump personally met with Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino in the Oval Office before telling the DOJ to settle its antitrust suit against the company — according to more intel emerging this morning.

Digital Music News 1d ago

The complaint states that Kroger disclosed advertising costs of approximately $1.18 billion in 2025. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

A report suggests that Reggie Watts’ “reckless” view of drugs may have contributed to his ex-girlfriend’s troubling final years. Reggie Watts is suddenly persona non grata after a Rolling Stone report that alleged the comedian and musician’s attitude toward drugs in his relationships may have...

Digital Music News 1d ago

Fans had to apply for the seats through a request window that closed on August 21 at 11:59pm ET, according to Ticketmaster. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

The post How Summer’s Biggest Moments Shaped Listening Trends on Spotify appeared first on Spotify.

Spotify 1d ago

Financial terms were not disclosed in the filing, and the agreement between Sony and the retailer has yet to be executed. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Landman is based at the company's Los Angeles headquarters and will continue to report to Ryan Press, President, North America, WCM. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Helloo Everyone!My name is Yateen, a final year cse student at Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur. My matrix username is (@yateen) and GitHub. I started open source at the beginning of this year. I was selected as a GSoC contributor and worked on the Playlists Sorting and Organization project.

MetaBrainz Blog 1d ago

Full Time Hobby is a record label within the Full Time Hobby Music group, FTHM also includes the Hassle Records label as well as publishing and management. Full Time Hobby […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Madonna's Spotify listeners jumped 33% this year, and TikTok can't stop using 'Like a Prayer.' The twist: most of her audience wasn't alive for the original run. Here's what the data reveals about her surprising Gen Z resurgence.

How Music Charts 1d ago

Believe India has launched BL/UR, a new pop imprint “designed to blur in-country and global boundaries with a fresh, modern sound”. It follows their three existing regional language-specific imprints Neue, […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Money from Chris Brown’s royalties and his tour with Usher will go toward his former housekeeper’s $13 million judgment, a Los Angeles judge ruled. The Los Angeles judge presiding over the lawsuit against Chris Brown filed by his former housekeeper, Maria Avila, has granted her request to assign...

Digital Music News 1d ago

Hi everyone, I’m Nirvan Jain (nirvan_jain on IRC, nirvan73 on GitHub), I’m currently a pre-final year student at IIIT Jabalpur. This summer I was offered this opportunity to work with MetaBrainz through Google Summer of Code on migrating the ListenBrainz android app to Kotlin Multiplatform and...

MetaBrainz Blog 1d ago

Hello Everyone! I’m Junaid (fettuccinae), an undergraduate Computer Science student at MGIT in India. This summer, I returned to MetaBrainz for my second GSoC project, where I worked on modernizing the MusicBrainz search under the mentorship of @kartikohri13 and @bitmap.

MetaBrainz Blog 2d ago

So pretty. | Screenshot: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge I remember having a Spirograph as a kid and being obsessed with it. Its geometric patterns are hypnotic and gorgeous. I also love generative music composition. So bringing those two things together in a browser tab, I'm hooked.

The Verge 3d ago

Compact discs are back, with searches for players up 96% at John Lewis and popular models sold out online With more than 800 million people subscribing to a music streaming service, wireless speakers have become a familiar sight in homes.

The Guardian 3d ago

All the focus is on streaming numbers when it should be on how many tickets you can sell. Pop music is a highly-promoted arena based on a single song, which may stream prodigiously, but that does not mean the act has any fans. Fans are made live. That’s where the bond is sealed. For nearly […]

Lefsetz Letter 4d ago

She joined UMG in 2021 from Regent Street Records, the independent label and publisher she founded in 2014, having spent 15 years as a touring musician. Source

Music Business Worldwide 4d ago

Universal Music Poland also entered a strategic deal with Kayax's separate management business, Kayax Management, which is not part of the acquisition. Source

Music Business Worldwide 4d ago

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

Music Business Worldwide 4d ago

T-shirts and tote bags make up the majority of merch sold by musicians in India, so it’s refreshing that neither of those items feature in the first official collection from […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 5d ago

Data center opposition enters a national political phase as ratepayer costs, transmission lines, moratoriums, polling, and electoral pressure reshape America’s AI infrastructure debate.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 5d ago

Suno is introducing deliberate friction to pump the brakes on the AI-powered superabundance it helped create. By implementing download caps (per Variety ), the company is putting guardrails around how much music users can output. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 5d ago

It’s loud, brash, and unlike anything else. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge Is Amp Crash a guitar amp or a guitar pedal? Yes. Death By Audio's latest is, in fact, both. While it's in a guitar pedal enclosure, Amp Crash is actually a tiny 3-watt amp hooked up to a 2-inch speaker.

The Verge 5d ago

British singer-songwriter Raye released her second studio album, This Music May Contain Hope, in March 2026. Lead single ‘Where Is My Husband!’ dropped over half a year prior to the album - a move that seemed like a gamble on paper, but ultimately built massive anticipation.

Music Ally 5d ago

The artist, in a moment of quiet contemplation. | Photo by Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge The pianist sits before her instrument. She carefully extends a front paw, pressing gingerly on a key. She presses again, and again.

The Verge 5d ago

On this week’s episode, Tour managers and artist teams: see why logistics without leadership burns an artist’s budget, with FOH engineer Ryan Goldbacher.

Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog 5d ago

Last week, consultancy firm Midia Research shared its newest forecasts for the growth of the music industry. The big number? It predicts the global recorded music industry will be worth […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 5d ago

Since Tuesday, people in Mumbai have chanced upon graffiti in English and Hindi that asks if they’re “still procrastinating?” and then tells them to “stop scrolling” and “call Mr. Faarigh […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 5d ago

Global investment firm KKR has signed an agreement to acquire a minority stake in Indian live entertainment and ticketing platform BookMyShow, for an undisclosed sum. The funds will be used […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 5d ago

Helienne Lindvall, David Lowery, and Blake Morgan ask a fundamental Phonorecords V question: when a private settlement becomes an industry-wide statutory rate, what record allows the Copyright Royalty Judges to independently determine that the bargain remains reasonable?

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 6d ago

The National Republican Senate Committee is waking up to the data center backlash. Not only will that dog not hunt, it's got major fleas.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 6d ago

TL;DR: The growth of ListenBrainz has caught up with us, and our limited team is working on replacing central parts of our infrastructure. In the meantime, many features are unstable. We are victims of our success.

MetaBrainz Blog 6d ago

YouTube is increasingly becoming more and more important to artists, producers, songwriters, and podcasters, as the service is now the most watched platform in the world (yes, even more than Netflix).

Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog 6d ago