Music So Busy With “The Quiet Time…”

What Artists Should Be Doing When the World Thinks Nothing Is Happening. “The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” — Ram Dass Somewhere along the way, the music business decided that if you’re not constantly releasing, performing, posting, promoting, or announcing something, you must not be...

Digital Music News 43m ago
Music Re-Jim Griffin

From: Stacie Griffn We have finally posted Jim’s obituary today. It was not an easy task as there is so much more to know about him and there was so much more left for him to do. We continue to receive an enormous number of emails and postings on social media from friends and colleagues […]

Lefsetz Letter 7h ago
Music My Chemical Romance Quickly Settles Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Lawsuit

My Chemical Romance settles the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ lawsuit over the band’s use of uniforms that look remarkably similar to the team’s own. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have quickly emerged victorious in their lawsuit against My Chemical Romance over the use of uniforms that look...

Digital Music News 8h ago
General Unread, Unbound

Long ago I designed a team collaboration system called eRoom. It was like Slack, but if you propelled Slack backwards in time and somehow it picked up more features and flexibility as it went (but fewer emoji).

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Music More Choosin’ Texas

It’s anti-country bias. If a pop or hip-hop song broke the “Billboard” record you’d hear hardly a negative peep, only hosannas, how this act had paid its dues and their success is evidence of the health of the music market. But I’ve got to ask you, have you heard a single song from “Diary of […]

Lefsetz Letter 13h ago
Music Legal roundup: Drake bots, Neil Young vs US president, Suno

In November 2025, rapper RBX sued Spotify, accusing it of having “turned a blind eye” to “billions of fraudulent streams” of Drake’s music on its service. Whatever happened to that case? It’s just been thrown out. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 17h ago
Music The music industry is solving the wrong bottleneck

Diana Umana digs into the new artist discovery process – with some expert voices – and concludes that what truly moves an act forward is advocacy. And guess what? Every advocate starts as a fan of what they hear and see.. Source

Music Business Worldwide 18h ago
Music Double Shot Brings Songwriters a Double Win

Songwriters celebrate a Supreme Court ruling affirming earlier victories for Cyril Vetter in the Middle District of Louisiana and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding copyright recapture under statutory termination.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 18h ago
Music PRS Continues the Shift Towards Exact Match Data with Soundtrack Tie-Up

PRS for Music partners with Soundtrack, the music streaming service for businesses, to improve distribution of public performance royalties. PRS for Music is expanding its use of music usage data to improve the accuracy of royalties paid to songwriters, composers, and music publishers when their...

Digital Music News 19h ago
Music Jay-Z Is Officially the Headliner for the Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show

As rumored last week, Jay-Z has been announced as the headliner for the Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show at California’s SoFi Stadium on February 14, 2027. Rumors have been swirling that Jay-Z’s Roc Nation was preparing to announce none other than Jay-Z himself as the Super Bowl LXI halftime performer.

Digital Music News 1d ago
Music Malcolm Gladwell’s Gun Book

Everyone should read this book. I’m burned out on Gladwell, he’s so into his shtick that oftentimes he rewrites reality to fit his thesis, and he can never admit he’s wrong, and his holier-than-thou delivery…have you listened to his podcast?

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago
Music Jay-Z to Perform at Apple Music 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show

Jay-Z is slated to perform at the Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show, taking place on Feb. 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. “From Reasonable Doubt to standing on the Super Bowl Halftime stage, this has been a journey,” said Jay-Z in a statement.

Variety 1d ago
Music Ella Langley Retakes No. 1 on Hot 100 From Taylor Swift; Tate McRae’s ‘Housewife,’ Rodrigo/Roan ‘Expectations’ and Zach Bryan/Lana Del Rey ‘Lies’ All Bow Big

Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero” no longer has a stranglehold on the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100; after three weeks of dominance, it has relinquished the slot to the previous song to have a stranglehold on the chart, the evidently indomitable “Choosin’ Texas.” Ella Langley’s historically...

Variety 1d ago
Music Harry Styles Waltzes His Way Through ‘Coming Up Roses’ Music Video

Harry Styles puts his waltzing skills to the test in the video for “Coming Up Roses,” the latest single to get the music video treatment from his fourth album “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.” For the clip, Styles reunites with directing duo Bradley & Pablo, who helmed the videos for...

Variety 1d ago
Music Music Industry Moves: Mary J. Blige Sells Music Catalogs to Primary Wave; Stella Lefty Signs With Make Wake for Management; Boyz II Men Ink With Warner Records Nashville

Mary J. Blige has sold undisclosed shares of her publishing and recorded-music assets to Primary Wave Music, the company announced on Monday morning. Included in the deal are some of Blige’s greatest hits, including “Family Affair,’ “My Life,” “Mary Jane (All Night Long),” “You Bring Me Joy,” “Be...

Variety 1d ago
Music AI-powered film studio Utopai raises $60m at $1bn valuation

Imagine someone founding a record label devoted to releasing AI-generated music, then raising tens of millions of dollars in funding at a ‘unicorn’ valuation of $1bn. It’s a push, right? Yet that’s exactly what just happened in the film industry with a company called Utopai Studios.

Music Ally 1d ago
Music Scott Walker’s The Drift will get under your skin

In my mind, Spooky Season music comes in two distinct flavors. There are the fun, occasionally goofy songs like "The Monster Mash" and John Carpenter's "Halloween Theme." Then there is the genuinely terrifying: Throbbing Gristle, The Body, or Scott Walker's The Drift.

The Verge 2d ago
Music O retorno de Jão aos palcos já está disponível no Spotify

Para celebrar sua trajetória e a conexão especial construída com os fãs ao longo de sua carreira, Jão voltou aos palcos para sua primeira apresentação ao vivo em mais de um ano. Com o apoio do Spotify, o artista compartilhou esse momento com os fãs que fazem parte de sua história desde o início.

Spotify 4d ago
Music Brazilian Pop Star Jão’s Return to the Stage Is Now on Spotify

To celebrate his journey and the enduring connection he has built with his fans, Jão returned to the stage for his first live performance in more than a year. With some help from Spotify, he shared the moment with the fans who have been part of his story from the start. Now, the concert film...

Spotify 4d ago
Music Tech The key to unlocking fandom begins with these fan archetypes

Fandom is not “one-size-fits-all”, but rather an amalgamation of different engagement types and levels of activity. In last year’s Defining entertainment superfans report, MIDiA began to demystify engagement by creating four core fan archetypes according to how fans engage with their favourite...

MIDiA Research Blog 5d ago
Music Spotify rapporterar resultat för tredje kvartalet 2026

Under tredje kvartalet 2026 växte vi till 306 miljoner premiumanvändare, med tillväxt i samtliga regioner, och nådde 788 miljoner månatliga aktiva användare. Samtidigt blev både bruttomarginalen och rörelseresultatet bättre än väntat.

Spotify 5d ago
Music Spotify Reports Third Quarter 2026 Earnings

In Q3 2026, we grew to 306 million Premium Subscribers, with growth across every region, and reached 788 million Monthly Active Users, while our Gross Margin and Operating Income came in ahead of expectations.

Spotify 5d ago
Music Apple Music has a new logo

Apple is officially launching a rebrand of Apple Music. Following the appearance of a redesigned wordmark in a video and an updated app icon in an iOS 27.2 beta, Apple introduced the new "identity" for Apple Music today.

The Verge 6d ago
Music Now Serato DJ works on your iPhone

Serato DJ for iOS is finally bringing the company's pro-level DJ suite to the iPhone and iPad. Until now, the company had only dipped its toes into mobile software, with apps like Pyro that basically just added some autofades between songs in a playlist.

The Verge 6d ago