Publicly-listed Indian legacy label Tips Music has revealed its results for FY2026. Revenue from operations grew 21% year-on-year—down from the 29% increase from FY2024 to FY2025—to Rs375.5 crore (approx. $39.6m), […] The post is from Music Ally.
"There is nothing more important than freedom and love," explains Nick Rhodes. "We certainly need a lot more of both in the world right now.”
EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami were named as the 2026 Women of the Year
Thomas Maxwell will lead the new activities as vice president US, Label & Artist Solutions (LAS).
From our Women of the Year -- HUNTR/X's EJAE, AUDREY NUNA & REI AMI -- and beyond, these were our favorite moments.
Keyboardist Nick Rhodes described the band's recent single as an “anthem for freedom"
The bingo card asks you to pick a side: McDonald’s fries or pineapple pizza? The answer, apparently, says something about who you are. It’s the kind of playful, low-stakes self-interrogation that K-pop group Cortis have built their brand around – and inside a neon-drenched hideout in the heart of...
The late artist's life was “full of bad luck and misadventure,” and produced several country classics.
BINI caught up with Drew Afualo & Billboard’s Lyndsey Havens on the red carpet at the Billboard Women in Music 2026.
The singing voices of HUNTR/X from the ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ EJAE, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami, caught up with Drew Afualo & Billboard’s Lyndsey Havens on the red carpet at the Billboard Women in Music 2026.
Teyana Taylor caught up with Drew Afualo & Billboard’s Lyndsey Havens on the red carpet at the Billboard Women in Music 2026.
Ella Mai caught up with Drew Afualo & Billboard’s Lyndsey Havens on the red carpet at the Billboard Women in Music 2026.
The superstar performed "Piel Morena" and "Amor a la Mexicana" before receiving her trophy from Eva Longoria.
Coco Jones caught up with Drew Afualo & Billboard’s Lyndsey Havens on the red carpet at the Billboard Women in Music 2026.
David Allan Coe, the controversial outlaw country star best known for songs like “The Ride,” “Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile” and “You Never Even Called Me By My Name,” has died, according to Rolling Stone. He was 86.
The Times Group-owned Times Music has acquired the catalogue of Mohali-based Punjabi music label Catrack Entertainment, its third buyout of an Indian regional-language music company after receiving a strategic investment […] The post is from Music Ally.
Subject: RE: Mike Vernon Bob, John Mayall never used my service to find musicians but his wife’s all female band “Maggie Mayall and the Cadillacs” used me several times. Anyway, Sammy, Mayall’s 10 year old son, (this was in 2005) was on my kid’s Little League baseball team.
Millennium Audios might not be a familiar name to those outside the Malayalam music industry but the Kozhikode-based label, which was formed in 2000, boasts an extensive catalogue of tunes […] The post is from Music Ally.
India is getting a new music conference. Music services firm Gatsvy Media and Mumbai-based live venue Dome at the SVP Stadium are teaming up to stage The Bharat Music Experience. […] The post is from Music Ally.
“Who’s Madeline?” is still the year’s preeminent pop-music question. But coming up close behind that: “Where the eff is Randy Newman on the New York Times’ list of the 30 greatest living American songwriters?” Or, you can fill in that blank with some other name of your chagrined choosing, like Tom...
Prosecutors say surveillance video, text messages, Tesla data, photographs, Amazon deliveries, and DNA evidence found in D4vd's garage link him to the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez
I thought I’d top off my tank at Costco. Now what you’ve got to know about gasoline is you must buy Top Tier, which Costco gas is. Gas is gas is gas, only it’s not. You may be saving pennies at your off-brand locale, but there’s a good chance you’ll pay for it in the […]
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety’s Chris Willman details his interview with country star Kacey Musgraves as she begins a new chapter of her life and her career.
Universal Music Group has published its Q1 2026 results for the three months ending March 31 Source
This article orginally appeared in Tim Ingham’s latest ‘Tim’s Take’ email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers. Source
In his Army jacket and lollipop-blue round sunglasses, with shaggy long sideburns, Lennon gives off a fascinating air of self-involved indifference, which is expressed in the fact that he’s chewing gum for the entire concert.
The Christian rock band the Newsboys and their co-founder Wes Campbell have filed a wide-ranging lawsuit in the wake of scandals that brought their career to a halt.
UMG will sell half of its equity stake in Spotify and use the proceeds to help fund an expanded share buyback program totaling EUR €1 billion (USD $1.17bn) Source
ROSALÍA's 'Berghain' hit 1B TikTok views. RAYE scored a UK #1 with Vivaldi. Lady Gaga's tour was called a "pop-rock opera." Opera has successfully taken over pop music and the streaming data proves that.
Tour kicks off on Musgraves’ birthday, Aug. 21, and runs until October
“There remain individuals who were involved in Tupac’s murder who, for 30 years, have not been held accountable for their crimes,” reads the civil suit
It all comes out in the wash, as the saying goes, and that’s the upshot of Kacey Musgraves’ “Dry Spell,” which may be the sexiest song ever written about sexlessness.
At the annual ASCAP Screen Music Awards Tuesday night, the performing rights organization announced the winners of its Composers Choice Awards, a set of honors voted upon by members, with trophies going to the scorers for “Wicked: For Good,” “Palm Royale,” “Stranger Things,” “Pluribus” and the...
The stars talk about their new LP, Omerta, and their plans for Latin music’s future
Expressive E is making its Osmose MPE keyboard (comparatively) more affordable by ditching the synthesizer and making it a simple MIDI controller. The new Osmose CE comes in two sizes, 49 and 61 keys, for $999 and $1,199, respectively.
Delegates at event in Cape Verde highlight opportunities from tech while stressing AI is no replacement for talent Last July, the Nigerian singer-songwriter Fave found herself caught up in a viral moment: an unauthorised version of a track by her featuring an AI choir had been released, quickly...
HYBE's latest earnings filing was published on Wednesday, April 29 Source
Janet Jackson is set to make an appearance at the Grammy Hall of Fame Gala, while Erykah Badu has been added as a performer to the already announced lineup.
Fund 4 has already invested $700 million across more than 65 single-artist catalogs, including The Notorious B.I.G., Village People, Neil Sedaka and more Source
The recent cancellation of the UK’s Wireless Festival has generated another round of headlines about Ye (formerly Kanye West) and his past words and actions.
The hires span marketing, finance, retail, and strategy, all reporting to Tom Greene, who took on the role in September 2025. Source
For now, most established collecting societies are not representing GenAI-music creators, amid concerns over the training models of the platforms that they use – and also questions about whether their work even qualifies for copyright protection.
Bloomberg reported that the talks are still at an early stage and may not result in a deal Source
Sony Music and Experience Hendrix have emerged as victors in a UK High Court battle over the rights to studio albums by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. They had faced legal action from the estates of Hendrix’s bandmates Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, who were seeking copyright and performer’s rights...
We shouldn’t call it a ‘vinyl boom’ any more: we’re now nearly two decades in to the sustained resurgence of the physical format. And while that’s a happy trend, it does bring some concerns about vinyl’s environmental impact.
Following yesterday’s quarterly financial results, Spotify’s new co-CEOs Alex Norström and Gustav Söderström fielded questions from analysts in the company’s earnings call. Challenges in its advertising business, some stats on key features, and plans for GenAI were on the agenda.
Companies such as Chaotic Good are confecting social media buzz to promote Geese, Oklou and other indie darlings. Industry insiders reveal how widespread the practice is – even if no-one is sure it actually works Did you get more fomo than usual from last year’s Glastonbury?
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“I understand that need to have different collaborators,” said the producer when discussing his relationship with The Life of a Showgirl star
Kahan stopped by Williams’ multi-night stand at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium
He was the burned-out bigwig who moved to a very big house. Now back with his first music for decades, he talks about signing the Proclaimers, being punched by Julian Cope – and his Scott Walker-inspired trio David Balfe has had quite a life.
“This decision means we can continue protecting [Jimi's] legacy with the love, care, and integrity it deserves," the guitar legend's sister tells Rolling Stone
Nature abhors a vacuum. You cannot compete with TikTok and Instagram when it comes to social media. And you cannot compete with Apple and Android when it comes to smartphones. However, you can compete with the three major labels very easily.
1 He’s dead. The media has been positively shocked that a film with uniformly negative reviews is doing so well at the box office. After all, isn’t Michael Jackson a child molester in a zero tolerance era? Look at Cesar Chavez, he was scrubbed from modern life within a week.
Housekeeper allegedly mauled at Brown’s home in 2020 says she has no plans to use his history with Rihanna to attack his character, but may raise it to “rebut misleading testimony"
Avex Music Group, the global music company of Japanese entertainment giant Avex helmed by CEO Brandon Silverstein, has announced the launch of a $100 million fund to be aimed at catalog acquisitions, structured through a financing deal with City National Bank.
Taylor Swift has been at the center of AI imitation controversies for years, and now, she's become the latest celebrity who's escalating attempts to protect herself from AI copycats.
Thomas Coesfeld and Bob Valentine answer MBW's questions on a mega-merger – and ambitious targets Source
The Adobe shareholder suit signals a shift: AI training disputes are no longer just copyright fights—they are becoming governance and fiduciary duty battles, with parallels to Meta, Anthropic, and even Google’s past liability.
Here are five things we learned from the company's Q1 earnings call Source
The UK High Court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the estates of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell Source
When Fred Again.. kicked off its USB002 tour last year, there was a message to fans to put their phones in their pockets in order to properly live in the moment. But also a promise that he’d release photos and videos from the concerts for them afterwards.
What do Taylor Swift and Matthew McConaughey have in common, apart from box-office success? Both have trademarked their voice and likeness in an effort to foil future AI deepfakes.
Suno is still battling lawsuits from Universal Music Group and Sony Music Group, but the company’s latest recruitment ad points to its desire for more dealmaking with rightsholders.
Roblox and K-Pop has been a good match over the years: Twice and Blackpink both launched their own experiences on the platform in 2023 for example, although the latter’s has since shut down. Now another South Korean success story is giving Roblox a spin, albeit not with their own world.
The recent rumours were right: BMG and Concord are set for a merger to create “the leading independent music company in the world”. The post is from Music Ally.
I dag presenterade vi vårt resultat för det första kvartalet 2026. Vi inleder året med starkt momentum i hela verksamheten och fortsatt innovation på plattformen.
Today, we announced our First Quarter 2026 earnings, starting the Year of Raising Ambition with strong momentum across the business and continued innovation across our platform.
This release mostly consists of a very substantial rewrite of the external links editor code, to make that section of our editors more efficient. While doing that we also fixed a few long-standing links editor bugs.
Time on Spotify should feel meaningful and intentional, not something that slips away in a blur of mindless scrolling. That’s why we’re always investing in experiences that leave you feeling more energized, in control, and empowered.
If you want to understand where AI policy is really heading, don’t look at press releases, look at the fault lines. Florida just exposed one. On one side: a federal AI policy direction increasingly aligned with hyperscalers and their investors—call it the “hyperscaler donor consensus.” Closer than...
När Spotify grundades för 20 år sedan dominerades musikmarknaden av illegal nedladdning. Sedan dess har streaming bidragit till att återupprätta betalningsviljan för musik och lagt grunden för en starkare och mer hållbar musikekonomi.
Before Coachella, Tomora wasn't on my radar at all. It's actually only by chance that I stumbled upon them - I opened the wrong stream because my TV was lagging like a MFer. I paused for a few moments, entranced by the two ethereal Nordic women banging on giant drums to a techno beat.
As we head back into the next Phonorecords proceeding, there is an issue hiding in plain sight inside the existing and ancient streaming mechanical royalty rate structure that we fondly call “the 39 steps” in honor of John Buchan, Alfred Hitchcock and Richard Hannay.
In the heart of Mexico City, music, culture, and fashion converged last night as Spotify and Vogue Latin America welcomed guests to an intimate gathering at Soho House.
Thousands of authors seek share of Anthropic copyright settlement — “The authors sued Anthropic in 2024, arguing that the company, which is backed by Amazon and Alphabet, used pirated versions of their books without permission or compensation to teach Claude to respond to human prompts.
Nintendo and Spotify are welcoming fans to the Super Mario Bros. 40th anniversary and the release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie with new playlists and a special in-app experience.
Whether you’re relaxing at home or on the go, Spotify is there across more than 2,000 devices, ready with your favorites or something new to discover. Now, Spotify is available somewhere new: inside Claude.
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the original iPod.
Today, we’re making available another pre-release version for the upcoming MusicBrainz Picard 3. Beta 1 focuses on fixing issues that were found in the previous releases as well as some minor improvements and updated translations.
Multi-dimensionality in music – that is, engaging in ways beyond simply listening to a song – has existed for decades. In the vinyl era, fans could read liner notes and look at album artwork while listening. Source
It’s been 20 years since Spotify began, but the real story is what the world chose to play. For the first time, we’re unveiling the most streamed artists, albums, songs, podcasts, and audiobooks in our history.
Over the past 20 years, Spotify’s look and feel has evolved with the way people use our platform, while ensuring we preserve an intuitive, personal, and familiar experience for anyone who presses play.
All data tells a story, and in our case, that story is written by you. To celebrate 20 years of Spotify, we’re sharing bite‑sized moments that capture how the world listens, discovers, and connects. Check back each day as we build out the full story.
On this week’s podcast episode, I talk with Ben Montague, founder and CEO of The North American Guitar Global (TNAG) about the business of vintage guitars.