Music

Billboard is keeping track of all the bills that could impact the music industry during the 119th Congress.

Billboard 4m ago

The law will require the assistant secretary of commerce for travel and tourism to come up with a plan to increase tourism across the United States.

Billboard 5m ago

A judge more than doubled the award for construction manager Tony Saxon, tacking $181,000 in legal fees and costs on top of his March jury verdict.

Billboard 48m ago

When promoter Team Innovation and ticketing platform thumpN announced Arijit Singh’s long-awaited return to the road, they described it as a “stadium” tour. However, only three of the venues Singh […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1h ago

While Bollywood remains the biggest segment in India, its growth is slowing down, revealed Luminate last week. According to the entertainment data company, in the first half of 2026, streams […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1h ago

The streamer will add the labels to music deemed to have been "created primarily using generative AI."

Billboard 1h ago

The concert promotions giant is still set to go to trial next month on separate claims brought by Drakeo's brother and members of his entourage.

Billboard 1h ago

“I’m grateful to finally close this chapter of my life," the artist says in a statement

Rolling Stone 1h ago

Rainbow remixed "Adelaide's Lament" from Guys and Dolls to jab the health secretary along with Donald Trump.

Billboard 2h ago

The run will see support from John Fogerty, Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen, and more

Rolling Stone 2h ago

Just days after announcing his “Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs” EP will be dropping this week — and not long after he broke the attendance record at Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium while wearing a “Free Palestine” shirt — Zach Bryan has announced a stadium tour in support of the release,...

Variety 2h ago

With prices starting at $6.99, the collection includes gel press-on nails, chrome nail polish representing Rumi, Mira and Zoey and a metallic stick to create the popular "cat-eye" effect.

Billboard 3h ago

The outing will hit 19 stadiums on two continents starting in April.

Billboard 3h ago

YouTube will label AI-generated songs across its main website and YouTube Music, the latest service to publicly mark tracks as not produced by humans. “Generative AI is opening up new ways for artists to create, experiment, and share music,” YouTube said in a blog post on Wednesday.

Variety 3h ago

This week's Trending Up looks into the 'SNL' bumps for their last two musical guests, as well as a number of recent viral hits.

Billboard 3h ago

Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora, and Google have filed their rate proposals in Phonorecords V Source

Music Business Worldwide 5h ago

Roppo joins from Universal Music Group, where he most recently served as Chairman and CEO of Republic Records. Source

Music Business Worldwide 5h ago

Just hours after his departure from Republic Records was announced, Jim Roppo has been officially named vice chairman of Warner Records Group. He will be based in Los Angeles and report to Chairman & CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck; his start date will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Variety 5h ago

YouTube is adding a "Made with AI" label to tracks that were "altered or fully generated" using AI, with a similar approach to its existing process for applying AI labels to videos.

The Verge 5h ago

Mohnish Sani has joined Hybe Americas in the newly created role of Head of Strategy and Growth, the company announced on Wednesday. In the role he will focus on long-term growth across the Americas markets and work with Hybe Korea’s strategy team; he will be based in New York and will report to...

Variety 6h ago

Plaintiff Tony Saxon was previously awarded $140,000 for injuries suffered while working at the rapper-producer’s $57 million Malibu beach home

Rolling Stone 6h ago

There's an entire cottage industry of iPod mods out there, but Sprout Pi and Sprout Pico are two of the few full motherboard replacements that combine many of the most popular mods into a single upgrade. Both versions add Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB-C, a microSD card slot, FLAC playback, and more.

The Verge 7h ago

Returning from a brief social media hiatus, Adéla encouraged fans to be more respectful of other artists

Rolling Stone 7h ago

It’s that time of year again! The holiday season has kicked off on Spotify, and that can only mean one thing: Our Spotify Singles: Holiday Collection is here. Each year, we ask artists to take a holiday favorite and make it their own.

Spotify 7h ago

'Our listeners have told us they want transparency when they're hearing an AI-generated track,' said YouTube Source

Music Business Worldwide 7h ago

Execs such as Tunji Balogun, Ben Mortimer, Nicole Wyskoarko, and Sam Riback are leaving UMG Source

Music Business Worldwide 7h ago

As has long been expected, Universal Music Group is being hit with extensive layoffs across its U.S. and U.K. operations, with multiple top executives departing, among many others.

Variety 8h ago

Foreign Tongues, Loose Lips will be released on November 27 with five additional songs including “Bad Luck Hideaway"

Rolling Stone 8h ago

The filings follow three applications submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in April Source

Music Business Worldwide 8h ago

Paul McCartney has a bone to pick with Sam Mendes, the director of the upcoming four Beatles movies starring Paul Mescal as McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr. What’s the issue?

Variety 9h ago

The concert film, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and shot on 35mm film, will be released this winter

Rolling Stone 10h ago

With its skits, anecdotes, and punchlines, comedy lends itself well to short-form video. Now that streaming services have built the vertical feed infrastructure, they can leverage original, premium, short-form comedy to draw in new audiences for vertical TV. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 10h ago

If you thought 1.6 Tbps was fast, just wait, Cisco's USFP targets 12.8 Tbps in a single optical pluggable

The Register 10h ago

When you have time, spend it well—with a podcast you love. That’s the idea behind our new Podcasts on Spotify campaign, celebrating the shows and creators that make a spare moment worth pressing play.

Spotify 11h ago

What has thrills, chills, and something for every book lover? It’s the wonderfully wicked world of horror audiobooks. With spooky season underway, we asked Spotify’s Katie del Rosario, Associate Director, Audiobooks Editorial, and Lena Yang, Senior Editor, Audiobooks, to walk us through some of the...

Spotify 11h ago

Spotify’s Get Ready for 2026 Wrapped landing page is now live on Spotify for Artists. Aside from the usual message for fans, eligible artists can this year share a performance video too. These could be things like live shows, acoustic takes, or studio sessions.

Music Ally 11h ago

Distributor Too Lost has launched a daily public report page, which shares operational data from its platform, including support volumes and resolution times, DSP deliveries, payout acceptance times, client retention, uploads and product updates shipped. The data updates daily.

Music Ally 11h ago

UK-based organisation Black Lives in Music (BLiM) has launched a new report titled Race Equality in Music Event Licensing (REMEL) – which it says is “the most comprehensive investigation to date into how licensing and policing shape the fortunes of Black and South Asian artists, promoters and...

Music Ally 12h ago

The suit came to light days after Universal Music Group's Interscope Records sued Walker for more than USD $50 million. Source

Music Business Worldwide 13h ago

BigHit Music announced the figure on Wednesday (October 14), naming the runner-up as Olivia Rodrigo's "you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love." Source

Music Business Worldwide 13h ago

Analyst predicts 80% of neoclouds will disappear as standalone businesses by 2030

The Register 15h ago

Security footage of Clarkson’s visit to Art of Play was revealed on Tuesday, while the shop's owner responded to questions from the press

Rolling Stone 17h ago

BMG and Concord are now one company, but is it a merger or an acquisition? Chief transformation officer Kent Hoskins used another word when he appeared at this week’s Music Ally Publishing Summit. “I would suggest it’s a combination,” he said.

Music Ally 18h ago

Exclusive: Investigation finds racial inequality in live music industry rife and many genres labelled ‘high risk’ despite lack of evidence Black and south Asian music events in London face disproportionate cancellations, restrictions and licensing barriers compared with white events, according to a...

The Guardian 19h ago

Footage of Kelly Clarkson visiting the Brooklyn novelty store she slammed on Saturday has now been acquired and released by Pablo Torre, the host and executive editor of the investigative podcast, “Pablo Torre Finds Out.” The video offers another perspective to the ongoing drama between Clarkson...

Variety 22h ago

I’m going for 75 minutes until I am 90! Living the dream!!! Peter Noone ____________________________________________ Great write-up on Mike Love. Mike was my boss for 23 years, including when I met you at the Vilar in 2019. You’ve hit the nail on the head – Mike really loves performing for the...

Lefsetz Letter 23h ago

The “No Love” singer is asking a judge in Atlanta to void her contract with Love Renaissance

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Presale registration for the show ran through a sign-up page hosted by fan marketing platform co:brand. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

The news arrives several decades after the legend began living — and writing — about the U.S.

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Apple Music's iconic red app icon has reportedly been replaced with a black-and-white version in the latest iOS 27.2 beta, 9to5Mac reports. The eighth note on the icon also appears to have a slightly sharper angle than the original.

The Verge 1d ago

When the New York Times ran a list of the greatest living American songwriters earlier this year, the ranking was greeted with a lot of reader flack for not including Joni Mitchell.

Variety 1d ago

Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been sentenced to 40 years to life after being found guilty of orchestrating the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. Davis appeared in a Nevada court on Tuesday for his sentencing in the case, with the judge handing him 20 years to life for first-degree murder and 20 years to...

Variety 1d ago

The deal covers Vander Ark's publishing and recorded music catalogs, including the songs he wrote for The Verve Pipe. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Michael Jackson’s iconic performance during the the 1993 Super Bowl halftime show will be chronicled in a new documentary coming to Hulu and ESPN. Debuting in February 2027, “Spectacle: Michael Jackson at the Super Bowl” will follow the King of Pop as he prepares for his landmark performance at the...

Variety 1d ago

The appointment is part of what Believe calls its "evolution toward a stronger regional leadership model," the company said. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

YouTube has published a “proposal for unlocking the EU Creator Economy”, which argues that its community of creators in Europe should be treated more like small businesses, given access to the same EU funding (like the Creative Europe programme, or tax incentives) as established media companies,...

Music Ally 1d ago

Two lawsuits caught our eye today, both of which tell you something about the tension between established artist contracts and music rights – and how they fit in a modern media and legal landscape. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

This is coverage from the Music Ally Publishing Summit 2026 – read full details of the event here. This week’s Music Ally Publishing Summit kicked off with a keynote interview […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

1 He’s always been nice to me. There’s an assumption that our musical heroes are just like you and me. They’re not. And they’re not like movie stars, not like politicians, not like any other performers, because they are their music, and their music speaks to us in a way no other medium does.

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago

The Orchard is seeking a dynamic, entrepreneurial leader to manage and execute its growth strategy, team building and client relationship initiatives in the Nordics & Baltics. Driving efficient communication and […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

What are artists really signing away when they opt into an AI settlement? Join Jen Jacobsen, George Zelcs, Gwendolyn Seale, Tim Kappel and moderator Chris Castle at Artist Rights Symposium V on October 19 at the University of Georgia for a discussion of AI copyright licensing, hidden...

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 2d ago

In September, UMG sued distributer DistroKid over the latter’s “illegal, deceptive, and unlawful practices” – with two specific and fairly blockbuster accusations at the lawsuit’s heart: that DistroKid is “flooding” streaming services with “AI-generated slop”; and that it is also committing...

Music Ally 2d ago

Rockstar Games is slowly drip-feeding a ravenous fanbase small nuggets of Grand Theft Auto VI before its launch on 19 November. The company has often led with music in this teasing process, and it has now launched a site where fans can get a blast of the radio stations and songs that will be...

Music Ally 2d ago

Picard 3.0.2 is a maintenance release for the recently released Picard 3.0 with fixes for reported issues and updated translations. This releases fixes a crash in the Setup Wizard if Picard was packaged with the automatic update check disabled and several color theme related fixes.

MetaBrainz Blog 3d ago

Artists are taking to social media to complain that DistroKid has unceremoniously removed their work without notice. Now DistroKid has confirmed to The Verge that the takedowns are a direct response to claims made by UMG.

The Verge 4d ago

Sunmi is an undeniable force in K-pop. She first made her debut as a member of the Wonder Girls back in 2007, one of the first K-pop acts to really break through in the West. The English version of their single "Nobody" was the first K-pop song to hit the Billboard Hot 100 in October 2009.

The Verge 4d ago

Tune in Saturday October 10th to Faction Talk, channel 137, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. Phone #: 844-686-5863 If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz

Lefsetz Letter 4d ago

Before stereos, before computers. before the internet… There were cars. And they changed every year and we knew not only the bodies, but what was under the hood. You were your car, assuming you were old enough to drive.

Lefsetz Letter 5d ago

San Francisco’s Pier 80 came alive last month as fans packed the dance floor for this year’s Portola Music Festival. If you missed any of the fun or just want an encore, you can now watch select sets and performances from the event in our Portola video hub from artists including Chloé Caillet,...

Spotify 5d ago

October 10 is World Mental Health Day, but for many podcast creators, wellness is a year-round pursuit. Listeners turn to their shows for accessible self-care tools, alongside inspiring stories of resilience, growth, and community.

Spotify 5d ago

Picard 3.0.1 is a maintenance release for the recently released Picard 3.0 with fixes for reported issues and updated translations. In particular this release fixes issues on newer macOS Tahoe and Golden Gate, a possible crash when updating from Picard 2.x and the picard-cli utility in the Windows...

MetaBrainz Blog 6d ago

Narrative audio is on an upward curve. Several forces are converging to sustain it: writers and performers of real standing choosing the format, a hunger for lean-in listening, and technology that is reimagining what an audio story can sound like. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 6d ago

For a long time, talking about the music industry meant talking primarily about artists, producers, labels, venues, and songs. While they remain a fundamental part of the industry, music today is also driven by an ever-growing network of voices that listen closely, introduce it to new audiences,...

Spotify 6d ago

Durante mucho tiempo, hablar de la industria musical era hablar, sobre todo, de artistas, productores, sellos, escenarios y canciones. Y aunque ellos siguen siendo parte fundamental, hoy la música también se mueve gracias a una red cada vez más amplia de voces que la escuchan con atención, la...

Spotify 6d ago

Shapers was created to recognize the creators who are helping shape Colombia’s music ecosystem through different formats, perspectives, and communities.

Spotify 6d ago

Shapers nace para reconocer a los creadores que están impulsando el ecosistema musical colombiano desde diferentes formatos, perspectivas y comunidades.

Spotify 6d ago

The Joe Rogan Experience is the world’s most popular podcast, and with 18 million followers has been the most-followed show on Spotify since our partnership with Joe Rogan began in 2020.

Spotify 6d ago

Is live music approaching a golden era of innovation? At a concert, the merchandise queue asks a slightly absurd question: how much of the show would you miss for merch? A committed fan is ready to spend, yet the experience makes them choose between buying and watching. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 6d ago