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Amazon's livestreaming video platform Twitch was already looking to do more with music before Covid-19 struck, but the pandemic has fuelled a moment where lots of musicians are also suddenly keen to do more with Twitch –...

Can you make money from livestreamed music performances on YouTube? Japanese artist Reol certainly did: to the tune of $130k. YouTube's director of Black music and culture Tuma Basa revealed the figure in his appearance...

One of the K-Pop groups that have been smashing down global barriers recently is Blackpink, who you can expect to see splashed over many digital platforms in the coming week ahead of their new album's release on 2 October. Two...

The new mobile game for K-Pop stars BTS has gone live. Netmarble's BTS Universe Story was made available for Android and for iOS overnight, and is the band's second foray into mobile gaming following last year's BTS World. As...

Jennifer Lopez and Maluma have just released a pair of singles together: 'Pa Ti' and 'Lonely', and like a growing number of artists, they unveiled the music videos in a YouTube premiere, yesterday. However, they also...

Gaming platform Roblox has more than 150 million monthly active users, and its head of music recently told Music Ally how keen the company is to work with artists and labels. Now we've got one of the first examples:...

The latest distributor to announce a partnership with TikTok is TuneCore, which hopes its latest promotion will tempt more artists into putting their music on the social app. Between 22 and 29 September, TuneCore artists...

Artist Amanda Palmer has always been eager to explore new ways of connecting with her fans. The latest example is a weekly podcast, The Art of Asking Everything. It launches on 29 September with 10 episodes already lined...

BTS are no strangers to the gaming world, having starred in their first mobile game BTS World last year, with a follow-up (BTS Universe Story) about to launch. Now the K-Pop stars are heading to one of the biggest, buzziest...

U2 are the latest heritage artist to be getting their archive of music videos spiffed up for modern-day viewers online. The band's YouTube channel is relaunching as part of a collaboration between UMG's Island Records,...

Sure, you may like round-the-clock streams of lo-fi hip-hop on YouTube from channels like ChilledCow and Chillhop Music, but wouldn't it be nice if their animated backgrounds were more branded? And in fact, wouldn't the...

As the physical live-music lockdown stretches on, artists are finding new spins on livestreaming. The latest example is Rufus Wainwright, who's kicking off his 'Rufus-Retro-Wainwright-Spective!' series of streams in October. He's...