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We called this one in January! The Weeknd has become the first artist to have more than 100 million listeners on Spotify.

Secondary ticketing firm StubHub has been coming in for some criticism this month, from Live Nation and David Lowery alike.

British music industry body the BPI has a new CEO. It has turned to expertise from outside the music industry in the form of Dr Jo Twist OBE.

The heart icon has a long history as the way to like things on social media and streaming services, but now Spotify is retiring it.

Music streaming services love original content, and some of them also love spatial audio. George Ezra is thus in a sweet spot with Amazon.

We thought Peak Chatbot was a few years ago, but the idea is having a ChatGPT-fuelled rebirth in 2023. Snapchat is the latest example.

Artists have been collecting physical awards for their sales (and now streams) achievements since the 1950s: gold, platinum, diamond etc. Now Universal Music Germany is adding a digital twist to the idea. It is working with...

Musician, professor and artists’ rights campaigner David Lowery has raised the alarm about a draft bill in the US state of Georgia focusing on ticketing fees. “Simply a Trojan horse bill that seems to limit artist...

Middle Eastern music streaming service Anghami is being sued by Reservoir Media and PopArabia for copyright infringement. According to Billboard, the lawsuit was filed in Abu Dhabi just before Christmas, but has only come...

Last week, the IFPI crowned Taylor Swift as the top artist of 2022 globally, while announcing that Harry Styles had the biggest single of the year. The state was set for a battle between the two for the body’s final...

Live music revenues are growing again, after the massive hit caused by Covid-19 and its resulting lockdowns.

The parent company of Chinese music service NetEase Cloud Music has published its latest financial results.