March 22,2025 March 22,2025 Enjoy the Australian alt-country flavors with The Mezcaltones, the band that came up with their first album project with nine brand new tracks called ‘Big Hat, No Cattle’. Share Churning out […]
A live performance from Fatherson, one of the acts signed to Easy Life Records. Along with several other Easy Life entities, the label has been majority-acquired by All Things Considered. Photo Credit: Paul Hudson All […]
Photo Credit: DMN Pro Major digital service providers (DSPs) saw their subscriber growth flatline in 2024 as the US market for music subscriptions becomes saturated. Spotify and Apple Music are still growing—but everyone else has […]
Finnish rock veterans THE RASMUS are back with their electrifying new single, “Creatures Of Chaos”, released today (March 28) on all digital outlets via Better Noise Music and Playground Music. With its signature blend of […]
A federal judge has denied a dismissal motion from Miley Cyrus and others, and Tempo Music Investments’ ‘Flowers’ infringement suit is moving forward as a result. Photo Credit: Azraulker One dismissal-motion rejection later, the copyright […]
Photo Credit: Deezer French headquartered music streaming platform Deezer reports strong revenue growth in 2024, though its total subscribers are down. The company’s 2024 revenues reached $586 million, up 12.7% year-over-year, exceeding estimates of 10% […]
IMPALA is speaking out against the minimum-play thresholds established by Amazon Music as part of its ‘artist-centric’ pivot. Photo Credit: IMPALA New details are emerging about Amazon Music’s “artist-centric” recalibration, which, like its Spotify counterpart, […]
Photo Credit: SoundCloud Which music streaming platform is delivering the most reliable data on play counts? In a surprising turn of events, SoundCloud has emerged as the leader in Legitary’s latest DSP transparency and accuracy […]
Photo Credit: Nathana Rebouças TikTok virality is the unicorn everyone on the platform is seeking—but research shows those viral moments don’t translate to sustainable streaming growth. That’s even among the tracks that have the fortune […]
Spotify has disclosed paying out a record $10 billion in royalties during 2024. Photo Credit: Spotify Just moments after a report indicated that Apple Music pays far better, Spotify is touting the record $10 billion […]
Photo Credit: Brett Jordan Amazon Music and Apple Music are crushing Spotify in the per-stream royalty department for indie artists – at least according to a new report exploring on-demand platforms’ compensation specifics. Duetti disclosed […]
About 10,000 AI tracks are being uploaded to Deezer daily, according to the platform. Photo Credit: Possessed Photography Is it time to begin separating AI tracks and human creations on streaming services? Perhaps, as a […]
Photo Credit: Minh Luu The IFPI has launched the first official music charts for Southeast Asia covering six countries—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The launch of the chart for both the Philippines […]
Netflix has released a strong Q4 2024 earnings report and unveiled a new round of price increases. Photo Credit: Venti Views Netflix is officially raising prices after reporting strong Q4 2024 earnings – prompting speculation […]
Photo Credit: Deezer Deezer has announced the adoption of the artist centric payment system (ACPS) for publishing rights on Deezer in France through a partnership with SACEM. Deezer is the world’s first digital service provider […]
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. A judge in Brazil orders the global removal of Adele’s 2015 song ‘Million Years Ago’ due to a […]
Photo Credit: appshunter.io Is Amazon Music joining Spotify in establishing a 1,000-stream minimum before tracks can generate recording royalties? The question is front of mind – even if a concrete answer isn’t readily available – […]
Photo Credit: Tung Nguyen Understanding how your audience interacts with your music is essential to helping grow a fan base of dedicated superfans. Too Lost offers advanced analytics for drilling down data by source—so you […]
In one of early November’s music industry hires and promotions, WK Records named Azucena Olvera (pictured) general manager. Photo Credit: WK Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of November […]
Photo Credit: A2IM It’s safe to say the indie music community isn’t a fan of TikTok, which is facing a fresh wave of criticism ahead of its Merlin agreement’s quick-approaching expiration. The American Association of […]