After a searing Q3, music industry funding quickly racked up another billion in Q4 – and it ain’t over yet. Ahead of DMN Pro’s year-end funding review, here’s a look at which companies and categories […]
Roughly a quarter century after its release, Limp Bizkit’s classic single “Break Stuff” has topped the Billboard Hot Hard Rock Songs chart following the tragic passing of bassist Sam Rivers on October 18th. Rivers died […]
Zürich, Switzerland. Photo Credit: Ilia Bronskiy Spotify’s latest round of price increases isn’t confined to the UK. Double-digit raises are also arriving in Switzerland, where, factoring at the present franc-dollar exchange rate, Individual costs over […]
Photo Credit: Taylor Swift (Instagram) / TAS Rights Management The numbers are out, and it’s official—Taylor Swift tops 4 million equivalent album units in the first week of her new album’s release. The Life of […]
As the industry truism goes, ‘Music has value’— but 2025 is taking that expression to an extreme. . . You are trying to view our premium content. Subscribe now for unlimited access to our reports, […]
Photo Credit: Raph PH / CC by 2.0 Now in its third year, the ABBA Voyage virtual concert sold over a million tickets in 2024 and generated revenues of $140 million for its UK-based holding […]
A live performance from Jess Glynne, whose ‘Hold My Hand’ has topped the 2025 TikTok Songs of the Summer list. Photo Credit: Cal Holman Catalog tracks are continuing to find new listeners on TikTok, where […]
Shania Twain can add another accolade to her storied career: Her 1998 hit “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” tops a list of the 100 greatest karaoke songs, according to Billboard. Shania’s girl-empowerment anthem “isn’t […]
Dr Disrespect isn’t happy after being left out of Battlefield 6’s top streamer rankings — even as TimTheTatman hits his biggest viewership milestone in five years. Battlefield 6’s first Open Beta weekend pulled in monster […]
New Heights, a podcast hosted by NFL stars Jason and Travis Kelce, has taken over the Spotify podcast charts thanks to their surprise episode with Taylor Swift. On Tuesday, August 12, New Heights shared a […]
Multi-platinum hard rock powerhouse FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the release of a new album, “Best Of – Volume 1”, a collection of re-recorded versions of the band’s most iconic […]
richard simmons personal items hit auction block … ‘Slimmons’ Studio Sign Can Be Yours!!! Published July 7, 2025 3:58 PM PDT Richard Simmons is getting one final standing ovation — this time from collectors and […]
The Velvet Sundown, technically distinct from Velvet Sundown, has topped one million Spotify monthly listeners, a number of whom apparently reside in Australia. A blitz of media coverage has now propelled The Velvet Sundown past […]
One month, two albums, and numerous playlist placements later, alleged AI ‘band’ The Velvet Sundown has cracked 550,000 Spotify monthly listeners. The Velvet Sundown plot is thickening, as the allegedly AI-powered “band” has topped 550,000 […]
PPL CFO Chris Barton, whose organization has reported a nearly $133 million Q2 2025 distribution. Photo Credit: PPL The U.K.’s Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) has confirmed making a more than $132 million Q2 2025 distribution […]
Has an AI “band” surpassed 370,000 Spotify monthly listeners in a matter of weeks? That seems to be the case, and the episode is raising far-reaching questions. Photo Credit: Possessed Photography Has an AI “artist” […]
Alex Warren performs onstage at the 2025 American Music Awards. Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images/Penske Media hide caption toggle caption Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images/Penske Media With Morgan Wallen‘s I’m the Problem continuing […]
Coming off the success of their live appearances in New Zealand and Australia as part of their ongoing Elevation Tour, ZZ Top has dispatched a lineup update, sharing that their longtime drummer, Frank Beard, will […]
Heard of HI-BOYZ yet? They are a fictional K-pop boy group with three members, but they are already making real waves. The group includes Um Jay, Soobin, and Top Key, and they just made it […]
According to Billboard, SLEEP TOKEN‘s fourth full-length studio effort, “Even In Arcadia”, has landed at position No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 127,000 equivalent album units. This figure represents the […]