Photo Credit: The Weeknd (Instagram) Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye is donating $350,000 to support emergency relief efforts in Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. The World Food Program (WFP) posted an emergency response in […]
Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga will face off for album of the year at the 68th Grammy Awards, a first-time showdown between two megastars of modern music who’ve separately been nominated four previous times without […]
After a deep, focused re-calibrating of its voting base – towards one younger, more diverse and more contemporary in taste – the Recording Academy made strides avoiding the big whiffs they were once famous for […]
Photo Credit: Universal Music Group Universal Music has reported a 5.3% year-over-year (YoY) revenue improvement for Q3 2025, when recorded music streaming revenue turned in a modest 1.6% YoY increase. The major label posted its […]
Lana Del Rey’s “Brooklyn Baby,” featured on her wildly popular 2014 LP Ultraviolence, has become the latest track from the singer to join Spotify’s exclusive Billions Club. The track which was co-written by Lana and […]
Bruno Mars has officially joined music royalty despite publicly admitting he can’t stand one of the songs that got him there. The pop superstar’s 2010 debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans has just entered one of music’s most […]
Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter made a rare live appearance at Paris’ Centre Pompidou on Saturday as part of a surprise b2b DJ set with Fred again… celebrating the 20th anniversary of French record label Because Music. […]
Oneohtrix Point Never, the project of producer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Daniel Lopatin, has announced a new album, Tranquilizer, out on November 17th via Warp Records. He’s also revealed three new songs: “For Residue,” “Bumpy,” and […]
Photo Credit: TAS Rights Management Taylor Swift’s latest album holds onto the top album spot in its second week, despite a 92% sales drop to 338,000. Swifties aren’t surprised that their superstar idol Taylor Swift […]
Daniel Lopatin and UMPG’s Natasha Baldwin. Photo Credit: Universal Music Publishing Group Electronic music vet Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never) has inked a global deal with the classics and screen division of Universal Music […]
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If you thought the Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour was over, then you simply thought wrong. The musician has announced more dates on the years-long tour, with the new shows taking place between […]
Photo Credit: Spotify The Weeknd’s hit ‘Blinding Lights’ becomes the first song in Spotify history to reach five billion streams. The Weeknd’s 2019 hit, “Blinding Lights,” has officially become the most-streamed track in Spotify history, […]
The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is the record that keeps on giving. The 2019 track has officially become the first song in Spotify’s history to hit a whopping five billion streams. Just days earlier, it landed […]
The Weeknd is one of the most popular and successful artists of the streaming era, and his biggest hit “Blinding Lights” just reached a new milestone on Spotify, surpassing five billion streams on the platform. […]
The “Thank U, Next” singer announced her first tour after a six-year hiatus and it turns out she has been keeping herself pretty busy since her last tour, and it isn’t just all things ‘Wicked’. […]
The Weeknd is celebrating the anniversary of his 2015 album, Beauty Behind the Madness, in style. The activity includes a slate of new reissues, including new LP editions plus a trio of singles featuring key […]
Bruce Springsteen sold his entire music catalog to Sony for $600 million. Bob Dylan cut a deal with Universal Music Group worth close to $400 million. Sting struck an agreement with Universal for around $300 […]
The Weeknd is seeking $1 billion in financing with a music catalog-backed deal that will give him $250 million in cash (Alexa, play “Starboy”) plus $750 million in debt (never mind, play “Cry for Me”), […]
A live performance from The Weeknd, who’s reportedly seeking $1 billion for his catalog. Photo Credit: Pedro Mora How many sky-high valuations will the catalog craze fuel? The Weeknd is reportedly looking to turn his […]