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forbes.com - Olivia Shalhoup - How To Build Your First 100 Fans, According To Music Marketing Experts
How To Build Your First 100 Fans, According To Music Marketing Experts
Forbes

CHIBA, JAPAN - JULY 2: Japanese fans party at 'Live 8 Japan' at Makuhari Messe on July 2, 2005 in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan. The free concert is one of ten simultaneous international gigs including Philadelphia, Berlin, Rome, Paris, Barrie…

forbes.com - Laura Sirikul - What Is K-Pop? How Korean Pop Music Became A Global Sensation
What Is K-Pop? How Korean Pop Music Became A Global Sensation
Forbes

Music group BTS accepts the Top Social Artist award onstage during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards (Photo by Kevin Mazur/BBMA2017/Getty Images for dcp) South Korean pop music, also known as K-pop, has been dominating the music scene and has…

mirror.co.uk - Mark Jefferies - Ellie Goulding returns to music with 'divorce album' after marriage split
Ellie Goulding returns to music with 'divorce album' after marriage split
The Mirror

Ellie Goulding has revealed her sixth studio album is called I Know Too Much and will be released in three months' time. The new LP will come out in September and is her first one since 2023's Higher Than Heaven. Ellie, 39, has been working with a…

9to5mac.com - Chance Miller - Nintendo Music comes to CarPlay with latest app update
Nintendo Music comes to CarPlay with latest app update
9to5Mac

Nintendo has released a big update to its popular Nintendo Music app. The update adds three new features, including CarPlay support, Siri integration, and a dedicated iPad app. Nintendo Music was first released back in October 2024. The app lets…

scmp.com - Lisa Cam - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory stars on bringing the musical to Hong Kong
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory stars on bringing the musical to Hong Kong
South China Morning Post

Pure imagination will take hold in Hong Kong this November as the Broadway musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory makes its debut in the city. The recent announcement, made at Felix on the 28th floor of The Peninsula Hong Kong hotel in Tsim Sha…

republicworld.com - info desk - Amazon Music Unlimited Launches in India as Prime Music Prepares to Add Ads
Amazon Music Unlimited Launches in India as Prime Music Prepares to Add Ads
Republic World

Amazon has launched Amazon Music Unlimited in India, bringing its premium music streaming service to the country for the first time. The new subscription tier offers ad-free listening, on-demand playback, offline downloads, HD audio, and Spatial…

theonion.com - The Onion Staff - Report: Music's Power To Unite, Heal Down 74%
Report: Music's Power To Unite, Heal Down 74%
The Onion

WASHINGTON—Indicating a downward trend across all genres, a new report from the Recording Industry Association of America released Thursday found that music's power to bridge divides and lift spirits had dropped 74%. “After this…

rollingstone.com - Marissa R. Moss - The Highwomen on How They Changed Country Music: 'Everyone's a Little Gayer
The Highwomen on How They Changed Country Music: 'Everyone's a Little Gayer
Rolling Stone

In the seven years since the release of the Highwomen 's self-titled debut LP, the quartet of Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris, and Amanda Shires have lived enough life to fill endless classic country songs: babies born and others grown…

artnet.com - Vittoria Benzine - Pussy Riot Turns Its Venice Biennale Protest Into a Music Video
Pussy Riot Turns Its Venice Biennale Protest Into a Music Video
artnet News

Pussy Riot commandeered the unveiling of the 61st Venice Biennale last month, chanting from behind pink balaclavas and popping off multicolored smoke bombs in front of the Russian pavilion, protesting the pariah empire's return to the world's…

androidauthority.com - Stephen Schenck - Amazon Music starts playing ads for some Prime users, but the US is safe... for now
Amazon Music starts playing ads for some Prime users, but the US is safe... for now
Android Authority

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Amazon Music Prime will start playing ads for subscribers in India. Amazon confirms that today's change is for India only, but its future plans remain unknown. Amazon Prime is one subscription service that's just…

thehindu.com - Neha Kirpal - Spotify's EQUAL is pushing for safer and fairer music spaces
Spotify's EQUAL is pushing for safer and fairer music spaces
The Hindu

At Spotify's first EQUAL Day in India, popular Hindustani vocalist Kaushiki Chakraborty, reflecting on how women performers continue to navigate a male-dominated music industry, recalled an incident during a video shoot where she was asked to wear…

variety.com - Steven J. Horowitz - BTS, Benson Boone, Cardi B Among Performers Set for iHeartRadio Music Festival 2026
BTS, Benson Boone, Cardi B Among Performers Set for iHeartRadio Music Festival 2026
Variety

BTS, Benson Boone and Cardi B are among the acts slated to perform at the iHeartRadio Music Festival presented by Capital One, taking place on September 18-19 at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena. Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, the event will also include…

adweek.com - Alison Weissbrot - Havas Bets on a Record Label to Reshape Brand-Music Partnerships
Havas Bets on a Record Label to Reshape Brand-Music Partnerships
ADWEEK

Cannes Lions is where the biggest ideas take center stage. Join ADWEEK for must-see conversations, top industry leaders, and the moments everyone will be talking about. Havas is entering the music business with the launch of VOLYUM, a record label…

thestranger.com - Megan Seling - Things to Do in June: Music
Things to Do in June: Music
The Stranger

Want more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Self-proclaimed as “Seattle's Seraphic Rapper” and “Egyptian Enigma,” Central District's own…

prweb.com - The Untitled Nashville Hotel at Bankers Alley - The Untitled Nashville Hotel at Bankers Alley, Tapestry Collection by Hilton Debuts in Music City
The Untitled Nashville Hotel at Bankers Alley, Tapestry Collection by Hilton Debuts in Music City
PRWeb

The new aesthetic of The Untitled Nashville Hotel at Bankers Alley is carefully curated to celebrate storytelling in all forms, with specialty-crafted wallpaper from Local Language Art adorning each room and eye-catching opening storylines etched…

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