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What is 'blue dot fever' and what does it mean for the music industry?
Major musicians from Post Malone to Meghan Trainor have recently struggled to sell out stadiums and arenas for their tours. It's a troubling trend being called 'blue dot fever' and has led to entertainers canceling some or all of their shows.
Is the Music Industry Officially Oversaturated With Songs? | Billboard On The Record
With more than 100,000 songs hitting streaming platforms every day, according to Luminate, is the music industry struggling to keep up? Milana Lewis, cofounder and CEO of Stem, sits down with Billboard On The Record to break down what this…
The Music Industry's Next Mental Health Frontier: Ensuring Quality Care (Guest Column)
For most of the modern music industry's 100-year history, mental health was barely spoken about. Individuals suffered silently, burned out privately (or publicly) and often, at least in the case of behind-the-scenes music workers, were replaced.
Lizzo Says Social Media Algorithms Are 'Destroying the Music Industry' & Messing Up Her Album Promo
Lizzo is feeling frustrated by the state of social media music marketing, which she says is cutting off her ability to properly promote her upcoming album, Bitch. In a video posted to TikTok on Tuesday (May 12), the singer-songwriter started out by…
Lizzo declares social media algorithms are 'destroying the music industry
Lizzo has slammed social media algorithms for 'destroying the music industry'. The 38-year-old singer-and-rapper said the way different platforms function is causing problems when it comes to promoting her third studio album, B****, which drops on…
Blockbuster movies are connecting new audiences to classical music
Classical music isn't dead, but who's listening, and how, is changing. One of the clearest signs of that change is the rise of live orchestral concerts paired with blockbuster film screenings. These concerts are significantly driving the growth in…
Billy Idol Set For American Music Awards' Lifetime Achievement Honor
Billy Idol, the recently announced 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd American Music Awards in recognition of “his incomparable career, body of work, and unparalleled…
SA music streams generate over R500m on Spotify
Spotify says it recognises African music as a global cultural force. (Image source: 123RF) South African music artists generated over R504 million on Spotify in 2025, according to the Swedish audio streaming and media service provider. In its Loud…
Latin Music Icon Residente On 'Porto Rico' With Bad Bunny
Puerto Rico's native son, René Pérez Joglar, better known as Residente to his legions of fans, has dominated the music industry for decades — and now he's looking to disrupt Hollywood. Residente, a four-time Grammy and 29-time…
The live-music boom has convinced some artists they're bigger than they are
The era of sky-high concert-ticket prices is exposing pop music's middle class — or, at least, who isn't among the 1%. A slew of high-profile artists have recently made headlines for downsizing, postponing, or outright canceling their arena…
Inside Towa Bird's Rise in Music, New Album | Billboard Women in Music 2026
Billboard and Hennessy present Next in Sound with Towa Bird, in which the rising star opens up about her early inspirations, new album and what it meant to appear at Billboard Women in Music 2026. Towa Bird: It's Towa Bird, and I'm here with…
How The Music Stops For AMD (NASDAQ:AMD)
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has finally gotten its day in the sun in the current semiconductor-fueled rally we've all witnessed. This raises the question, though, of how much further upside there is from current levels. In my view, there is…
Nonprofits launching music hub in the Crossroads
Two nonprofits are coming together to form a music hub downtown Kansas City this summer, thanks to the city's Open Doors initiative. Why it matters: There's no shortage of bars and clubs that feature live music in the area, but this promises to be…
The Music is Alive
Joshua Josué, a Portland-based Chicano rock and R&B singer-songwriter, will celebrate the vinyl release of his latest album, Broadcast to the Surf Ballroom May 15, at WOW Hall. The album is a collection of unfinished demos and recordings by…
At Jacaranda, a Food-and-Music Power Couple Reignites L.A. Fine Dining
The Los Angeles restaurant scene has been in acute crisis thanks to everything from the Trump administration's tariffs and Hollywood's business woes to rising labor costs and the normalization of GLP-1s. Yet the K-shaped economy has simultaneously…
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