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India's music industry sees 40% growth in creator revenues in 2024, but compliance gaps threaten long-term sustainability: IPRS
According to CISAC, global collections rose to EUR 13.97 billion in 2024, with digital revenues surpassing EUR 5 billion for the first time. Emerging markets like India continue to show an imbalance: creator earnings remain largely dependent on…
It's Time to Rage Against the AI Music Machine
In 1999, I interviewed Prince for TIME and he told me to leave my tape recorder off because he didn't trust what future technology might do with unauthorized recordings of his voice. At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid. Recently, Xania…
Spotify Wrapped announces the biggest musical trends of 2025
Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Spotify has unveiled its annual Wrapped feature for 2025, detailing user listening habits and the year's top artists, songs, albums, and podcasts globally and in the UK. Globally, Bad Bunny was…
Strategies for Crowdfunding Your Music - ReverbNation Blog
In 2025, musicians must grapple with a very different crowdfunding landscape than the one artists enjoyed a decade ago. One major shift is visibility: platforms like Kickstarter are now overrun by big-budget projects (board games, gadgets, comics)…
It's time to unpack Spotify Wrapped. Here's how the music streamer compiled your 2025 recap
NEW YORK -- The end of 2025 is almost upon us. And it's time to unpack Spotify Wrapped. On Wednesday, the music streaming giant delivered its annual recap — giving its hundreds of millions of users worldwide a look at the top songs, artists…
Kiss's Gene Simmons to testify on American Music Fairness Act
Gene Simmons, the lead singer of KISS, will testify before a Senate panel next week on legislation to require radio corporations to pay performers for playing their music, the musicFIRST coalition announced on Tuesday. Simmons will testify on the…
How Manchester's Aviva Studios Cemented Its Place as Industry-Leading Home For Music & Arts
Aviva Studios is Manchester's latest cultural powerhouse. Since October 2023, the venue has welcomed over 1.5 million visitors and is rewriting the rules of performance and creativity – bringing music, theatre, gaming, and visual arts…
Artists Push Back Against Trump Admin Using Their Music
“Have you ever tried this one?” pop singer Sabrina Carpenter 's voice asks over a video of ICE agents chasing and detaining immigrants that the White House posted on social media on Tuesday, the latest in an apparent campaign to use…
How to find your Spotify Wrapped 2025 and see all the music you loved this year
Spotify Wrapped is here! It's time to relive your year in listening. The annual music run-down — which takes more than a year to create — is officially a marquee event for Spotify. Last year, 1 in 3 of Spotify's over 713 million users…
2025 Spotify Wrapped is Here With Three Unique Features Compared to Apple Music Replay
Spotify Wrapped has returned for 2025, and it offers three particularly unique features compared to this year's edition of Apple Music Replay. First, there is a new top song quiz that allows you to guess which track you listened to the most on…
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Jonas Brothers Tease Solo Music They Have in the Works - Including Good News for DNCE Fans (Exclusive)
The Jonas Brothers had quite the year. From celebrating their 20th anniversary with a massive 75-date JONAS20:Greetings From Your Hometown Tour, to releasing their seventh studio album Greetings From Your Hometown and shooting not one, but two…
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Red FM brings back Riders Music Festival as it expands experiental IPs
Red FM is preparing to host the fourth edition of its Riders Music Festival (RMF) early next year, a format the network positions as its most expansive yet. Scheduled for 21 and 22 February 2026 at The Great India Place in Noida, the two-day event…
Spotify Wrapped is taking over our feeds, but you don't have outsource your relationship with music to AI | Liz Pelly
I like year-end list season. I like an opportunity to remember and reflect on the records that stuck with me over the course of a year – especially when there is a chance to recommend something that others may have overlooked. I like looking…
How to check your Apple Music Replay 2025
The Apple Music Replay 2025 is now available worldwide for iOS users, and you can view the tracks that elated you over the course of the last 12 months. With the start of December, Apple hasn't left it too late for us to view our favorite tracks…
I Miss Music. That's Why I Quit Spotify.
A few weeks ago, I cancelled my Spotify subscription. I was a paying Spotify user for over a decade, and during that time I used it pretty much daily. I still remember the day when Spotify first washed up on our shores from Sweden in 2011 and…
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