If you’ll excuse us for borrowing a popular shaving-ads slogan from the 1980s: major labels like independent music so much, they’re buying the companies! Majors buying independent labels and ...

In the first half of this year, a mere two tracks from Bollywood films released in 2025 reached the top ten of Spotify ...

Despite overall revenue growth and strong demand in the live music industry in 2025, benefits are not being felt across the board.The aftershock of the pandemic has continued to reverberate, […] ...

Anyone familiar with the U-shaped chart that plots recorded music income between 1999 and 2025 will be aware of the narrative ...

Streaming has led to a boom in local music consumption in Germany, where glocalisation rules.

Music Ally Mid-Year Wraps: This week is Music Ally’s annual Bulletin News summer break, when our writers recharge their batteries. We’re instead publishing a special series of recaps, offering our ...

Live Nation Urban has used influencers to promote its tours and festivals for a long time. Now it’s trying to build a business out of that network of creators. It […] ...

Virtual reality may not be as hyped as it was at Peak Metaverse Moment a couple of years ago, but Meta is pressing on with its headsets and content ecosystem. […] ...

The UK’s ‘Power Up’ initiative is into its fifth year now, and has just announced the latest musicians and industry professionals who’ll be taking part. The scheme was founded to […] ...

For some time now, the US music industry has been unhappy about the use of rap lyrics in criminal and civil court cases, after a spate of examples of rappers […] ...