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Spain’s Pandemic Year: Modest Growth, Lost Revenue and the Rise of Latin Acts
Fueled by streaming, Spain saw revenues of recorded music grow by a modest 4.4% in 2020, far less than the growth spurt of recent years would have suggested. But fallout from the pandemic — along with the stringent lockdown that Spain had in place for months — resulted in lost revenue from physical sales, from...
Ian Charms: How a Birthday Gift Turned Into Music’s Hottest Jewelry Brand
Lisa Sahakian chose the Justin Bieber-inspired “never say never” as her senior quote for her high school yearbook. Still, she couldn’t have imagined at the time that Bieber and his wife, Hailey, would one day regularly call on her to make them custom necklaces. When Bieber followed Ian Charms on Instagram a couple months ago,...
Academy of Country Music Leases Nashville Office Space
The Academy of Country Music, which launched in Los Angeles in 1964, has long been a West Coast-based music trade organization, originally founded as a way of promoting country music in the western United States. Now, the Encino, Calif.-based organization is taking another step in strengthening its ties to Music City. The organization has signed a...
R&B/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks of the Week: Baby Tate, Femdot., Amaal & More
Happy Monday! It’s a new month which means we’ve got you covered on all the new vibes that are bound to drop this November. This week, indulge in a variety of sounds by artists like Baby Tate, Amaal, Femdot., Lil Zay Osama and more. And of course, don’t forget to share the wealth with our...
Outside Lands 2021: Our 6 Favorite Sets
San Francisco’s beloved hometown festival Outside Lands made its comeback to Golden Gate Park this weekend (Oct. 29-31) after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 concerns. Although OSL finally came back, it looked a little bit different this time. The festival was moved from its longtime slot – the second weekend of August – to...
Troye Sivan Dishes on Creating ‘Angel Baby,’ Attending the Met Gala & His New ‘For All Creators’ Project
Troye Sivan has never been one to rest on his laurels. For the last month, the Australian star has been hard at work, either releasing new music, modeling underwear in Rihanna’s annual fashion show, or turning heads at the Met Gala. Now, the star is teaming up with Lenovo and Intel Evo to help bring his...
Adele’s ‘Easy on Me’ Rules Hot 100 for Second Week, Doja Cat’s ‘Need to Know’ Hits Top 10
Adele‘s “Easy on Me” rules the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a second week. Plus, Doja Cat‘s “Need to Know” rises from No. 11 to No. 9 on the Hot 100, becoming her third top 10 entry. The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data....
20 Questions With Disco Legend Cerrone: ‘Electronic Music Is Hard to Fully Appreciate in 20 Seconds, It’s Like Sex’
Disco as we know it may not exist without Marc Cerrone. The evidence is all over Best Of Cerrone, the recently released double vinyl collection that spans 45 years of the French producer’s work, including genre classics like “Love In C Minor” and “Supernature.” Both songs crossed over to the Hot 100 upon their release in...
Tim Sweeney Brings Beats in Space Radio Show to Apple Music 1
The show will feature exclusive DJ mixes every week Tim Sweeney, July 2017 (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Panorama) Tim Sweeney is bringing his long-running electronic music radio show Beats in Space to Apple Music 1. Having previously aired on WNYU, the two-hour weekly show comes to Apple Music starting tonight (November 1) at 10...
Jay-Z Cologne Trial Heats Up as Rapper Rips ‘Lawyer Tricks’ in Day 2 of Testimony
Jay-Z was back in a Manhattan courthouse Monday (Nov. 1) for a second and final day of heated testimony over accusations that he violated an endorsement deal for a “Gold Jay-Z” cologne brand, calling out an attorney for using “lawyer tricks” and even threatening to file a new lawsuit. Three days after the hip-hop superstar...
Adele Reveals ’30’ Track List, Plus Chris Stapleton Bonus Track
It’s officially Adele Month, and now fans have song titles to tide them over until the release of the pop star’s 30 album on Nov. 19. On Monday (Nov. 1), Adele released the track list for her album, as well as the bonus tracks included on a Target deluxe edition. There are two collaborators listed on the...
Call Of Duty: Vanguard PC Trailer And Specs Revealed
Activision released a Call of Duty: Vanguard PC trailer before launch, highlighting 4K resolution, ultrawide support and performance options.
The 6 Best DJ Mixes of October 2021
L’Rain crafts a healing sound bath, Tristan Arp embraces overgrowth, and Dopplereffekt get melancholy Graphic by Maddy Price Every month, Philip Sherburne listens to a whole lot of mixes so you only have to listen to the best ones. L’Rain – Sunday Mix L’Rain’s latest album, Fatigue, swirls with healing energy: a tender tumult of...
Kraftwerk Announce North American 3-D Tour in 2022
After being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday (Oct. 30), electronic-music pioneers Kraftwerk are announcing plans for a 2022 North American tour that will kick off on May 27 in St. Louis, Missouri. The run of shows will make up some of the dates from the band’s 2020 tour, which...
Adele Holds Atop Global Charts, Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd Debut in Top 10
Adele‘s “Easy on Me” remains the biggest song in the world, as it spends a second week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Nov. 6). Plus, Elton John and Dua Lipa‘s “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)” reaches the Global 200’s top five, jumping from No. 8...
Korn Sells Majority Stake in ‘See You On The Other Side’ and ‘Untitled’ Albums to Tempo Music
Today (Nov. 1), the investment platform Tempo Music announced it has acquired majority stakes in the master and publishing rights for Korn‘s albums See You On The Other Side and Untitled. Along with the two-album deal, Tempo Music has also purchased the right to license the master recordings for the nu-metal group’s MTV Unplugged record...
Spain’s Pandemic Year: Modest Growth, Lost Revenue and the Rise of Latin Acts
Fueled by streaming, Spain saw revenues of recorded music grow by a modest 4.4% in 2020, far less than the growth spurt of recent years would have suggested. But fallout from the pandemic — along with the stringent lockdown that Spain had in place for months — resulted in lost revenue from physical sales, from...
Ian Charms: How a Birthday Gift Turned Into Music’s Hottest Jewelry Brand
Lisa Sahakian chose the Justin Bieber-inspired “never say never” as her senior quote for her high school yearbook. Still, she couldn’t have imagined at the time that Bieber and his wife, Hailey, would one day regularly call on her to make them custom necklaces. When Bieber followed Ian Charms on Instagram a couple months ago,...
Academy of Country Music Leases Nashville Office Space
The Academy of Country Music, which launched in Los Angeles in 1964, has long been a West Coast-based music trade organization, originally founded as a way of promoting country music in the western United States. Now, the Encino, Calif.-based organization is taking another step in strengthening its ties to Music City. The organization has signed a...
R&B/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks of the Week: Baby Tate, Femdot., Amaal & More
Happy Monday! It’s a new month which means we’ve got you covered on all the new vibes that are bound to drop this November. This week, indulge in a variety of sounds by artists like Baby Tate, Amaal, Femdot., Lil Zay Osama and more. And of course, don’t forget to share the wealth with our...
Outside Lands 2021: Our 6 Favorite Sets
San Francisco’s beloved hometown festival Outside Lands made its comeback to Golden Gate Park this weekend (Oct. 29-31) after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 concerns. Although OSL finally came back, it looked a little bit different this time. The festival was moved from its longtime slot – the second weekend of August – to...
Troye Sivan Dishes on Creating ‘Angel Baby,’ Attending the Met Gala & His New ‘For All Creators’ Project
Troye Sivan has never been one to rest on his laurels. For the last month, the Australian star has been hard at work, either releasing new music, modeling underwear in Rihanna’s annual fashion show, or turning heads at the Met Gala. Now, the star is teaming up with Lenovo and Intel Evo to help bring his...
Adele’s ‘Easy on Me’ Rules Hot 100 for Second Week, Doja Cat’s ‘Need to Know’ Hits Top 10
Adele‘s “Easy on Me” rules the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a second week. Plus, Doja Cat‘s “Need to Know” rises from No. 11 to No. 9 on the Hot 100, becoming her third top 10 entry. The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data....
20 Questions With Disco Legend Cerrone: ‘Electronic Music Is Hard to Fully Appreciate in 20 Seconds, It’s Like Sex’
Disco as we know it may not exist without Marc Cerrone. The evidence is all over Best Of Cerrone, the recently released double vinyl collection that spans 45 years of the French producer’s work, including genre classics like “Love In C Minor” and “Supernature.” Both songs crossed over to the Hot 100 upon their release in...
Tim Sweeney Brings Beats in Space Radio Show to Apple Music 1
The show will feature exclusive DJ mixes every week Tim Sweeney, July 2017 (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Panorama) Tim Sweeney is bringing his long-running electronic music radio show Beats in Space to Apple Music 1. Having previously aired on WNYU, the two-hour weekly show comes to Apple Music starting tonight (November 1) at 10...








