Spotify is expanding Taste Profile to US Premium subscribers aged 18 and over. The feature shows how the platform interprets their tastes and lets them guide the Home feed, but remains limited to two markets.
Noah Kahan, Don Toliver, Lainey Wilson and Doja Cat headline Amazon Music Live's fifth season, turning tour stops into post-football viewing appointments.
With Day and Night, Carly Rae Jepsen releases 24 songs designed as two complementary spaces. The ambitious format puts the staging of listening back at the center of streaming.
In Los Angeles, the Trapital Summit 2026 gathers decision-makers from Ticketmaster, Amazon, NVIDIA, Primary Wave, and Chartmetric. Behind the speeches lies an explosive question: who will capture the next wave of value in the global music industry?
CD revenue jumped in the United States in the first half of 2026, according to the RIAA. Behind the compact disc's return, the music industry is discovering profitable nostalgia.
SoundCloud allows a select group of artists to sell their tracks directly from their profile, without taking a commission. A limited but strategic experiment that brings discovery, community, and music purchase closer together.
With â¬444 million in revenue in the first half of 2026, a margin close to 29%, and record investments in catalogs, BMG demonstrates that the next global battle in music is as much about ownership of rights as it is about rankings.
More than a month after the final of the 2026 World Cup, 'Dai Dai' by Shakira and Burna Boy still dominates global charts. A success that transforms a sports anthem into a lasting cultural phenomenon.
For EQUAL's fifth anniversary, Spotify is launching a Singles series in which Namasenda, badmomzjay, MARO, Willow Avalon and Shekhinah reinterpret songs by Britney Spears, Rihanna, ROSALIA, Carly Simon and Lebo Mathosa. Behind the music lies a visibility battle.
Australia will remove fully AI-generated tracks from the ARIA charts. Assisted creations remain eligible, but the industry now sets a decisive boundary between technological tool and synthetic artist.
Once deemed obsolete by streaming, the CD is experiencing a measurable resurgence in 2026. Generation Z, K-pop, and collector editions are transforming an old format into a new cultural object.
Warner Music Group posted a strong fiscal third quarter while Spotify structured AI remixes and fan-made covers with Merlin. The music business is entering a phase where growth depends as much on licensing as on artists.
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