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RSS Mar 27, 2026 1:30pm · Musically
Spain’s live-music industry grew 11.2% to €807.2m last year
Spain’s Association of Musical Promoters (APM) has published its annual report, revealing the latest year-on-year growth for the country’s live-music sector. Revenues grew by 11.2% to €807.2m ($929.9m at current exchange rates) in 2025, following a 25.3% spike the previous year in a sustained bounceback from the Covid-19 lockdowns. “Surpassing the €800 million mark is not just a […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 27, 2026 1:30pm · Musically
Spotify and labels seek $322m default judgement from Anna’s Archive
‘Shadow library’ website Anna’s Archive’s decision to scrape Spotify and announced that it would be making a huge stash of metadata and audio files available last year is increasingly looking like the mother of all own-goals. Spotify and the three major labels swiftly sued Anna’s Archive, winning a preliminary injunction in January to stop it from releasing the […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 27, 2026 1:00pm · Musically
China maxxing in 2026
China’s music market is a high-velocity landscape defined by a massive untapped rural reservoir, a thriving fan economy and a digital infrastructure that often outpaces the West. In our latest Country Profile, we dive into the key numbers and market insights.  Recorded music revenue grew by 9.6% in 2024 to $1.6bn, though experts believe this […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 27, 2026 1:00pm · Musically
New Reels data reveals what drives viewership
Emplifi released research last week on the specifics of what drives Reels viewership, using data from 10,110 Facebook Reels published by 704 brand pages.  Unsurprisingly, human speech is important for engagement, with videos including human speech in the first three seconds driving better response. Human speech even performs better than music, with 10-second retention increasing […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 27, 2026 1:00pm · Musically
Snapchat launches AI clips format in Lens Studio
Snapchat has announced its launch of AI Clips in Lens Studio, which creators can use to design and publish AR and AI effects on Snapchat.  AI Clips are a new AI-powered lens format – something that Snapchat says is like nothing else on the market right now. With Clips, Lens creators design a Lens, which […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 27, 2026 1:00pm · Musically
Grimes profile makes an appearance on LinkedIn
Last year, the electronic artist Grimes posted to X that she will only release her music on LinkedIn from now on – in what sounded like a joke. But this week, a profile with Grimes’ real name Claire Boucher appeared on LinkedIn, which was quickly picked up online. (Though it’s unclear whether it’s really her).  […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 27, 2026 12:30pm · Musically
Suno adds ‘Voices’ with label-enabled future models in mind
One of the best ways to follow Suno’s changing attitudes towards the music industry is through snapshots of its CEO Mikey Shulman’s rhetoric when talking about rightsholders. When the three major labels sued Suno in 2024, his response statement attacked “the corporate record labels that filed this lawsuit”, adding that “instead of entertaining a good faith […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 27, 2026 4:05am · Pitchfork News
Che Drops New EP
The five-track release marks his first new music since REST IN BASS: ENCORE
RSS Mar 26, 2026 4:23pm · Music Business WorldWide
Key Songs In The Life Of… Colleen Theis
Colleen Theis, President and COO of The Orchard, sits down with MBW to discuss the songs – but more importantly, the experiences – that have defined her life to date Source
RSS Mar 26, 2026 3:33pm · Musically
TuneCore report celebrates more Accelerator success metrics
TuneCore has published the fourth edition of its ‘TuneCore Accelerator Report’, trumpeting some of the stats from its in-house artist-development program. The company says that the Accelerator “contributed to over 2.8 billion artist discoveries and 6.8 billion track discoveries for artists in the program” over the last 12 months. Both figures are an increase year-on-year – from […] The post is from Music Ally.