Taylor Swift Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot 100 Songwriters Chart
The superstar leads for a 27th week, passing a holiday songwriting legend.
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Brazilian Superstar Ludmilla Dishes on New R&B ‘Fragmentos’ Album & Getting Muni Long to Sing in Portuguese: ‘Nothing Is Impossible’
The Latin Grammy winner also teases a potential Beyoncé collaboration.
Music Ally’s guide to micro-dramas – and what they mean for music
Very few things wouldn’t be improved by the addition of a nine-tailed fox demon, don’t you think? It’s certainly the case for TV romance. The post is from Music Ally.
SM Entertainment Revenue Surges 33%, Fueled by aespa and NCT WISH
Net profit soars 1,100% amid "solid" music and concert gains.
Friday Music Guide: New Music From Rosalía, Kehlani, Katy Perry & More
Check out the must-hear releases of the week.
From Suno getting sued by Koda to Live Nation’s $8.5bn in Q3… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up
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10 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Rosalía, Danny Brown, and More
Stream new releases from Rosalía; Danny Brown; Armand Hammer & The Alchemist; Juana Molina; Dexter in the Newsagent; the Mountain Goats; Olan Monk; Wata Igarashi; G Herbo; and Sorry
FINNEAS Created Apple TV’s New Mnemonic — Artists Take Note…
Tapped by Apple, Grammy-winning producer and songwriter Finneas has created Apple TV's new sonic logo, or mnemonic. Artists, there could be opportunity here...…
No Doubt Add Six More Dates to 2026 Live at Sphere Residency
The final six shows of next year's run will bring the total number of gigs at the Las Vegas venue to 18.
Justine Skye Is Feeling Chatty and Confident in ‘Yap’ Live Performance for MTV Push
“I am inspired and motivated and liberated and ready to take on this new girl, this new woman,” Skye shared
Avicii’s ‘Stories’ album gets a 10th-anniversary mini-series
It’s 10 years since the release of ‘Stories’ the second album by late electronic-music star Avicii. Now his estate has worked with Pophouse Entertainment on a three-part documentary promising fans a behind-the-scenes look at the album.…
Candy Crush Saga enlists Thundercat for latest music campaign
We don’t get to write about bone-conduction lollipops enough at Music Ally. So share our joy today at said items being a key part of mobile game Candy Crush Saga’s latest music activation.…
Raynmaker is a ‘K-Pop crime thriller’ micro-drama made with AI
We recently wrote about how ‘micro-dramas’ have become big business in China: $7bn a year being spent watching vertically-shot films split into sub-one-minute clips. Micro-dramas are catching on in the west too thanks to apps like ReelShort and DramaBox.…
Spotify launches weekly listening stats and LatAm Spotify Sessions
Just the two announcements from Spotify yesterday: a slow day by recent standards. The first is a new feature for free and premium users worldwide giving them weekly “listening stats”.…
Choosing a Digital Platform for Music Promotion Based on Genre
This post, courtesy of notefornote, talks about the differences between DSPs and why those differences matter for promotion depending on the genre of music you make as an artist.…
How Sleep Token locked in over 300k US fans
Partnered with Sony RCA and Certifi, English rock band Sleep Token has taken the US by storm over the past two months, playing to over 320,000 fans in over 17 cities — alongside the launch of a tour-wide geo-location treasure hunt.…
Artist Makaya McCraven releases four EPs at once
Big artists like Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Mac DeMarco and Future have all been known for releasing multiple albums back to back in the same year. But few are crazy enough to roll out multiple releases in one day.…
Aussie artists want fans to listen local
Less than 10% of songs streamed in Australia are created by Australians, which is what led Aussie artists Keli Holiday (Adam Hyde) and Thelma Plum to champion an effort to get more local fans streaming local artists.…
PinkPantheress accepts on-stage gift of rotisserie chicken
At her show at Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago performing her hit mixtape Fancy That, PinkPantheress spotted a fan offering her something in a plastic bag.…
Music-makers want ‘consent, control and compensation’ from AI deals
As part of our coverage of developments with AI and music, we’ve been writing about some of the tensions within the music industry around deals with GenAI companies.…