Whether it be batman emo Where Machine Gun Kelly goes viral covering Paramore, pop punk is officially back for another revival and Avril Lavigne is in the game. The 37-year-old singer who first rose to popularity in 2002 as a teenager with ‘Complicated’ and ‘Sk8er Boi’ released a new recordRead More →
The Foals’ “Wake Me Up” won Best Music Video at the 2022 BandLab NME Awards tonight (March 2). “Wake Me Up” beat music videos for Billie Eilish (“Happier Than Ever”), Lil Nas X (“Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”), Taylor Swift (“All Too Well – The Short Film”) and WetRead More →
Name: Jack Corbett Age: 25 Hometown: Granville, Ohio Currently lives: A two-bedroom apartment in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles that he shares with a roommate. Fame claim: Mr. Corbett is an assistant producer on the NPR show “Planet Money,” which creates chaotic and carefully unpolished videos about theRead More →
Last summer, Sony Music Group shocked the global music industry by doing something historic: announcing that it was not accounting for uncollected balances for thousands of artists and songwriters around the world. heritage who had signed with the company in previous decades. Today (February 1), in another defining moment forRead More →
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A trader is reflected on a computer screen displaying the Spotify brand before the company begins selling as a direct listing on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., April 3, 2018. Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, Jan 31 (ReutersRead More →
Taylor Swift, a longtime supporter of independent music stores and vinyl culture, will be the Record Store Day ambassador for this year’s event, which takes place on April 23. The artist is the event’s first global ambassador. Over the years, the singer-songwriter has released special versions for RSD and RSD’sRead More →
Limp Bizkit’s “Boiler” was a hit for the band in 2001, but here’s why the music video for the song was censored by MTV at the time. Here’s Why MTV Censored Limp Bizkit’s Music VideoBoilerin 2001. In the 1990s and 2000s, musicians and bands sometimes liked to go for expensiveRead More →
Another year marks another high note hit by vinyl album sales. Vinyl sales in the United States increased from 21.5 million units in 2020 to 41.7 million units last year, according to a 2021 report by MRC Data-Billboard, a consumer media company formerly known as Nielsen-SoundScan. Last year, vinyl albumsRead More →
When KEXP DJ Gabriel Teodros started living on his own at the age of 18, he made a living selling CDs of his hip-hop music. He sold about 20 CDs for $ 10 each time he performed in a show (normally 40 to 80 times a year, which works outRead More →
Country singer Morgan Wallen had the best-selling album of 2021, despite being canceled after being caught using the N word and being banned from awards shows. Wallen’s album “Dangerous: The Double Album” has sold over three million copies in 2021 since its release in early January, according to music analysisRead More →
For many pop artists, the pandemic has been a downsizing exercise. Taylor Swift took advantage of the sudden lull to avoid big pop moments in favor of soothing and sedating folk and tactile electronics; Lorde and Billie Eilish returned with low-key, locked-out designed albums that consciously avoided the monstrous glowRead More →
Colbie Caillat Photo: Jensen Artist Management / Photo provided Do you remember when it started in your toes and made your nose crinkle? Colbie Caillat was an unsigned act when she uploaded “Bubbly” to Myspace. (Myspace!) The song helped her rack up millions of plays and she quickly became theRead More →
Clockwise from top left corner: Japanese Breakfast, Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo, Little Simz, Lucy Dacus Courtesy of the artists hide caption toggle legend Courtesy of the artists After nearly two years of a pandemic, with lives still disrupted, listeners in 2021 turned to music that was largely about perseveringRead More →
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Spotify has released its long-awaited stats showing the most listened to albums, songs and artists of the past year. Spotify Wrapped 2021, launched today (December 1), informs individual users about their listening habits as well as general trends that have dominated the streaming platform over the past 12 months. PuertoRead More →
Adele is an anomaly in the music industry. Returning after a hiatus of nearly six years, she released her long-awaited senior album “30” on Friday. An album that opens with the phrase “I will carry flowers to the graveyard of my heart”, it is meant to be listened to fromRead More →
A photo of Taylor Swift from the photoshoot for the Red album cover (Taylor’s Version). Photo credit: Beth Garrabrant Ever since she was 15, writing song lyrics on napkins in high school, Taylor Swift has shown the world her immense talent and business skills. Owning her music is important toRead More →
“Artists, labels, managers, agents and fans who are currently familiar with the plaintiff’s Republic label would be presented with two different companies offering identical services under identical names in the same industry,” the music giant’s lawyers wrote in the trial. “Confusion is inevitable.” Officially named OpenDeal Inc., Republic is aRead More →
THE ROCK and Roll Hall of Fame celebrates legends of the music industry. On October 30, the 2021 class was inducted into the Hall of Fame and featured its most diverse group of artists in history. 2 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its class of 2021Credit: AP:Read More →
By Mauro Orru Universal Music Group NV – the music major behind The Weeknd, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift – recorded higher revenue in the third quarter as it continued to benefit from the growing popularity of streaming services. The world’s largest music company, which began trading on the EuronextRead More →