A new report from music data company Chartmetric shows the long odds of going from undiscovered to mainstream in a single leap.
The iconic band is seeking a record $1.2 billion payday, according to sources.
Megan Thee Stallion's "Hiss" saw a burst of streams after Minaj went after her in "Big Foot."
The biggest company in the business launched a nuclear strike. Here’s what that means for other rights holders.
Music economist Will Page cites three case studies to examine the merits of SoundCloud’s approach to calculating royalties.
Next week’s earnings releases include Spotify (Feb. 6), Reservoir Media (Feb. 7) and Warner Music Group (Feb. 8).
Media business layoffs are hitting the music industry, with more to come from Universal Music and perhaps other labels.
Thanks to increased consumption of artists like Peso Pluma, Spanish-language music is slowly eating away at English's market share among the most popular songs.
Helped by a dominating year from Taylor Swift, U.S. album consumption grew 12.6% to 1.1 billion units.
Amid big gains for country and Latin, R&B/hip-hop's dominance appears to be waning, according to Billboard’s year-end music genre rankings.
