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A new song comes on and, within seconds, something feels familiar. Not the melody. Not the lyrics. Maybe not even the style. Underneath all of that, the chords move in a way the ear seems to recognize. One creates motion, another keeps things suspended, and another makes everything feel as…
July 29, 2026 · Music Industry
Influence Media Partners has agreed to acquire substantially all of Anthem Entertainment’s assets for more than $600 million, adding a sprawling collection of publishing rights, master recordings and…
September 21, 2026 · Music News
South Arcade have released “F.A.M.O.U.S.,” a defiant new single arriving in the middle of a particularly crowded weekend for alternative music, with fresh material from Yellowcard, Manchester Orchestra,…
September 25, 2026 · Music Industry
DistroKid delivered nearly 12 million tracks to a single major streaming service in six months, accounting for more than half of everything delivered to that platform during the…
September 18, 2026 · Music Industry
The T.J. Martell Foundation raised more than $3.2 million for cancer research at its 51st annual New York Honors Gala, turning an industry tribute to Red Light Management…
September 19, 2026 · Music Industry
Suno is facing another proposed class action over its 2025 data breach, adding a consumer-privacy fight to the legal pressure surrounding one of generative music’s largest platforms. Michael…
Performance
A song can feel completely secure in the practice room and surprisingly unfamiliar the moment another person sits down to listen. Hands tighten. A lyric that has survived…
September 19, 2026 · Music News
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has reached 22 total weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, tying Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” for…
September 18, 2026 · Music News
Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter behind the 1996 hit “Barely Breathing” who later became the Tony-winning composer of Spring Awakening, died Thursday in Manhattan. He was 56. His mother,…
September 18, 2026 · Music News
Soccer Mommy has returned with “Rings of Saturn,” Sophie Allison’s first original song since 2024’s Evergreen, pairing fuzzy guitars and a searching vocal with an idea that began…
September 23, 2026 · Music Industry
Coachella will remain exclusively on YouTube through 2030, keeping the festival’s global livestream on the platform through the end of the decade. YouTube and Goldenvoice announced the renewal…
