‘Tis The Season Of Christmas Music

Christmas music is seeing a significant and early spike in streaming this season, far ahead of the typical listening period. This trend suggests a widespread craving for the nostalgia and communal comfort offered by holiday tunes, mirroring a similar surge observed during the chaotic year of 2020.

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The Weeknd Strikes $1 Billion Catalog Sale With Lyric

The Weeknd has secured a massive venture with Lyric Capital Group based on his music catalog. Unlike typical cash-out sales, this billion-dollar deal redefines what an artist's body of work can achieve as an active business resource in the modern music industry.

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Fame Reduces A Musician’s Life Expectancy

New research suggests that fame carries the same risk factor for early death as occasional smoking, reducing musicians' lives by several years. The severe, underappreciated psychological pressure that comes with celebrity often proves too much for young stars to handle.

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Ticket Reselling For Profit Is Now Illegal In The UK

Following lobbying by top artists, the UK is poised to outlaw the resale of tickets for profit. This aims to combat scalping, which has driven prices past affordability due to bot-powered bulk buying and soaring demand for live music, solving a problem that has angered fans globally.

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Spotify Debuts Music Videos In The US

Spotify is adding music videos to its US platform after overseas tests. Once-dominant music videos lost cultural importance due to the decline of MTV and Vevo. Now, as the most popular global music service backs them, these visuals are poised for a significant cultural resurgence.

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K-Pop Has A Lot Of Room For Global Growth

For a decade, K-pop has exploded in popularity, and its market share is poised to multiply. With K-pop-driven movies crushing records and major tours set to launch, the music is expanding its reach and becoming a key piece of global soft power.

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Spotify Inks Deal With The Three Major Record Companies For AI Products

Spotify and the music industry are rushing to control the narrative around AI-generated music before unrestricted song generation becomes commonplace. Their goal: prevent a repeat of the piracy boom that almost sank the market in the 2000s.

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Hallwood Media Signs An AI Artist

The era of AI-generated artists is here. Hallwood Media is betting big on Xania, a virtual artist whose real identity is a human songwriter. If she becomes a streaming sensation, other labels could follow, forever changing how the music industry operates.

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Special Guests Become A Concert Expectation

Record-high ticket prices mean artists are under pressure to deliver. The solution? Bringing out surprise celebrity guests at every tour stop. But as fans begin to expect these cameos, the question remains: Can artists meet these demands and still deliver a unique experience?

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Taylor Swift Is Bringing Her Album Release Party To Theaters

Taylor Swift is returning to theaters, and the exhibition industry is ready. After her Eras Tour movie became the highest-grossing concert film ever, "The Official Release Party of a Showgirl" is set to fill cinemas with excited Swifties.

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LimeWire Acquires Fyre Festival

Remember Fyre Fest and LimeWire? The two most controversial brands in music history are teaming up. In a bold move, LimeWire just acquired the Fyre Fest brand, a partnership so absurd it just might work.

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Taylor Swift To Put New Album On Cassette

The audio cassette, a relic of the 80s, is making a comeback. As music fans seek a more tactile, analog experience, this once-obsolete format is enjoying a small but noticeable resurgence alongside its vinyl counterpart.

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Labels Make Music Videos Of Hits Years Later

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Rock Music Gets A Streaming Lift

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SoundCloud Partners With elasticStage on Vinyls for Artists

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An AI-Generated Band Is Popular On Spotify

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Taylor Swift Buys Back Her Albums

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Imogen Heap Releases AI Music Platform With Jen

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Napster Is Acquired By Infinite Reality

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Snoop Dogg Ditches Spotify for Tune.FM

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Spotify Streams Its First Concert Film with The Weeknd

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Drake Gets Litigious Over The Success of “Not Like Us”

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The Music Industry Rallies for Hangout

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The Music Industry Wants to Make Halloween the New Christmas

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Musicians Tune Up Their Own Music Festivals

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