Music Ally Mid-Year Wraps: This week is Music Ally’s annual Bulletin News summer break, when our writers recharge their batteries. We’re instead publishing a special series of recaps, offering our ...

Spotify has been running the data on ‘super listeners’ – the superest of superfans on its platform. “On average, they make up just 2% of an artist’s monthly listeners but drive over 18% of monthly ...

Germany’s recorded music market grew by 1.4% in the first half of 2025, down from 7.6% growth in the same period last year. The figures reveal a 13.2% decline in physical sales, while audio-streaming ...

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For some time now, the US music industry has been unhappy about the use of rap lyrics in criminal and civil court cases, after a spate of examples of rappers having their work used against them. In ...

Tech giant Alphabet’s latest financial results have been published, including the last quarter’s figures for YouTube’s advertising business.

'America's AI Action Plan' doesn’t mention 'copyright' but there is quite a bit on the need to “dismantle unnecessary regulatory barriers".

The UK’s ‘Power Up’ initiative is into its fifth year now, and has just announced the latest musicians and industry professionals who’ll be taking part. The scheme was founded to elevate Black talent ...

Stability AI lost its VP of audio Ed Newton-Rex in November 2023 after he disagreed with the company’s views on ‘fair use’ and training materials. Since then there has been a change of CEO, and the ...

It’s not a great time to be a streaming-manipulation service in Brazil. Music bodies and the local authorities are gunning for companies.

Punjabi has been among the top languages on Spotify in India since the platform entered the country in February 2019. Part of this growth has been fuelled by the various initiatives Spotify has ...

A group of British and Irish artists including Massive Attack, Kneecap, Fontaines DC and Brian Eno have launched a campaign to protect the freedom of expression of musicians speaking out about what’s ...