AI, Influence & the Future of the Hit Song; Spotify Starts Direct Full-Length Music Video Uploads
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AI, Influence, and the Future of the Hit Song: Inside Influur’s Playbook
As the music industry becomes increasingly data-driven, the mechanics of promotion are evolving as rapidly as the tools that power them. Miami-based influencer platform Influur is part of a new wave of companies building AI-native infrastructure for music marketing, aimed at helping labels, artists, and managers operate with greater precision and scale.
Spotify Enables Direct Full-Length Music Video Uploads
Spotify is now enabling artists to upload full-length music videos and more directly to the platform, without going through a distributor.
BandLab for Education 2.0 brings new learning tools, streamlined project management and more
Built around BandLab Studio – the highly popular DAW used by over 100 million creators worldwide – BandLab for Education 2.0 is the result of “more than eight years of work with educators worldwide” and sees a number of technical optimisations in order to run lighter and faster across the technology already used by schools.
Spotify’s reserved ticket sales to music superfans are now going live
Spotify’s move to cater to music’s superfans is now going live. On Thursday, the streaming giant announced the launch of “Reserved by Spotify,” a new system that will identify eligible top fans of an artist, then hold two tour tickets for them before the general ticket sale opens.
Genius is expanding into data licensing and consumer products
The company once known as Rap Genius (a very long time ago) continues its evolution since being acquired in 2021 for $80m by a company called MediaLab.
Apple Music continues its dance expansion with two mix series
Like an in-the-zone best-friend at the tail-end of a wedding reception, Apple Music simply can’t be dragged off the dancefloor in 2026.
Record Store UK launches campaign to create a vinyl emoji
There isn’t an official emoji for vinyl, despite the format being nearly two decades into its sales revival.
CISAC LAUNCHES AVR+ TO MODERNIZE HOW MUSIC IN FILM AND TV IS TRACKED – AND PAID FOR
The format is built on the Global Cue Sheet Standard 2.0 and turns that standard into a practical, implementation-ready tool for the first time.
Spotify Turns Cannes Lions Into a Live Lab for Fandom
At the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, where brands, creators, and cultural power players converge, Spotify is once again staking out prime territory—this time with a full-scale, immersive take on what fandom looks like in 2026.
Sua Música hails 5m first-week streams for Ronaldinho’s Tu Música label
Here’s a pop-quiz question to store in your memory banks: how many listeners does retired Brazilian football star Ronaldinho have on Spotify? The answer, right now, is 2.4 million.
The music industry doesn’t have a streaming problem. It has a customer ownership problem.
The recorded music industry has spent a decade optimizing for access over ownership.
Before Music Publishers Invest in AI, They Need to Know What They’re Fixing
The publishers that benefit most from AI will not necessarily be the ones that moved first, but those that took time to understand what they needed from it.
‘Supergirl’ Exclusive Clips Land on Spotify for Fans Who Can Solve In-App Scavenger Hunt
Spotify and DC Studios are teaming up to serve up exclusive first look clips for “Supergirl” to fans that can solve their scavenger hunt.
Competition to ChatGPT in AI-assistants market is heating up
OpenAI’s ChatGPT became the fastest mobile app ever to reach one billion monthly active users in May this year.
WARNER MUSIC LAUNCHES ‘LISTEN UP’ ARTIST ACCELERATOR TO SCALE TALENT FROM APAC
Warner is positioning Hong Kong artist Gareth.T as a proof point, with his single ‘Glass’ generating more than 250 million streams in its first month.
“The most powerful standalone MPC we have ever built at these prices”: Akai launches “generation 2” MPCs with four times the processing power
The new MPC One G2 and MPC Key 37 G2 both feature an upgraded 8-core processor, 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage for faster loading speeds and enhanced session capacity.
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