Christmas Music is Booming in the Streaming Era; Fake Spotify Plays; Clio Music Announces Call for Entries

The Official Charts Company numbers on Christmas music streams show that if you were lucky enough to write, record or release a classic festive song, there will be a nice present when your next royalty cheque arrives.

Spotify’s ‘2018 Wrapped’ promotion had plenty of people boasting about how much time they’d spent listening to their favourite artists last year.

The Clio Awards today announced a call for entries for the 2019 Clio Music Awards, a program dedicated to work spanning artist promotion, music marketing, brand collaborations, and the use of music in advertising.

Spotify and other music-streaming services, which have struggled with how to cope with allegations of misconduct by artists, are facing a new test.

Kieron Donoghue, founder of Playlists.net, Humble Angel Records and previously VP of Global Playlist Strategy and Curation at Warner Music has launched an independent dance record label, called Humble Angel Dance.

Frank Ocean's final Def Jam release, which has thus far existed digitally only as a longform music video on Apple Music, is expected to arrive soon.

The average length of a song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart these days is 20 seconds shorter than it was five years ago

After decades in the radio business former Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey is turning to digital. 

Spotify is close to launching an in-car music streamer.

Amid outcry from her fans, Lady Gaga was caught between her ethics and her art.Earlier this month, her 2013 single “Do What U Want (With My Body)” was back under scrutiny as viewers considered a new documentary series outlining sexual misconduct allegations against R.

“People really should pay attention to the weakest link."