Country Music's “Discoverability” Problem; Apple Files for the 'Apple Music UP NEXT' Trademark

The country music industry is either poised for massive growth on streaming services or failing to convert longtime fans to the delivery system that has become the lifeblood of other genres in the music economy.

Those are the dueling conclusions of Music Row executives after a presentation of cutting-edge research by the Country Music Association.

Matthew Trammell writes about how Post Malone’s ”Rockstar” used YouTube to reach No. 1 on the Top 100.

The 19th SF MusicTech Summit brought hundreds of musicians, entrepreneurs, publishers, developers, and attorneys together at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco this week to discuss and debate the ongoing challenges and trends of the industry.

The music industry's digital reboot has forced artists and songwriters to learn a lot of new tricks. And we've had to learn to protect our rights, to join together to fight for a fairer, better music industry, and to demand pro-music policies in Washington, D.C.

The iPod was supposed to kill the album, but did the end of the iPod do it instead?

Spotify's launched RISE and Apple Music's UP NEXT both promote emerging artists. As the race to predict streaming stardom accelerates, two trademarks filings offer hints of Apple's plans.

Spotify's growth will be driven by more paid subscribers, entrance into new markets and better deals with music labels, GP Bullhound said.

BandsInTown has launched "Big Break," a program designed to highlight merging artists on the popular concert discovery platform. Like Spotify's RISE and Apple Music's UP NEXT, Big Break aims to harness the site's community of millions of active music fans to help new artists develop a following.

Independent labels generated over $6 billion in sales in 2016, accounting for 38 percent of the global recorded music market, according to a new report from Worldwide Independent Network (WIN).

Show.co, the music marketing services platform that CD Baby acquired last year, announced today that it has enabled “pre-save” Spotify campaigns, allowing artists' fans to save upcoming releases to their Spotify library ahead of release day.

In our latest NEST HQ documentary, we explore the ever-growing world of blockchain, the underlying technology behind Bitcoin and Ethereum, and its potential uses in the arts and entertainment space.