Music Streams Hit 5T in 2025; BubbleUp Connects Artist, Audience; Sync’s New Gatekeepers
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Music streams hit 5 trillion in 2025. Christian, rock and Latin lead growth in the US
The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It’s a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024, which held the previous record. That’s according to a 2025 Year-End Report from Luminate, an industry data and analytics company that provides insight into changing behaviors across music listenership.
Who Is BubbleUp? Meet the Company Powering Digital Ecosystems for Jimmy Buffett, Toby Keith, Luke Bryan, and More
If artists could find a way to connect directly with fans using digital means, more money would “bubble up” to the artist. With this simple idea, BubbleUp was born.
BlueJazzClub charges $1.99 a month for Suno-made jazz music
It’s described as “an AI-powered vinyl jazz app” that will be adding more than 500 new tracks a month.
Sync’s New Gatekeepers: How Catalogue, Algorithms, and Consumption Habits Are Challenging the Next Generation of Music Talent
Over the last few decades, the playground for new music has been fundamentally reshaped by consumption platforms. Today, sync faces a dual challenge: a flood of “functional” music and the automated mechanisms that prioritise volume and speed over cultural depth.
Apple expands Logic Pro’s AI features with a Synth Player and a “personal music theory expert”
Both the Mac and iPad versions will also be available on subscription as part of the new Creator Studio bundle.
Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Landslide’ Debuts on Hot 100 More Than 50 Years After Its Release
The 1975 recording debuts following its synch in the Stranger Things series finale.
TuneCore CEO Andreea Gleeson to transition to strategic advisor role at parent company Believe
After a decade at TuneCore, CEO Andreea Gleeson is to move on from her role at the digital music distributor, publisher and licensing service.
Spotify raises Premium subscription price in U.S.
The last U.S. price hike was in July 2024.
Australian Commercial Broadcast License Rate Increases by 38%
The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) has acknowledged the Copyright Tribunal of Australia’s determination setting a new commercial radio sound recording broadcast licence rate of 0.55 per cent of gross industry revenue — lifting the rate from a previous 0.4 per cent.
MIPPIA Is Using AI to Protect Music From Plagiarism
The fast-growing startup led by CTO Seonghyeon Go has a mission that is both ambitious and timely: protecting musicians, composers, and rights holders as AI-generated music blurs the line between inspiration, imitation, and outright copying.
The Current State of Terrestrial Radio Streaming
Your new audience is now listening on high-tech mobile devices, web browsers and even dedicated hardware players, not the radio.
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