New Apple Music Studio in Paris; Bob Marley Immersive Exhibit in London; Universal Music Group Forms 'NFT Supergroup'

The Bob Marley One Love Experience makes its debut in February at London’s Saatchi Gallery.

Apple will be building a new Apple Music studio in Champs-Elysees as part of the four-decade celebration of operations in France.

The band, made entirely out of digital apes, will perform across and participate in video games, virtual-reality apps and the metaverse

The music industry has been notoriously slow in its uptake of technology over the years, and since entering this business (with a penchant for digital) around a decade ago, certain bugbears and inefficiencies continue to frustrate me.

In the rush to build frictionless payment features, the actual sales pitch—the "here's why you should pay"—is too often an afterthought.

Although music venues are scheduling shows again, the music community across the U.S. is still feeling the residual effects of the pandemic. To further help the music community this holiday season, MusiCares® is bringing back its Help for the Holidays program.

Yoko Kanno’s soundtrack for the Netflix adaptation of Cowboy Bebop will be available on streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify starting on November 19th.

NetEase Inc has re-started the Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) of its music streaming business Cloud Village, company filings showed on Tuesday, a deal two sources said is aimed at raising about $500 million by year-end.

Spotify says that Findaway’s technology infrastructure will allow it to “quickly scale its audiobook catalog”.

Lil Wayne fans, rejoice: It seems another one of Mr. Carter's projects will be making its way to streaming platforms in the coming months.

Ever wondered how many streams it takes for an artist to make money? Read on to find out this year’s pay rates for artists on popular streaming plattforms.

Taylor Swift set two new Spotify records Friday: for most-streamed album in a day by a female, and most-streamed female in a single day.

In the Pacific Northwest 70-plus years ago, a telephone-based jukebox connected callers to their favorite tunes.

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