Spotify Debuts Music Videos; Revenue Diversification in 2026 for the Music Industry
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Spotify Launches Music Videos For Subscribers In U.S. And Canada
Premium subscribers can open Spotify on TV, desktop, iOS, and Android devices, select a supported track, and tap “Switch to video.” The music video will start playing right where the song left off. To return to background listening, users press “Switch to audio.”
Revenue Diversification in 2026 for the Music Industry
The global music industry is entering a new phase. Streaming growth in mature markets has started to plateau, and catalog income, while still valuable, cannot sustain the rapid expansion seen in the past decade.
African Artists Are Reaching More Global Listeners With Help From Audiomack
Music industry data analytics collector, Soundcharts, is teaming up with streaming and discovery platform, Audiomack, to help continue African music’s global expansion trajectory.
Peter Doig’s ‘House of Music’ and the importance of audio as a shared experience
The Sound Service at Peter Doig’s House of Music exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery has been open since early October. While the exhibition itself explores themes of music and collective gathering, it is this live element that fully activates its central premise. Doig’s invited guests become curators of mood, sharing the records that matter to them and transforming the gallery into a shared listening environment.
The future of country music is here, and it’s AI
Suno is taking over Nashville’s writing rooms.
Inside the Rise of AI Music: How Imogen Heap Is Shaping the Future
AI is reshaping the music industry, and Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer Imogen Heap breaks down what this moment really means for creators.
New PlaylistSupply Tool Connects Indie Artists to Real-Time YouTube Playlists
The new feature allows users to conduct real-time searches for YouTube playlists, complete with full playlist data, views from playlist, and contact information for YouTube playlist curators to efficiently submit their music to YouTube playlists.
The future of record labels: Shifting sands
The question of whether artists still need record labels never seems to fade from industry discussion.
Creation beyond boundaries: Aiode’s Virtualised AI Musician
The future of music production may not lie in automation, but in augmentation. That’s the philosophy driving Aiode, where cousins Blue and Idan are developing AI musicians that work alongside human creators rather than replace them.
Qobuz Music Streaming Lands On Your TV
Qobuz has officially launched its Android TV app, bringing its full hi-res and lossless music catalogue direct to the biggest screen in your home.
Boring Tech: Why the Future of MusicTech Is Excitingly Unsexy
When people talk about the future of MusicTech, the conversation often turns toward spectacle: AI artists, virtual concerts, holograms, or NFT experiments that promise to “redefine” the industry.
OpenWav: Revolutionizing Artist-Fan Connection with AI
As AI reshapes creativity, OpenWav’s Jaeson Ma envisions a new model for music where artists and fans connect directly, and technology amplifies human expression instead of replacing it.
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