The music industry is on the upswing, and the RIAA has services like Spotify and Apple Music to thank.
Amazon Music launches R&B Rotation, a brand-new global playlist designed to highlight the best new R&B tracks each week.
Music streaming services are looking to older music to draw in new subscribers, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal.
The U.S. recorded music industry is still seeing strong double-digit growth, up 18% over the first six months of 2019, according to the RIAA's mid-year report published Thursday. Here are four big takeaways.
Apple Music is getting a big expansion with a new web interface that will let subscribers stream music directly from a browser without having to install iTunes or a separate Apple Music app.
Artists like Bad Bunny, Camila Cabello, Daddy Yankee, Tainy, Sech and more took over Spotify's most-streamed global songs of the summer playlist.
In a separate deal, Alibaba has also acquired NetEase's import e-commerce platform Kaola for approximately $2 billion.
Over the summer, Apple held a series of Up Next Live concerts at Apple Stores around the world.
Sony has unveiled a new version of its iconic Walkman -- but don't dust off the old CDs just yet.
Chance has often delivered my greatest pleasures.
Music virtual-reality startup MelodyVR recently broadcast one of US TV show Good Morning America’s ‘Summer Concert Series’ gigs.
Spotify has tapped former CBS News president David Rhodes as a consultant to assist its broader push into news programming, sources have confirmed to Billboard.
We all thought the JBL Link Bar was a clever product when it was announced, but it took more than a year for the Android TV-equipped soundbar to come out.
Spotify says it’s bringing back a popular Android home screen widget it had previously phased out.
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