Why Streaming Exclusives are Here to Stay; JioSaavn Has 100M+ Monthly Users; TuneCore Reaches Record of $1.5B in Artist Revenue

Frank Ocean, Beyoncé, and others helped push forward the highly-debated album release strategy that continues to evolve each year.

According to sources close to the company, JioSaavn currently has 104m MAUs globally

Independent digital distributor TuneCore announced today (April 29) that it has reached a record $1.5 billion in download and streaming revenue.

Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' re-enters the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart after its wide streaming debut, while her 'Homecoming: The Live Album' climbs into the top five.

Imogen Heap hums the opening bars to Breathe In before pinching her fingers, instructing a sequencer to begin playing it on a loop. She opens her palms wide and...

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released two reports on Thursday (April 25) regarding threats to American creators around the world.

For Glassnote Records, the power of Amazon's new free music-streaming service will kick in when one of the 100 million people who own the company's voice-activated device says, "Alexa, play Jade Bird."

A vibrant start-up scene, which has spawned stars such as Spotify, Skype and Rovio, is inspiring Nordic pension funds to invest more money with local private equity funds.

A new social media platform - Swoot - just launched to make it easier to discover great podcasts.

Steven Stone looks at how stereo imaging relates to headphones...

With the changing discourse of the music landscape, service-based add-ons could fare well for artists and platforms alike.

Sabbath, Metallica, Maiden, Kreator, Bathory... And all curated by a black metal legend

The data also show what kinds of vehicles Spotify users are most likely to buy.

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