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Barack Obama Pays Tribute to Glen Hansard with 2026 Summer Playlist

"A great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family." Barack Obama Pays Tribute to Glen Hansard with 2026 Summer Playlist Alex Krinsky

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Congress Investigates StubHub CEO's Ticket Touting Business

The revelation that StubHub boss Eric Baker is also MD of a company involved in industrial-level ticket touting on the StubHub platform has already resulted in a lawsuit in the US courts and is now th

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UMG’s new releases in India will go exclusively to paid streaming subscribers for first 72 hours

Sir Lucian Grainge, Chairman and CEO of UMG, announced the move on the company's earnings call on Thursday (July 30). Source

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Lollapalooza 2026: Hulu Livestream Schedule & Details

Here’s when to catch Charli XCX, Lorde, Turnstile, Zara Larsson, the xx, Olivia Dean, and more

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Lollapalooza 2026: Hulu Livestream Schedule & Details

Here’s when to catch Charli XCX, Lorde, Turnstile, Zara Larsson, the xx, Olivia Dean, and more

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AFEM Industry Insider Call to Focus on Post-Algorithm Strategies

This session is designed to give AFEM members practical ideas they can apply immediately, whether they are shaping artist strategy, developing content plans, or thinking about more durable ways to rea

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Spotify adds a ‘Campaign Lift’ metric for its Discovery Mode

Spotify’s ‘Discovery Mode’ promotional tool has been quite the talking point since launch due to its model of exchange promotional placement for tracks in certain parts of the streaming service in exchange for lower royalty payouts.

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Impel and IMPF are exploring attribution with WMG’s Sureel AI

There’s a lot of chatter about ‘attribution’ in the current AI-music debates. Rightsholders are keen to find out if GenAI tracks can be traced back to the ‘inputs’ – the specific songs used to train the models that made them – in order to calculate royalties.

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Spotify’s new take on a ‘Running Mode’ is now live in its app

Search for ‘Fitness’ in Spotify’s mobile app and – if you’re a premium subscriber – you may now find its new ‘Running Mode’.

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Watch out, Suno: Google has upgraded its Lyria AI music model with ‘more realistic and emotionally nuanced vocals’

The model rolled out inside Google Flow Music, the company's AI song-creation platform. Source

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Watch out, Suno: Google upgrades Lyria AI music model with ‘more realistic and emotionally nuanced vocals’

The model rolled out inside Google Flow Music, the company's AI song-creation platform. Source

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EY-IMI report examines why some Indians won’t pay for music

What’s better than a a survey of over 5,100 Indian “digital content consumers” on “how India listens, streams and pays for music”? A survey of more than 15,300 of them. […] The post is from Music Ally.

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EY-IMI report examines why some Indians don’t pay for music

What’s better than a a survey of over 5,100 Indian “digital content consumers” on “how India listens, streams and pays for music”? A survey of more than 15,300 of them. […] The post is from Music Ally.

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Spotify Highlights Atif Aslam's Statistics Ahead of New Album

Atif Aslam is releasing his fourth solo album — and first in 19 years — Subah Aye Na this Friday and Spotify is marking the event with a release countdown […] The post is from Music Ally.

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Queen's ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ Joins YouTube’s Billion Views Club

The British rock juggernaut enters the streaming platform’s Billion Views Club for a second time, as “Don’t Stop Me Now” passes the milestone.

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Queen’s ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ Passes 1 Billion Views on YouTube

The British rock juggernaut enters the streaming platform’s Billion Views Club for a second time, as “Don’t Stop Me Now” passes the milestone.

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Spotify Celebrates Atif Aslam's Upcoming Album Release

Atif Aslam is releasing his fourth solo album — and first in 19 years — Subah Aye Na this Friday and Spotify is marking the event with a release countdown […] The post is from Music Ally.

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Spotify highlights Atif Aslam's statistics ahead of new album release

Atif Aslam is releasing his fourth solo album — and first in 19 years — Subah Aye Na this Friday and Spotify is marking the event with a release countdown […] The post is from Music Ally.

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Spotify Celebrates Atif Aslam's Upcoming Album with Release Countdown

Atif Aslam is releasing his fourth solo album — and first in 19 years — Subah Aye Na this Friday and Spotify is marking the event with a release countdown […] The post is from Music Ally.

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How to Watch Drag Race México Season 3 Online

Don't miss the season 3 premiere of Drag Race México on July 30, and find out where to stream it online.