Streaming & Digital
Q1 2026 Earnings: Here’s What Every Music Company Made (Updating)
A roundup of Spotify, Live Nation, Universal Music Group and other music companies' earnings results for the quarter ending March 31, 2026.
Q1 2026 Earnings: Music Companies' Financial Results
A roundup of Spotify, Live Nation, Universal Music Group and other music companies' earnings results for the quarter ending March 31, 2026.
Spotify Celebrates 20 Years with 'Your Party of the Year(s)' Feature
Listeners will also receive their very own All-Time Top Songs Playlist - a collection of their top 120 tracks
Downtown’s CD Baby launches ‘full-service’ artist program offering marketing, distribution, and financial support for 10 indie acts in 2026
The program will support 10 artists through 2026, offering priority distribution, targeted DSP marketing, paid digital campaign support, and more. Source
Spotify Celebrates 20th Anniversary with "Your Party of the Year(s)"
Listeners will also receive their very own All-Time Top Songs Playlist - a collection of their top 120 tracks
Spotify's New Feature
The experience -- which is similar to Wrapped -- comes in celebration of the streamer's 20th anniversary.
TikTok is rolling out a new ‘ad-free’ subscription in the UK
TikTok has become the latest social-media platform to offer a paid subscription that removes advertising. ‘TikTok Ad-Free’ is launching in the UK for £3.99 a month ($5.40 at current exchange rates). It’s only available for users aged 18 and over, and will be rolling out “over the coming months”. Whi
CD Baby debuts ‘Stages Selects’ program with 10 indie artists
Newly ensconced within UMG’s Virgin Music Group after the acquisition of its parent company Downtown Music, distributor CD Baby has unveiled a new “high-level support” program for some of its artists. ‘Stages Selects’ will offer priority distribution, DSP marketing, paid digital-campaign support and
Brazilian artists’ Spotify royalties grew by 24% in 2025
Spotify paid out R$2bn of royalties for music by Brazilian artists in 2025, the company has announced. That’s around $409.2m at current exchange rates. The payouts grew by 24% compared to 2024. “To put this in perspective: royalties generated by Brazilian artists on Spotify grew at almost double the
Artistic Futures wants to help songwriters find missing royalties
A European Union co-funded project called Artistic Futures is aiming to put AI to positive use for songwriters: by helping them to identify unclaimed royalties and broken metadata. The project is the work of a group of music companies: Unison Rights and Encert Predict from Spain; Valunode from Eston
Spotify to mark 20th anniversary with ‘Your Party of the Year(s)’ – like ‘Wrapped’ for your entire music history
Listeners will also receive their very own All-Time Top Songs Playlist - a collection of their top 120 tracks
Spotify marks 20th anniversary with ‘Your Party of the Year(s)’ – like ‘Wrapped’ for your entire music history
Listeners will also receive their very own All-Time Top Songs Playlist - a collection of their top 120 tracks
Here’s How to See Your Spotify Stats Dating Back to the Day You Joined With ‘Your Party of the Year(s)’
The experience -- which is similar to Wrapped -- comes in celebration of the streamer's 20th anniversary.
Measured Growth: Adam Freeland and the Breaks Metric Surge
Recent data reveals a steady 2% growth in Spotify followers for Adam Freeland, signaling a calculated expansion of interest within the breaks genre and the UK electronic scene.
Metric Momentum: Analyzing the Audience Surge for Anna Grey
German artist Anna Grey sees a 3% increase in Spotify followers, reaching a total of 46,770 and signaling a steady expansion of her digital audience.
Data Spotlight: JordanBeats Signals Upward Momentum via Spotify Growth
JordanBeats records a 4% increase in Spotify followers, reaching a total of 16,733 and signaling a notable upward trend in artist engagement metrics.
Regional Micro-Momentums: The Rise of adrien within the Ozcillex Landscape
A concentrated 18% growth in Spotify engagement for French artist adrien signals a potential shift in listener interest within the emerging Ozcillex framework.
Bloc Party Announce New Album Anatomy of a Brief Romance, Release Single: Stream
Frontman Kele Okereke describe it as the band's most confessional and personal record to date. Bloc Party Announce New Album Anatomy of a Brief Romance, Release Single: Stream Travis Bland
ATARASHII GAKKO!, Awich, Hitsujibungaku & LANA to Perform at Billboard Japan & Spotify’s ‘Women in Music — EQUAL STAGE’
The June 9 Show Is Part Of MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN WEEK
Reason 14 Is Out Now With A Faster Track-Centric Workflow
Reason Studios has officially launched Reason 14 worldwide, marking the next chapter for one of electronic music’s most recognizable production platforms. The Stockholm-based company is framing this release around speed, focus, and a redesigned workflow that puts the sequencer and track-level decisi