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Young Miko Recruits Rauw Alejandro for ‘Do Not Disturb: Late Checkout’: Stream It Now

A continuation of her sophomore album Do Not Disturb, the deluxe set includes collabs with Rauw, Clarent and more.

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Independent Music Platform Nina Protocol to Shut Down

The streaming service and marketplace will go “fully offline” by July 15

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Independent Music Platform Nina Protocol to Shut Down

The streaming service and marketplace will go “fully offline” by July 15

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LabelWorx Launches Elevate To Help Electronic Labels Move Faster

LabelWorx is launching Elevate, a new growth program for electronic music labels that need capital and guidance before royalty money finally catches up to the work they are already doing. That is the part that feels worth paying attention to here. Independent labels can have records moving, artists

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‘Off Campus’ Drives Streaming Surge for Classic Soundtrack Hits

On this week's Trending Up, the hit new Amazon Prime show establishes itself as a leading show in breaking new hits and re-introducing old ones.

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How Big a Streaming Bump Is ‘Off Campus’ Giving Elton John, Audrey Hobert and Dozens More Classic Rock & Alt-Pop Soundtrack Favorites?

On this week's Trending Up, the hit new Amazon Prime show establishes itself as a leading show in breaking new hits and re-introducing old ones.

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Gaana’s subscribers are growing at the rate of 15% per year, says CEO

How is Indian audio-streaming service Gaana faring three-and-a-half years after it became a subscription-only platform? Better than ever before based on the stats shared during its parent company Entertainment Network […] The post is from Music Ally.

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Sir Lucian Grainge on AI, Spotify, and why he’s not in the ‘functional music’ industry

Three things you might have missed from Grainge's fireside chat at the GREATER Together LA summit last week Source

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Jay Moore appointed Chief Investment Officer at Too Lost

Moore will lead the indie distribution and services platform's investment strategy Source

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Pitchfork Selects Features This Week: Olivia Rodrigo, Aja Monet, DJ Koze, and More

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

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Pitchfork Selects Playlist Features New Music

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

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K-Pop’s new ‘Global K-Chart’ to include ‘fan activity’ data

Yesterday we reported on plans for a new ‘Global K-Chart’ for K-Pop music using data from Tencent Music in China, Line in Japan and Melon in South Korea. That’s a lot of collective streams, but it turns out they won’t be the only metric filtering into the new chart. Star News Korea reported on Melon

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Nintendo Switch 2 could potentially host 'Call Of Duty 2026'

The latest ‘Modern Warfare’ game could be the first 'COD' on a Nintendo platform since 2011

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Pitchfork Selects Features New Music from Rodrigo, Monet, and More

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

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Grupo Frontera launch indie label BorderTown Records in partnership with The Orchard

Texas-formed regional Mexican band's viral 2022 norteño cover of Morat’s No Se Va propelled the group to mainstream prominence. Source

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Last·fm goes independent 19 years after $280m CBS acquisition

Let us take you back… way back, to the days (specifically: May 2007) when a streaming personalised-radio startup was valued at $280m in an acquisition by a US media giant. The giant was CBS and the startup was Last·fm, which had 15 million users at the time streaming music and keeping track of (or ‘

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‘Call Of Duty 2026’ could be coming to the Nintendo Switch 2

The latest ‘Modern Warfare’ game could be the first 'COD' on a Nintendo platform since 2011

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Pitchfork Selects Features New Music from Rodrigo, Monet, and More

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

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Data Analysis: panicbaby and the Mechanics of Regional Artist Surges

Panicbaby records a significant 15% surge in Spotify followers, signaling a broader trend of accelerated audience growth within the UK electronic music scene.

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Data-Driven Momentum: Analyzing the Growth of KUKO in the Techno Sector

KUKO’s Spotify follower count has increased by 16% to 52,143, signaling a significant artist surge and a shift in listener engagement within the techno genre.