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1 month, 1 week ago

2024 Melon Music Awards: Lineup, streaming details, nominees, Top 10 Bonsang winners and more

The countdown to the annual Melon Music Awards will soon ring the alarm for this year's “New Stream of K-POP” ceremony, which will be filled with music and immersive theatrics. 2024 Melon Music Awards lineup Here's the final lineup of impressive performers ready to set the stage on fire: BIBI, Lee Youngji, aespa, ATEEZ, BOYNEXTDOOR, Christopher, IVE, PLAVE, QWER, RIIZE, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Drake accuses Universal Music Group and Spotify of unfairly promoting Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us'

NPR

Drake accuses Universal Music Group and Spotify of unfairly promoting Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' toggle caption Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Drake has filed a petition against Spotify and Universal Music Group, accusing the companies of conspiring to inflate the streaming and radio numbers of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" amid the rappers' monthslong feud. He references the companies' multi-year licensing agreement, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Former The Local Train Frontman, Raman Negi, returns to Delhi with an organic musical experience

Hindustan Times

Delhi-based singer-songwriter, Raman Negi, has graced Delhi's stages multiple times, and he's set to do it again on September 28. What makes Negi a standout figure in today's music scene isn't just his performances — it's his unwavering commitment to an organic musical journey and his outright rejection of industry trends and streaming numbers. Delhi is my home ground, and …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Streaming service Deezer signs Universal Music deal for artist-centric royalty payments

The Independent

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Universal Music has struck a …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Elvis on Amazon Prime Video: How to watch

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the film, Presley’s former manager Colonel Parker reminisces on his deathbed about how he first met …

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2 years, 1 month ago

The homogenisation of music: of TikToks and viral reels

The Hindu

There was once a time when everyone, generally, listened to the same English-language music. Instagram taking over the industry Soon after India banned TikTok, social media giant, Instagram, introduced “reels”, short videos usually no more than a minute long, featuring people dancing, lip-syncing to songs, showcasing various fashion trends, making jokes, really, just about anything else you can think of. …

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3 years ago

Music mogul Merck Mercuriadis: My fears for the next Beatles

Daily Mail

Merck Mercuriadis revels in his position as a bete noire for the world's biggest record companies. The former manager of Iron Maiden and Elton John floated his music investment firm, Hipgnosis Songs Fund, on the stock exchange in 2018, and has since bought up the rights to hits by Blondie, Rihanna and Beyonce. Track record: Merck Mercuriadis runs a music …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Everything we know about the Kanye West docuseries

ABC

As Kanye himself once famously said: “My life is dope and I do dope sh*t.” And now it looks like there’ll be a dope-umentary to prove it. It’s being made by mates Filmmakers Coodie and Chike have been long term collaborators, and co-directed music videos for ‘Through the Wire’ and ‘Jesus Walks’. It’ll probably stream on Netflix Neither Netflix or …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Grammy Awards telecast hits historic low with 8.8 million viewers for CBS

LA Times

The 63rd Grammy Awards scored 8.8 million viewers Sunday on CBS, the smallest audience on record for the annual telecast, continuing the ratings tailspin for TV trophy shows. While the figure from Nielsen is 53% below the 18.7 million viewers who watched a year ago, the telecast fared better than NBC’s telecast of the 78th Golden Globes, which drew a …

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3 years, 11 months ago

New this week: Sia, Clarice Starling and Kristen Wiig

Associated Press

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. But this year, many of the leading nominees — among them “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “One Night in Miami,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7" — are already streaming. — AP Film Writer Jake Coyle MUSIC — Sia’s …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Podcasts see growth in India as listeners embrace format

Live Mint

With an estimated 40 million podcast listeners in India, the sector is witnessing a 60% growth as new firms and new shows swamp the market. Swedish audio streaming app Spotify, which launched original podcasts in the country late last year, in September, introduced the first crime original --Death, Lies & Cyanide. Its top podcasts in India for the summer were …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Watch: Varun Grover, Anvita Dutt, Swanand Kirkire fight for credits for lyricists, writers in a new song

Firstpost

Lyricists Swanand Kirkire and Varun Grover voice out against lyricists not being credited on music streaming platforms and apps in Credits De Do Yaar Varun Grover, Anvita Dutt, Swanand Kirkire, Hussain Haidry, Neelesh Misra, Sameer Anjaan are among the 15 artists to collaborate on a song or as they bill it ‘Lyrics Writers’ Anthem’. Titled as ‘Credits de do yaar’, …

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4 years, 10 months ago

Emissions possible: Streaming music swells carbon footprints

Al Jazeera

London, United Kingdom – In July 2017, Despacito, a popular reggaeton hit from Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, became the most widely streamed record of all time, with a version featuring Canadian superstar Justin Bieber helping the tune to more than 4.6 billion plays since it was released in the January of that year. “IT can provide a platform to decarbonise …

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5 years, 4 months ago

For her new album, ‘Lover,’ Taylor Swift has embraced streaming. But is it too late?

LA Times

For more than a decade, Taylor Swift’s record sales have been about as close to a sure thing as exists in the rarely settled music industry. When the singer’s most recent album, “Reputation,” came out in 2017, it sold more than 1.2 million copies in its first week — her fourth record in a row to go platinum essentially upon …

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5 years, 8 months ago

Airtel Wynk Tube video music streaming app comes to India with YouTube Music like features

India Today

On Tuesday Bharti Airtel introduced the extension of Wynk Music with the Wynk Tube. The Wynk Music allows users to just stream audio content but now with the new Wynk Tube app users will be able to stream both video and audio content simultaneously in the same interface. The Wynk Tube users will be able to instantly switch between audio …

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5 years, 8 months ago

Opinion | The country’s copyright law requires a digital reboot

Live Mint

Digital music giant Spotify, which entered the Indian market earlier this year, has already opened its account in local courts. Music behemoth Warner Music, a former investor in Spotify, has sued the company over a matter that promises to send ripples through India’s intellectual property regime. Specifically, Spotify recently invoked a statutory licensing provision under India’s Copyright Act, in an …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Apple Music vs Gaana vs JioSaavn vs YouTube Music: The Indian music streaming market is heating up