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RSS Dec 10, 2025 11:30am · Musically

Boxscore chart reveals five tours grossed over $300m in last year

Two concert charts in two days, and Coldplay tops them both. The second is the annual Boxscore chart published by Billboard. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 11:15am · Musically

ABBA Voyage has contributed more than £2bn to the UK’s economy

ABBA’s holo-tastic ABBA Voyage concerts kicked off in 2022 in a 3,000-capacity venue in London. But how much is it worth to the UK economy? The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 11:00am · Musically

Hangout adds a fully-licensed Generate Music’ AI feature

Social-music service Hangout launched in November 2024 as a revival of early-2010s platform Turntable·fm. Now it has a GenAI feature. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 10:45am · Musically

Spotify takes its beta music-videos feature to US and Canada

Spotify’s music videos feature, which is still officially in beta, has expanded to the US and Canada this week. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 10:30am · Musically

Study: most US teenagers are using YouTube and TikTok every day

The US-based Pew Research Center has published its latest study into the online habits of teenagers. It reveals that 92% of them use YouTube. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 10:15am · Musically

Pinterest’s 2026 trends include Gummy, Glamoratti and Poetcore

If you, like us, love a trends report with new phrases to baffle your friends with, Pinterest’s predictions for 2026 are a rich source. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 10:01am · Musically

Katseye are TikTok’s top artist of 2025 with over 30bn views

There’s a very cosmopolitan feel to TikTok’s chart of its top artists in 2025, and not just because the top spot is taken by Katseye. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 9:54am · Musically

Spotify confirms it paid no royalties to fake King Gizzard band

We reported yesterday on the removal from Spotify of music uploaded to the service in the name of ‘King Lizard Wizard’. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 9:34am · Musically

European Commission investigates Google over AI training

Yesterday, the European Commission opened a formal antitrust investigation into Google, focusing on its AI training processes. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 7:36am · Musically

Downtown Music CTO, Tom Allen: “People are running scared from AI”

Technical skills: Tom Allen is CTO at Downtown Music, where he oversees the company’s deployment of technology and how it works with external products and services. Music companies’ relationship with technology has shifted dramatically over the past century. Initially, as often tech companies themselves, labels were architects of their own futures and gatekeepers of their […] The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 5:00am · Musically

Connect Chats: Nathalie Birocheau – ‘Stay curious, stay transparent’

“The thing that has impressed me the most this year is how quickly AI has stopped being a buzzword,” says Ircam Amplify’s Nathalie Birocheau. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 9, 2025 6:11pm · Music Business WorldWide

Reactional Music taps MusicInfra to build ‘next-generation’ rights management platform for gaming

'Music’s use has exploded across platforms and devices, which means that traditional frameworks and the supporting infrastructure must evolve...' Source

RSS Dec 9, 2025 6:07pm · Music Business WorldWide

MDLBEAST’s Mazen Khamis talks Soundstorm 2025, XP Music Futures, and growth in MENA’s music business

Mazen Khamis, Executive Director of Marketing, Commercial, and Products at MDLBEAST on organizing large-scale music events in Saudi Arabia Source

RSS Dec 9, 2025 5:48pm · Music Business WorldWide

Craig Kallman appointed Chief Music Officer of Warner Music Group

A&R veteran will continue to sign new artists to Big Beat Source

RSS Dec 9, 2025 5:39pm · Hypebot

African Artists Are Reaching More Global Listeners With Help From Audiomack

Music industry data analytics collector, Soundcharts, is teaming up with streaming and discovery platform, Audiomack, to help continue African Music's global expansion trajectory. The post African Artists Are Reaching More Global Listeners With Help From Audiomack appeared first on Hypebot.

RSS Dec 9, 2025 5:07pm · Music Business WorldWide

Great Mountain Partners launches $600m fund to invest in music and other media

GMP's new fund is seeking 'opportunities at the intersection of premium content, audiences, and new monetization models' Source

RSS Dec 9, 2025 5:04pm · Music Business WorldWide

Darya Pourshasb, ex-Spotify Global Head of Premium Content, named Chief Marketing Officer of Believe, as company acquires her music marketing platform ampd Method

Pourshasb previously served as Global Head of Premium Content at Spotify Source

RSS Dec 9, 2025 4:00pm · Music Business WorldWide

Laura Segura named Executive Director at She Is The Music

Segura joins SITM after spending five years at MusiCares, where she led relief initiatives that distributed more than $51 million to music professionals. Source

RSS Dec 9, 2025 3:06pm · Hypebot

Clipping. Announced as the 2026 Sled Island Music Festival Guest Curator

In this post, we share details of Sled Island's announcement, plus how and why guest curators can offer local audiences a more bespoke largescale event experience in 2026. The post Clipping. Announced as the 2026 Sled Island Music Festival Guest Curator appeared first on Hypebot.

RSS Dec 9, 2025 3:01pm · Hypebot

Spotify adds Music Videos in US and Canada, soon for all Artists

Spotify is adding music videos for Premium users in the U.S, and Canada. While only a limited catalog of videos is available at launch, Spotify plans a much broader selection in the future. The post Spotify adds Music Videos in US and Canada, soon for all Artists appeared first on Hypebot.