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RSS May 26, 2026 12:54am · Rolling Stone Music News

Sombr Sings Aching ‘Homewrecker’ Hit in a Rainstorm During AMAs Performance

The musician is one of the most nominated artists of the night with seven total nods including New Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Summer, and more

RSS May 26, 2026 12:38am · Rolling Stone Music News

Hootie and the Blowfish Hit Big on Their Return to the AMAs Stage With Medley

The Nineties hitmakers performed a medley of “Hold My Hand” and “Only Wanna Be With You” at the 52nd American Music Awards

RSS May 26, 2026 12:31am · Rolling Stone Music News

BTS Bring ‘Hooligan’ Music Video to Life at the American Music Awards

The South Korean superstars took over Vegas with an appearance at the AMAs amid their four-night stint at Allegiant Stadium

RSS May 25, 2026 11:39pm · Rolling Stone Music News

American Music Awards: The Complete Winners List

The full rundown of who won what at Monday night’s awards ceremony

RSS May 25, 2026 3:06pm · Music Business WorldWide

Stability AI’s Julian Parker, a key researcher behind Stable Audio, joins Spotify’s ‘artist-first AI’ team – days after streamer’s landmark UMG remix deal

Parker's announcement of the move arrived less than 24 hours after Spotify and Universal Music Group unveiled landmark licensing agreements for AI-powered covers and remixes Source

RSS May 25, 2026 10:01am · Music Business WorldWide

Has Warner Turned A Corner?

The latest 'Tim's Take' from Music Business Worldwide founder, Tim Ingham Source

RSS May 25, 2026 9:23am · Music Business WorldWide

Live Nation faces calls for another competition investigation as UK lawmakers flag live music market dominance

MPs concluded that Live Nation meets the threshold for market dominance across multiple areas of the UK live music supply chain. Source

RSS May 25, 2026 9:18am · Music Business WorldWide

Ed Sheeran leaves Warner Music Group after 15 years – and 170 million albums sold

The singer-songwriter revealed in a newsletter to fans that he parted ways with Atlantic Records and Asylum Records last month. Source

RSS May 25, 2026 9:17am · Music Business WorldWide

Spotify and major music DSPs on alert as Canada triples streaming tax to 15%

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission tripled the levy on Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video to 15%. Source

RSS May 25, 2026 9:12am · Music Business WorldWide

Udio’s licensed AI music app will be called Starstruck, with four creation modes for fans (Report)

Starstruck will offer four modes for users to interact with music from opted-in artists and songwriters: Cover, Reimagine, Remix and Create. Source

RSS May 24, 2026 9:34pm · Pitchfork News

Drake Becomes First Artist to Hold Top Three Billboard 200 Spots

Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour just made history

RSS May 24, 2026 4:01pm · Pitchfork News

“It Takes Two” Rapper Rob Base Dies at 59

The Harlem MC, who was one-half of the duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, had been living with cancer

RSS May 22, 2026 5:07pm · Pitchfork News

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Launches Label With New Album Ruin: It’s Not Just Music

The beat-heavy LP inaugurates her Someone Special label

RSS May 22, 2026 3:29pm · Pitchfork News

DJ Koze Drops New Song “Spiralen”

The hypnotic, seven-minute track leads a AA-side single out next month

RSS May 22, 2026 2:57pm · Pitchfork News

13 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Bladee, Fakemink, and Eli

Stream new releases from Bladee, Fakemink, and Eli

RSS May 22, 2026 1:13pm · Pitchfork News

Philipp Jung, Co-Founder of Get Physical and M.A.N.D.Y., Has Died

The German house DJ, producer, and label boss helped conduct transitions in electronic music as house spilled into adjacent scenes in the 2000s

RSS May 22, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Lisa, Anitta and Rema team up for globe-spanning World Cup song

One of the big industry talking points in recent years has been about artists from the most exciting non-Anglo territories collaborating with one another – no English-language artists required to break a track globally. One of the tracks on this year’s ‘Official FIFA World Cup 2026 Album’ (yes, that’s a thing) offers the latest example, […]

RSS May 22, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

WMG-backed pilot shows unsold vinyl records can be recycled

Recycled vinyl has been A Thing for a while now… but is it really A Thing that sounds as good as non-recycled vinyl? A pilot scheme from Warner Music Group and GZ Media aims to prove that it does. The pilot involved taking 10,000 unsold records, shredding them, and then pressing new records made up […]

RSS May 22, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Endel and Richie Hawtin’s ‘Deeper Focus’ gets ‘remastered and reduced’

Five years ago, techno titan Richie Hawtin teamed up with AI-music startup Endel to launch ‘Deeper Focus’ – an “adaptive soundscape” based on his samples and creative DNA. Since then, it has been streamed for more than 5m hours. Now it’s getting a reworking: ‘Deeper Focus: Remastered and Reduced’. Launched this week, it enables listeners to […]

RSS May 22, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

MMF shares tactics to combat fake music on artists’ profiles

The last year or two has seen a dispiriting growth in the number of artists finding AI-slop tracks uploaded to their streaming profiles pretending to be them. So much so that Spotify took action in March, launching its ‘Artist Profile Protection’ feature. Now UK managers body the MMF has launched a five-point guide for its members […]