Image Credit: Nathana Rebouças Now that the finish line of 2020 is in sight, at Routenote we’re looking back over this endless year and pulling together some of the highlights from the music world. Google’s…
Kanye West wants to take his ‘artists owning the music industry’ approach to the next level, during his interview with Joe Rogan stating he wants to buy Universal Music Group. Kanye West recently tweeted out…
Kanye’s recent Twitter outburst speaks to many artist around the world trapped in label and publishing deals. But the solution he calls for is already here in independent music distribution. Kanye’s no stranger to going…
The first six episodes of Beats 1 host Zane Lowe’s interview podcast are live, with artists including Lady Gaga, Hayley Williams, Justin Bieber, Kanye West and Selena Gomez. The podcast features Zane Lowe interviewing top…
A lot of the top artists are pretty wealthy but who’s got the most money of all? It may come as a surprise to you. The surprise is because only four years ago this same…
Watch these guys beatbox (and play) their way through a bunch of hip hop classics like Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight, Dr Dre’s Still Dre, Eminem’s Lose Yourself and the unbeatable piano sample from Wu Tang…
TIDAL’s CEO has responded to recent criminal allegations that they’ve faked streaming numbers and subscriber numbers. Earlier this month Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv released their latest investigation of Jay-Z owned music streaming service TIDAL. This…
Jay-Z’s streaming service TIDAL has been accused of faking the numbers for his wife’s latest album and close friend Kanye’s last album. Back in 2016 Kanye launched his divisive but explosive album The Life of…
Is Kanye West going to start his own streaming service? Is this all just to spite Jay-Z after their spat? Kanye West can’t get into the news for something that isn’t controversial it seems. New…
Taylor Swift is an unstoppable force with no immovable object in her way (except maybe Kanye) proved by just breaking 3 streaming records in 1 week. Look What You Made Me Do is the comeback…