Harry Styles has officially brought his Together, Together tour to New York. The first show of the US leg took place at Madison Square Garden on August 26, with Styles beginning an extended run at…
Ever heard a brand-new song and immediately thought: Where have I heard that before? Sometimes there’s a very good reason. Popular music constantly recycles itself through samples, interpolations, covers and reworked melodies. Stella Lefty’s current…
UPCs and ISRCs both help identify music. They do not identify the same thing. The simplest explanation is: ISRC = recording UPC = release What is an ISRC? An International Standard Recording Code identifies an…
Post Malone fans can finally stream one of the projects that helped launch his career. His debut mixtape August 26 has officially arrived on major streaming platforms for the first time, ten years after its…
AI-generated music has already reached streaming platforms in huge quantities. Now the music charts are beginning to decide whether those tracks should actually be allowed to compete with human artists. Australia has just made one…
If you’re releasing music on YouTube, getting a YouTube Official Artist Channel is one of the most useful things you can do to build your presence on the platform. An Official Artist Channel, often shortened…
Zara Larsson is having another huge moment in pop music – but don’t expect her to appear in the Best New Artist category at the 2027 Grammy Awards. In fact, she’s not eligible. The conversation…
Streams happen today. Cash arrives later. That makes music a difficult business to budget if you look only at real-time analytics. A simple royalty forecast can help. Start with actual statements Do not begin with…
Reading & Leeds Festival 2026 is officially underway, bringing some of the biggest names in music to Reading’s Richfield Avenue and Leeds’ Bramham Park over the August Bank Holiday weekend. The festivals run from August…
Brazilian producer Zerb and Kenyan vocalist Sofiya Nzau created something unusually magnetic with “Mwaki,” an Afro-house crossover built around the tension between electronic precision and an unmistakably human vocal performance. Nzau sings in Kikuyu, and…
