The only artists up for the 2021 Best Children’s Album Grammy are white — which, in a year of reckoning for the Recording Academy over…
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The Grammys' 'Urban Contemporary' Category Is Now 'Progressive R&B'
The Recording Academy, the organization behind the Grammy Awards, announced Wednesday amid a number of rule changes that it is renaming the “Best Urban Contemporary Album”…
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Coronavirus Could Decimate Touring Musicians' Livelihoods
Two weeks ago, singer-songwriter Caleb Caudle was at Johnny Cash’s rustic cabin-turned-studio outside of Nashville, excitedly gearing up for the April 3rd release of his…
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The Grammys Promise to Help Boost the Number of Women in Music
Following the announcement of an unusually diverse slate of Grammy nominees last month, the Recording Academy said this week that it will take new measures…
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The Eternal Revenue Stream of Led Zeppelin
While Led Zeppelin fans were busy digging up their favorite old T-shirts and nostalgia-dusted tour photos in the months leading up to the band’s 50th…
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Spotify Is Testing Its Own Version of Genius’ ‘Behind the Lyrics’
Off the back of a triumphant (enough) first quarter, Spotify is busy this month buffing up its user experience with new features. The music-streaming service…
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Threats, Bullying and Misinformation: Inside Spotify’s Battle With Songwriters
Songwriters usually operate out of the public eye: Even when creating inescapable hits that charge up the charts, they rarely leave the studio. But earlier…
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Apple and Spotify Are Dueling Over How Much to Pay Songwriters
Music streaming has always been a cutthroat market, with the leading companies not having many positive things to say about one another. But things became…
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Why an Indie Music Distributor Wants to Manage Artists’ Careers
Ditto Music has made a name for itself over the last decade as an indie music distribution service used by artists from Ed Sheeran to…
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Vinyl Now Makes One-Third of the Money in Physical Music
For the third year in a row, the U.S. recorded music business in 2018 was graced with double-digit growth mainly due to the boom of…
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Music’s Big Three Labels Make $19 Million a Day From Streaming
There’s a fresh flow of cash in the record business these days. For an idea of how and why, look no further than the amounts…
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High-Res Music Service Qobuz Launches in the U.S.
High-resolution music service Qobuz will make its much-anticipated American debut on Thursday, the company confirmed to Rolling Stone. Qobuz — pronounced “co buzz,” and currently available in…
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‘Baby Shark’ is Shooting Up the Charts, But No One Owns the Rights
You’d think a song that is everywhere on the Internet — exploding on music charts, racking up billions of streams and downloads and YouTube plays,…
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R. Kelly Hasn’t Really Been ‘Dropped’ By Anyone in Music
In the short time since Lifetime’s release of a bombshell documentary detailing R. Kelly’s alleged years-long history of sexual assault, everything has changed for the…
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Ed Sheeran Earned More on Tour In 2018 Than Anyone Else In 30 Years
Pollstar released its year-end report on Monday, and Ed Sheeran’s “Divide” Tour sits definitively at the top. The singer’s global tour is the most money-making…
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Grammys: Recording Academy President Neil Portnow Talks Diversity, Surprises
On February 10th, 2019, the Staples Center in Los Angeles will light up with the 61st Grammy Awards — a show that contains a number…
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Facebook Is Trying To Win Teens Back With More Music and Video
Over the weekend, Facebook tiptoed out the launch of a new app aimed at two specific things: competing against the massive video media app TikTok…
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Fender Study Finds Half of New Guitarists Are Women
Teenage boys trying to be Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix are, it turns out, only half the picture when it comes to amateur shredders. A…
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Lynyrd Skynyrd film can be released despite band’s opposition, says appeals court
NEW YORK (AP) — A new Lynyrd Skynyrd film can be released despite a dispute over the band’s intentions after a federal appeals court ruled…
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Will Live Nation and SiriusXM Become a Single Music Behemoth?
SiriusXM’s acquisition of Pandora, a $3.5 billion deal announced last week, could just be the beginning of the satellite radio giant’s ambitions. For years, Wall…
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A Christian Singer Is Bigger Than Drake and Ariana Grande This Week
Paul McCartney easily took the top spot on the Billboard 200 this week when his new album Egypt Station blew past 153,000 equivalent album units — a…
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Ticketmaster Calls Mass-Scalping Report ‘Categorically Untrue’
Ticket sales giant Ticketmaster has responded to an undercover investigation by CBC News and the Toronto Star, calling the publications’ reports of ticket-scalping collusion “categorically untrue.”…
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Apple Is Finally Buying Shazam
It was nearly a year ago that Apple announced its plans to buy the popular music-identification company Shazam — plans that have largely been stalled…
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Apple Music to Publish Its Own Top Music Charts
Facing ever-tightening competition, Apple Music has picked up the pace in the last few months. After growing to 50 million subscribers, launching a music-publishing division and hosting a…
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Chance the Rapper's Net Worth: The Surprising Way He Makes His Money and How He Stays Humble
Chance the Rapper ’s success has only skyrocketed since he stepped onto the music scene. And yet, he’s never sold a physical album. How does…
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