Last year, 88% of tracks on streaming platforms received fewer than 1,000 plays. Let that land for a second. The default reading of those numbers is that there's simply too much music. The market is ...

Spotify’s Get Ready for Spotify 2026 Wrapped landing page is officially live on Spotify for Artists, signaling the rapid approach of the music industry's most viral marketing moment. Last year alone, ...

Indie stalwarts Los Campesinos! have done something radical: they opened their books. In a recent Substack post, the band shared a line-by-line breakdown of their North American tour finances. While ...

A new national nonprofit is offering independent musicians a year of practical career development, industry mentorship, and financial support. Musician Growth Lab has opened applications for its ...

Music catalog acquisition has become increasingly sophisticated. Buyers have access to detailed royalty histories, financial models, legal diligence, rights databases, streaming analytics, and ...

"American consumers are pissed off." Multiple witnesses told Democratic members of Congress that the Live Nation and Ticketmaster DOJ settlement, currently under Tunney Act Antitrust Procedures and ...

A few years ago, I was talking to an independent artist who had just crossed 100,000 streams on a release. On paper, that looks like momentum. But in reality, nothing actually changed. There was no ...

Welcome to our new interview series, Manager of the Month, in which we spotlight the work of successful pros in the artist management space, and ask them to share (just a few of) their coveted trade ...

Two California ticketing bills received initial Senate Committee approvals this week. AB 1720 would cap ticket resale prices at 10% above face value, inclusive of all fees. AB 1349 bans speculative ...

As discussed in Luminate Intelligence’s latest report, Live Music 2026, concerts and festivals remain incredibly popular despite rising ticket prices across the board. In particular, Luminate U.S.

Shakira’s October 3 Madrid concert became Amazon Music’s most-viewed livestream performance by a female artist, according to the platform. Another 50,000+ fans watched inside the temporary "Shakira ...

The cuts are spread across 25 countries in the engineering, product development and design teams. The company says it is focusing resources on a smaller number of high priority initiatives and ...