*Music Industry Insight
Lil Nas X is super excited about his upcoming collaboration with Australian children’s act The Wiggles. Not everyone, however, is as pumped. Back in December, the “Industry Baby” rapper posted…
British recorded music retail revenues – so streaming plus download, CD and vinyl sales – were up 3% last year to £1.98 billion. That’s according to the UK’s Entertainment Retailers…
Taylor Swift’s Midnights (via EMI) is set to extend its reign in the U.K. Based on midweek data published by the Official Charts Company, Swift’s tenth and latest studio album…
UPDATE (Jan. 9): The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) announced Monday that composer Justin Hurwitz and director Damien Chazelle will receive the 2023 Spirit of Collaboration Award at the…
Luke Combs is crooning about a girl who moves on easy with “Going, Going, Gone” off his popular 2022 album, Growin’ Up. “Sometimes I feel like a college kid, and…
The Weeknd opened up about “Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength),” his theme song from Avatar: The Way of Water, being shortlisted for the 2022 Oscars race in a…
Lady Gaga’s 2011 Born This Way track “Bloody Mary” enters at No. 68 on the latest Billboard Hot 100 (dated Jan. 14). The song debuts over a decade after its…
Miley Cyrus took to social media on Monday (Jan. 9) to tease the chorus of her upcoming single “Flowers,” fully in the buff. “I can buy myself flowers, write my…
Mike Dungan, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group Nashville (UMGN), is stepping down from his position in March after more than four decades in the music business and in…
Jessie J announces her first pregnancy and shows her journey so far and Keke Palmer shares an update on her pregnancy as well.