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TikTok expands its ‘Add to Music App’ feature with album pre-saves

TikTok has made its ‘Add to Music App’ feature a prominent plank in its music strategy. Now it is testing album pre-saves too.

Spotify hails 600% rise in streams for women artists in Poland

Barely a week goes by now without Spotify publishing some stats from a different part of its global business. Today it’s Poland’s turn, with an emphasis on women artists.

Audiomack Expands Global South Asian Music Offering Through Landmark Partnership with Saregama

This strategic alliance adds thousands of Bollywood hits and regional language tracks to Audiomack’s offering, strengthening its position as a key destination for South Asian music fans in the diaspora while deepening its commitment to serving its rapidly growing listener base across the Indian subcontinent.

Megan Thee Stallion joins Weverse, as HYBE revamps superfan platform to include ‘advanced translation features’ for artist posts

Megan Thee Stallion becomes the latest superstar to join the platform.

‘BBL Drizzy’ Was the Beginning of the Future of AI Music

Will Hatcher got internet famous when Metro Boomin sampled his AI-generated song for a diss track released during the Kendrick Lamar–Drake beef. That was just the beginning.

This AI version of a hit Christmas song marks a new era in music

Universal Music Group and SoundLabs used AI to create an authorized version of ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ in Spanish. It’s likely the first of many such songs.

Is mixing and mastering a dying art?

A new study from AI mastering platform RoEx shines a light on the biggest challenges for DIY music producers.

Running the numbers on Lily Allen’s streaming (and feet) income

“imagine being and artist and having nearly 8 million monthly listeners on spotify but earning more money from having 1000 people subscribe to pictures of your feet. don’t hate the player, hate the game,” she wrote.

Apple Music wants artists to turn setlists into playlists

Apple Music’s latest feature is all about live setlists. It is encouraging artists to upload theirs as playlists, which can be published on Apple Music and on Shazam concert pages.

Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. on why AI is the future

The music producer and Grammy Awards chief doesn’t think AI will ruin the industry. But he’s still nervous about it.

How Grokster’s music piracy case changed the course of the internet forever

By the time MGM v. Grokster hit the Supreme Court, the file-sharing industry had been roiling with lawsuits for years.

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