Spotify debuts film of The Weeknd’s ‘Billions Club’ concert

Late in 2024, The Weeknd played a concert in Los Angeles for Spotify to celebrate having 25 tracks with more than 1bn streams on its service.

AI Opera 'Lexia' Heads to Roulette in Brooklyn

Brooklyn’s Roulette will present “Lexia, an AI Opera in One Act. Taking place in AD 2225, the opera follows Lexia, who is in search of her son in a hostile United States where The Committee rules via an AI device called The Lung that builds data banks to write history’s collective memory.

BBC Radio 6 Music announces new daytime schedule

Lauren Laverne joined Nick Grimshaw on the BBC Radio 6 Music Breakfast Show (weekdays 7.30am-10.30am) to announce that she has decided to step down after six years of presenting the programme, and that Nick will be the new presenter of the 6 Music Breakfast Show.

Xperi Says DTS AutoStage Is in 10 Million Vehicles

Exhibiting at CES this week, Xperi also said its HD Radio receivers recently reached implementation in 110 million vehicles and that HD Radio is approaching rollout in 60% of new cars shipped each year in North America.

Music sales at 20-year high; video games decline

Streaming services and the retail-led vinyl revival pushed UK music consumption and recorded music revenues in 2024 to a 20-year high and an all-time record, exceeding the pinnacle of the CD era, according to annual figures released by digital entertainment and retail association ERA.

Bloomberg Media Eyes Audio in Car Dashboards

Product design firm said it will roll out across "multiple automakers" soon.

2025 Clio Music Award Winners Announced

Check out the shortlist and the bronze, silver, and gold winners. The Grand Clios, special honorees, and Label, Publisher, Advertiser, and Agency of the Year will be presented at the awards ceremony during Grammy Week on 1/30 at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles.

Car Thing may be dead but Spotify’s in-car ambitions live on

One of the announcements coming out of this week’s CES show in Las Vegas provides the latest example of that. It concerns a partnership between Spotify and Sony Honda Mobility – the latter being a joint venture between Sony Group Corporation and Honda to make electric vehicles.

Longevity for Tech Companies in Music

Innovation almost always arrives with a wave of hype. We’ve seen it in various forms, from the rise and fall of augmented reality apps to the countless cryptocurrency platforms promising to revolutionize finance.

Why More Artists Are Opting for Indie Labels Than Ever

From higher cuts to creative control, more artists are opting for indie labels.

20 essential music documentaries to stream right now

Over the last decade, the streaming revolution has triggered a documentary gold rush.

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