Top Music Business News Last Week: Most Read Posts

TOP MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS LAST WEEK

Top music business news last week includes a playbook for small venues, a K-Pop scandal, new mechanical royalty rates, Audiomack, why fans by merch, and much more.

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independent venue marketing lessons

Independent Venue Marketing Lessons From Across the U.S.

Hypebot’s ‘In The Trenches’ interview series highlights the on-the-ground realities of concert marketing – from tiny independent rooms to multi-venue regional operators. Across these venues one thing is clear: effective live-music marketing is more strategic, data-driven, and community-rooted than ever. Learn standout independent venue marketing lessons from the people battling to fill their rooms.

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The Context Behind K-Pop’s Biggest Scandal [MIDiA]

What K-pop’s biggest scandal has to do with western “360 deals” and the wholesale export of K-pop’s working marketing methodologies to global music markets.

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Facebook redesign

Facebook Redesign: What Musicians and Creators Should Know

A new Facebook redesign just rolled out. For musicians, creators and marketers, there are major updates to how content is created, discovered, and shared.

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African Artists Are Reaching More Global Listeners With Help From Audiomack

Music industry data analytics collector, Soundcharts, is teaming up with streaming and discovery platform, Audiomack, to help continue African Music’s global expansion trajectory.

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Top Music Business News Last Week: Most Read Posts

Top Music Business News Last Week

Top music business news last week included the release of Spotify Wrapped and how musicians can make the most of it, controversial AI firm Suno acquired Songkick, more on per-stream rates, news from Olivia Dean, Lewis Capaldi, Sonica, Tencent Music and more.

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Spotify Wrapped 2025

How To Leverage Year End Streaming Recaps After They’ve Launched

Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay and YouTube Recap 2025 Are Out. Learn how to leverage year end streaming recaps to enhance your music marketing – even if you didn’t update your profiles in advance.

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Facebook Instagram Account Recovery

Meta makes Facebook, Instagram account recovery easier for Musicians & Venues

New centralized Meta Facebook and Instagram support tools, smarter security, and streamlined recovery flows promise less downtime when social media accounts are hacked or locked.

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Is Scalability Overrated? Why Artists Should Do Things That Don’t Scale

This OpEd from Carlo Kiksen of The Fanbase Builder suggests that perhaps artists should do things that do not scale.

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Bandcamp Fridays to return in 2026: All dates announced

The popular indie music platform has announced 8 Bandcamp Fridays for 2026. The program, which waives Bandcamp’s revenue share so artists keep 100% of sales, has become one of the most impactful ongoing artist-support initiatives in the industry.

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Spotify Wrapped 2025

2025 Spotify Wrapped For Musicians and Songwriters: What’s New

Fans worldwide are reliving their 2025 listening journey with the just released Spotify Wrapped. But the streamer also expanded it in ways that benefit artists, songwriters and creators at all stages of their careers. Learn how to make the most of 2025 Spotify Wrapped For Musicians.

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