Billboard Music Awards 2018 – Full Winners List

Kelly Clarkson began the 2018 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night with a tribute to the victims of Friday's mass shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas. "I'm a Texas girl and my. Continue reading

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REWIND: New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this meander back through the week's top music industry news, we check back on Kickstarter's new Director of Music in Perfect Pussy's Meredith Graves, how big data and analytics. Continue reading

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Spotify To Honor ‘Legendary Genius’ Rick Rubin plus Full List Of Secret Genius Awards Nominees

Spotify will honor super producer Rick Rubin as the first recipient of the Legendary Genius Award at its inaugural Secret Genius Awards.  It will be presented to him by singer-songwriter, Frank Ocean.

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Pop Artist Shelita Burke Uses Data Science, Blockchain To Her Advantage

Although most artists approach their careers from a less scientific angle Shelita Burke, a data scientist and cryptologist in addition to being a musician, has taken a different approach, using. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

This week, the posts on Hypebot that incited the most views covered how Ed Sheeran's Spotify earning could make you reconsider the financial value of streaming, how Zedge's acquirehire of. Continue reading

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RIAA Releases State Of Music Business Mid-2017: Streaming Subscriptions Drive Revenue Growth

Amazingly enough, 2017 is halfway gone already which means it's time to take stock of the music industry as a whole, looking at where revenue has increased and how companies. Continue reading

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Pandora New Music Insights For Week of 9/18/17

Each week Pandora dives into the data to share how new releases are reacting across the music streamer. New releases this week included:  Big & Rich, Björk, Eric Church, Foo. Continue reading

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Wonderful Union and The Evolution of VIP Meet & Greets

Ed Meehan, the CEO of Wonderful Union, joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on this week's Music Biz podcast.  Over the last 10 years, Wonderful Union has explored new possibilities. Continue reading

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Pandora Partners With Fitbit Smartwatch As Exclusive Music Streamer

Pandora  has partnered with Fitbit as the exclusive music streaming provider for their new smartwatch, Fitbit Ionic. Pandora Plus and Premium listeners can synch their top stations or workout stations. Continue reading

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The Less Mainstream You Are The Bigger Your Grammy Bump

Early sales figures show that, while mainstream superstars benefit from a televised Grammy performance, the greatest sales gains Come from less well known artists. The same goes for the streaming,. Continue reading

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