Pandora Top Spins: Future Makes Four Appearances, Maroon 5’s ‘Cold’ Debuts In Top 10

For this round of Pandora's Top Spins, Maroon five have a new hit in 'Cold' feturing Atlanta rapper Future, plus Big Sean sees a promising return, and KYLE, a rapper hailing. Continue reading

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New Scientific Study Identifies Most Important Member Of Every Band, And It Is…

A new scientific study has found that the most important member of any band is the bassist. The report from The National Academy of Sciences found that ‘superior time perception for. Continue reading

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Spotify’s Most Streamed & Viral Tracks US, UK, Global

The Spotify Weekly Charts highlight top artists by listener along with the past week's most streamed and viral songs in the US, UK and around the world. 

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This Week In Music Commentary

Commentators on recent music business happenings this week weighed in on issues such as Congress's need to get serious about artist rights, why any company that buys Spotify will likely. Continue reading

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Top 5 Grammy 2017 Moments On Facebook

Facebook may not pay musicians for their content, but they certainly do enjoy – and profit from – the traffic that they generate. Last night's Grammy Awards 2017 was no. Continue reading

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Former Guevara, Virgin Records Exec Phil Quartararo Named Vice Chair Of Online Concert Startup LiveXLive

Industry veteran Phil Q has landed at online concert startup LiveXLive after a difficult stint at struggling music streamer Guevara, where he held a variety of executive positions, including Chairman. Continue reading

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New Global Head Of Music Lyor Cohen’s Letter To His YouTube Team [FULL TEXT]

Former top Def Jam and Warner Music Group executive Lyor Cohen has been named the Global Head Of Music for Google's YouTube (more here), and began his tenure with a. Continue reading

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MON. BRIEF: Singapore Investor Buys Major Rolling Stone Stake • ScoreBig Shuts Down • Snapchat Spectacles • More

Monday 9.26.16 Music Business News From Around The Web  Does a Singapore investor buying 49% of Rolling Stone signal the end of an era or the start of a more global. Continue reading

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Pledge Music CEO Dominic Pandiscia On Creating Fan Experiences [INTERVIEW]

Here PledgeMusic CEO Dominic Pandiscia talks about how he got his start in the industry, his experience in it over time, and how PledgeMusic works as a direct-to-fan platform, bringing. Continue reading

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Liv Buli’s Reading List: Obama’s SXSW, Pandora ❤ Hip Hop and Nickelback is Cool Say What? It’s Just Another Week in Music and More

As she does (almost) every week,  Liv Buli, the Data Journalist for Pandora's Next Big Sound shares what she's paying attention to, as she parsed data while also taking the cultural temperature. Liv. Continue reading

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