Spotify Glitch Sends Playlist Follower Counts Tumbling
A technical problem has caused the follower counts on many independent Spotify playlists to drop, often by the thousands. Several independent record labels who curate their own playlists first noticed. Continue reading
Taylor Swift Announces “Reputation” Global Concert Tour
Taylor Swift's new release "Reputation" is on track for a BIG debut week, predicted to be around 1.5 million units. The hugely popular singer is also going BIG with her. Continue reading
This Week In Music Commentary
This week commentators from within the music industry included Ice-T's talk from IEBA 2017 and Mark Mulligan on Musical.ly's sale, as well as a look at why songwriters should pay. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
In independent, do-it-yourself world, we're offering the scrappy self-starters of the music industry tips and advice on social listening, how to overcome some of the most common songwriter struggles, which. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this journey back through the week's music industry news, we check back into T-Swift's legal team's efforts to squash a critical blog post, Flo and Eddie's ongoing supreme court. Continue reading
iHeartMedia Stock Tanks After $248M Quarterly Loss and ‘Substantial Doubts’ About Survival [UPDATED]
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
This week, the most popular and frequently read posts on Hypebot covered TIDAL's new addition of detailed album and track credits, whether Spotify is any better than top 40 radio. Continue reading
Musical.ly Just Sold For $800M, But Its Already Peaked, says Mark Mulligan
Musical.ly may have just sold for an eye-popping $800 million to $1 billion, but the app is already beyond its peak writes MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan. The reason for the. Continue reading
What Do Lil Uzi Vert, Post Malone and Khalid Have In Common? Soundcloud Helped Launch Their Careers
What do recent breakout artists Lil Uzi Vert, Post Malone, Lil Pump, Khalid, Trippie Redd and Lil Peep have in common? Each uploaded their first track to SoundCloud, where it. Continue reading
