Top Tracks: 1.    Lady Gaga – Telephone     2.    B.o.B – Airplanes3.    Lady Gaga – Bad Romance    4.    Mumford & Sons – The Cave    5.    Rihanna – Rude Boy     

(UPDATED) How did I arrive at this list? Simple. I went into Google Analytics and charted our Top Content from Jan 1, 2010 – Dec 15, 2010. These are listed. Continue reading

(Updated) Despite increased  industry efforts,  music piracy continues to grow. In the UK, 1.2 billion songs were downloaded illegally by 7.7 million people in 2010, according to recording industry trade. Continue reading

This is part two of my interview with Darryl Ballantyne. He's CEO of LyricFind, a legal lyric solution provider. In part two of this interview with Ballantyne, he talks about. Continue reading

EA's worldwide music executive Steve Schnur thinks that all the music-based video game genre needs to get it out of its sales slump is one big hit. "The video game. Continue reading

Is YouTube getting into more content creation? They are reportedly in talks to buy Next New Networks, the creators of such viral hits as "Bed Intruder Song". (NY Times) Also. Continue reading

MTV has partnered with Echo Nest to develop products that will to enable better music discovery.  First up is the MTV Music Meter chart that which searches blogs, social media. Continue reading

Google is reportedly offering to pay the record labels tens of millions of dollars in advances so they'll sign off on a Google Music service.  For now, the focus is. Continue reading