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Dylan Smith
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PPL Paid Over $300M to 165,000 Performers and Recording Rightsholders in 2022

Ashley King
January 25, 2023
Photo Credit: PPL PPL paid out £244.9m ($303.6m) to 165,000 performers and recording rightsholders in 2022. UK-based music licensing company PPL announced that in 2022, the company paid out £244.9 million ($... Read More...
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SiriusXM Launches Limited-Run ‘The Grammy Channel’

Ashley King
January 25, 2023
Photo Credit: SiriusXM SiriusXM launches the limited-run 'The Grammy Channel,' the event's 'Official Audio Experience.' SiriusXM announced the return of The Grammy Channel in collaboration with the Recording... Read More...
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2023 Grammy Awards Performances Announced – Bad Bunny, Lizzo, Sam Smith, Mary J. Blige & More

Ashley King
January 25, 2023
Photo Credit: Courtesy NARAS The 2023 Grammy Award performances have been announced to include Bad Bunny, Mary J. Blige, Luke Combs, Lizzo, and many more. The 2023 Grammy Awards will be hosted by Trevor Noah... Read More...
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Spotify Layoffs Encompass 6% of Workforce — Here’s Daniel Ek’s Letter

Ashley King
January 23, 2023
Photo Credit: Reet Talreja Spotify plans to lay off around 6% of its workforce, adding to other massive layoffs in the tech industry. Spotify grew immensely over the course of the pandemic, attracting 456 mi... Read More...
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Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ Sets Spotify Record for Most Streams in a Single Week — 101 Million Plays and Counting

Dylan Smith
January 20, 2023
Miley Cyrus performing live in 2019. Photo Credit: Casey J. Hopkins Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” has set a Spotify record for the most streams in a single week, with north of 100 million on-platform plays to its cr... Read More...
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Amazon Music Unlimited Is Raising Its Prices for Individuals & Students

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January 20, 2023
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Code in iOS 16.3 Reveals Apple Still Working on Classical Music App

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January 19, 2023
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The Rolling Stones & Mick Jagger Join Keith Richards on TikTok

Ashley King
January 19, 2023
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What are the Most Watched YouTube Music Videos of All Time?

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January 19, 2023
Photo Credit: LuisFonsiVEVO Alexa, play "Despacito." Here are the most-watched YouTube music videos of all time. Some songs are so culturally pervasive that you can't help but know them. But only a few achie... Read More...
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Apple Just Announced a New $299 HomePod 2nd Generation

Ashley King
January 18, 2023
Photo Credit: Apple Apple just announced a new full-size $299 HomePod with some rich new audio features -- and one notable limitation. Apple has announced the second-generation HomePod, "a powerful smart spe... Read More...

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January 18, 2023
Photo Credit: Viberate “Reducing the price from $129 to only $9.90 per month feels like the right thing to do,” says the co-founder of music data analytics platform Viberate, which also started the year by ro... Read More...
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