Music News Stream

RSS Aug 12, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Google’s Gemini app now has more than 1bn monthly active users

If you use any Google services, it’s hard to avoid its Gemini AI assistant. Now there’s a new hard metric to quantify the impact of that push.

RSS Aug 12, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Spotify and Depop team up for artist-curated fashion shops

Artist-curated (online) shops is one of the trends we’re following in 2026, having covered Etsy’s ‘Festival Shop’ with Laufey, PinkPantheress and Willow Avalon, plus its partnership with Olivia Rodrigo.

RSS Aug 12, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Bandsintown hails growth in fan activity around dance music

Interesting things are afoot with live electronic music, according to Bandsintown, which has been digging into its data on how fans are following dance artists and clicking through to buy tickets.

RSS Aug 12, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Startup Riffle launches its ‘multiplayer music studio’ web-app

Riffle is the latest startup hoping to help people make music together online. Its browser-based “multiplayer music studio” has officially launched after a three-month early-access period with 7,000 musicians.

RSS Aug 12, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Québec study warns of a slowdown in growth for music streams

When the music industry frets about a ‘streaming slowdown’ it’s usually about subscriber numbers and revenues. A report from Canadian province Québec focuses on another metric: actual streams. “In 2025, there were 31.9 billion streams on on-demand streaming platforms in Québec, up by just 3% compared to 12% in 2024 and 16% in 2023,” claimed a report […]

RSS Aug 12, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Tencent Music reveals 11% growth in its music-related revenues

In days of yore (well, up until earlier this year) our lead for stories on financial results from Chinese streaming giant Tencent Music would focus on how many paying users it had.

RSS Aug 12, 2026 12:17pm · Music Business WorldWide

Anghami co-founder Eddy Maroun launches Arabic music IP platform IPNation, targeting $100m with backing from Influence Media Partners

IPNation describes itself as the first investment platform dedicated exclusively to Arabic music catalogs and entertainment IP. Source

RSS Aug 12, 2026 11:53am · Music Business WorldWide

JYP Entertainment’s Q2 revenues fell 15.1% YoY, net profit down 40.3%, in the gap between Stray Kids’ world tours

That high base was the same quarter of 2025, when Stray Kids' dominATE world tour was still on the road. Source

RSS Aug 12, 2026 10:20am · Musically

Excel Entertainment and Universal Music’s sub-label Excel Music is here

In January, the Universal Music Group announced that it had acquired a 30% stake in Excel Entertainment, the Indian production house behind such hit Bollywood movies and soundtracks as Dil […] The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Aug 12, 2026 10:05am · Musically

Yash Raj Films launches independent music label Raah Records

Leading Indian entertainment studio Yash Raj Films (YRF) was among the first production houses in the country to launch an in-house label to release its movie soundtracks. That was back […] The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Aug 12, 2026 10:00am · Musically

Suno signs another music licensing deal – with BMG

Are the dominoes starting to fall for Suno when it comes to music licensing deals? Today the company has bagged BMG.

RSS Aug 12, 2026 9:58am · Music Business WorldWide

Suno inks global licensing deal with BMG, ahead of launching new music model

BMG is the first significant rightsholder to ink a licensing deal with Suno since Warner Music Group announced an alliance with the AI company nine months ago. Source

RSS Aug 12, 2026 9:30am · Musically

Suno preps download caps to ‘make it harder for bad actors’

Last week, AI-music firm Suno promised that it was about to introduce “a new downloads policy. Now we know the details.

RSS Aug 12, 2026 1:00am · Music Business WorldWide

AEG Presents strikes strategic partnership with Creativeman Productions, promoter of Japan’s Summer Sonic festival

AEG Presents and Creativeman announced the deal on Tuesday (August 11), expanding AEG Presents' presence in Japan. Source

RSS Aug 11, 2026 10:47pm · Music Business WorldWide

Suno limits Pro subscribers to 20 song downloads per month, while promising new models ‘developed in partnership with the music industry’

Suno stated in a blog post on Monday (August 10) that the download restrictions "will make it harder for bad actors to mass-export music" Source

RSS Aug 11, 2026 6:52pm · Music Business WorldWide

Exceleration Music strikes strategic partnership with Christian hip-hop label Reach Records

Exceleration's distribution company Redeye Worldwide will handle global physical and digital distribution for Reach's new releases Source

RSS Aug 11, 2026 1:53pm · Music Business WorldWide

Global Music Rights and Music Choice settle 95-song copyright case

GMR filed the complaint on June 8, alleging that Music Choice continued performing songs from its catalog after the companies' license agreement lapsed. Source

RSS Aug 11, 2026 1:30pm · Music Business WorldWide

‘The real debate isn’t AI versus artists – it’s whether innovation and rightsholder participation can coexist.’

Hook founder and CEO Gaurav Sharma explains why fan-made creations and remixes on social media are becoming the music industry’s next major consumption category… Source

RSS Aug 11, 2026 1:21pm · Musically

Spotify will soon label AI-generated artists with an ‘AI Persona’ badge

Spotify’s work to tackle the challenge of an avalanche of AI-generated music continues with a new labelling system for AI artists.

RSS Aug 11, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

YouTube raises thresholds for creators to start earning revenue

YouTube is making some changes to the way it YouTube Partner Program (YPP) works, including raising the thresholds at which creators can start earning a share of its revenues.