Karol G Enchants at 2026 AMAs With Ethereal ‘Ivonny Bonita’ Performance
The Colombian star was honored with the International Artist Award of Excellence following her set
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Sombr Sings Aching ‘Homewrecker’ Hit in a Rainstorm During AMAs Performance
The musician is one of the most nominated artists of the night with seven total nods including New Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Summer, and more
Hootie and the Blowfish Hit Big on Their Return to the AMAs Stage With Medley
The Nineties hitmakers performed a medley of “Hold My Hand” and “Only Wanna Be With You” at the 52nd American Music Awards
BTS Bring ‘Hooligan’ Music Video to Life at the American Music Awards
The South Korean superstars took over Vegas with an appearance at the AMAs amid their four-night stint at Allegiant Stadium
American Music Awards: The Complete Winners List
The full rundown of who won what at Monday night’s awards ceremony
Stability AI’s Julian Parker, a key researcher behind Stable Audio, joins Spotify’s ‘artist-first AI’ team – days after streamer’s landmark UMG remix deal
Parker's announcement of the move arrived less than 24 hours after Spotify and Universal Music Group unveiled landmark licensing agreements for AI-powered covers and remixes Source
Has Warner Turned A Corner?
The latest 'Tim's Take' from Music Business Worldwide founder, Tim Ingham Source
Live Nation faces calls for another competition investigation as UK lawmakers flag live music market dominance
MPs concluded that Live Nation meets the threshold for market dominance across multiple areas of the UK live music supply chain. Source
Ed Sheeran leaves Warner Music Group after 15 years – and 170 million albums sold
The singer-songwriter revealed in a newsletter to fans that he parted ways with Atlantic Records and Asylum Records last month. Source
Spotify and major music DSPs on alert as Canada triples streaming tax to 15%
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission tripled the levy on Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video to 15%. Source
Udio’s licensed AI music app will be called Starstruck, with four creation modes for fans (Report)
Starstruck will offer four modes for users to interact with music from opted-in artists and songwriters: Cover, Reimagine, Remix and Create. Source
Drake Becomes First Artist to Hold Top Three Billboard 200 Spots
Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour just made history
“It Takes Two” Rapper Rob Base Dies at 59
The Harlem MC, who was one-half of the duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, had been living with cancer
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Launches Label With New Album Ruin: It’s Not Just Music
The beat-heavy LP inaugurates her Someone Special label
DJ Koze Drops New Song “Spiralen”
The hypnotic, seven-minute track leads a AA-side single out next month
13 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Bladee, Fakemink, and Eli
Stream new releases from Bladee, Fakemink, and Eli
Philipp Jung, Co-Founder of Get Physical and M.A.N.D.Y., Has Died
The German house DJ, producer, and label boss helped conduct transitions in electronic music as house spilled into adjacent scenes in the 2000s
Lisa, Anitta and Rema team up for globe-spanning World Cup song
One of the big industry talking points in recent years has been about artists from the most exciting non-Anglo territories collaborating with one another – no English-language artists required to break a track globally. One of the tracks on this year’s ‘Official FIFA World Cup 2026 Album’ (yes, that’s a thing) offers the latest example, […]
WMG-backed pilot shows unsold vinyl records can be recycled
Recycled vinyl has been A Thing for a while now… but is it really A Thing that sounds as good as non-recycled vinyl? A pilot scheme from Warner Music Group and GZ Media aims to prove that it does. The pilot involved taking 10,000 unsold records, shredding them, and then pressing new records made up […]
Endel and Richie Hawtin’s ‘Deeper Focus’ gets ‘remastered and reduced’
Five years ago, techno titan Richie Hawtin teamed up with AI-music startup Endel to launch ‘Deeper Focus’ – an “adaptive soundscape” based on his samples and creative DNA. Since then, it has been streamed for more than 5m hours. Now it’s getting a reworking: ‘Deeper Focus: Remastered and Reduced’. Launched this week, it enables listeners to […]