This weekend’s BTS livestream showed Netflix’s continued ambitions around music programming. An announcement on Friday risked getting lost in the noise, but is just as interesting. The video-streamer has inked a ‘first-look’ deal with Warner Music Group to make documentary series and films about its artists and songwriters – both current and legacy. Production firm Unigram is also […] The post is from Music Ally.
AI-music tech firm Moises has enlisted Water & Music for a new report surveying 1,525 musicians about how they are “actually using AI”. It found that 78% of professional musicians surveyed are using AI versus 60% of hobbyists, and that stem-separation is the most popular use – adopted by 71% of the AI-using sample compared to 24% […] The post is from Music Ally.
We reported last week on Deezer’s latest financial results, with the company’s revenues from direct subscriptions growing, but those from its B2B partnerships continuing to fall. Now it is taking action, relaunching the ‘Deezer for Business’ unit with a focus on integrating Deezer into wider offerings from telcos, retailers and other brands, and also on providing […] The post is from Music Ally.
There’s a worrying line for the creative industries in the US administration’s new ‘White House National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence’. It’s the one that says “the Administration believes that training of AI models on copyrighted material does not violate copyright laws”. However, thankfully for rightsholders, that’s not the full story. “Although the Administration believes […] The post is from Music Ally.
Recent album-launch events for Mexican artist Kenia Os and Spanish artist Bad Gyal are a neat snapshot of the two predominant ways musicians are teaming up with digital services for listening parties: IRL and online. Kenia Os worked with Spotify on a listening party and Q&A in Mexico City for her new album ‘K de Karma’ […] The post is from Music Ally.
Digital Distribution, State of the Industry Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Amazon Music, and every major DSP require recording artists and labels to operate through a digital distribution company in order to make music available on their platforms. There is no alternative. If you want your music on DSPs, distribution is unavoidable. Today, an estimated 100,000 to 120,000 new tracks are uploaded to Spotify every single day.…
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Mar 23, 2026 1:03pm · Music Business WorldWide
These are high times indeed for fans of music-streaming services Instagram-boasting about BTS’s new album ‘Arirang’ breaking records on their platform. They’re all at it. “The most streamed K-Pop album in Spotify history and the most streamed album in a single day in 2026 so far,” posted Spotify. Apple said that the album “broke the Apple Music […] The post is from Music Ally.
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Mar 23, 2026 12:29pm · Music Business WorldWide
The show featured the first performance of “Man in the Long Black Coat” since 2013, and the live debut of Eddie Cochran’s 1958 classic “Nervous Breakdown”
Brazilian footballer Jorginho Frello has accused Roan’s security of speaking aggressively to his 11-year-old daughter; Roan says the officer in question is not part of her team