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RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:30pm · Musically

Spotify’s ‘Equal’ program has sparked 50bn ‘editorial streams’

Spotify is celebrating the fifth birthday of its ‘Equal’ initiative promoting women artists, songwriters and producers with a new podcast and some stats.…

RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:30pm · Musically

TikTok and Instagram launch activations for BTS ‘Arirang’ album

The promo red-carpets are rolling out for BTS’s comeback album ‘Arirang’ on streaming, social and online-video services alike. Everyone wants a piece of the K-Pop reunion, with TikTok and Instagram having just revealed their activations.…

RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:30pm · Musically

Airbnb is enjoying the ’show hopping’ trend for concert travel

Anyone who’s read a few 70s rock biographies would be forgiven for blinking at Airbnb’s claim that “groupie getaways fuel concert tourism this summer”. Fortunately, this is about fans travelling to concerts in groups with their friends.…

RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:30pm · Musically

Hopeless Records boss: Streaming ‘fails the middle class of musicians’

Independent label Hopeless Records was a founder member of indie think-tank ORCA, and now its president Louis Posen has taken to its Substack to argue that music-streaming “saved the industry but stifled the artist”.…

RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:30pm · Musically

Michael Smith pleads guilty in $10m streaming-fraud case

It’s now 18 months since US music producer Michael Smith was arrested and charged with multiple felonies relating to a streaming-fraud scheme.…

RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:00pm · Musically

How Breathe. doubled their monthly listeners on Spotify

Music Ally chatted to Group Speed, the agency who worked with Australian electronic duo Breathe. on their debut album rollout.…

RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:00pm · Musically

Drake’s newest teaser in year-long ‘Iceman’ album rollout

For close to a year, Drake has been teasing a project widely expected to be titled ‘Iceman’.…

RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:00pm · Musically

Instagram tests clickable links in captions for creators

Instagram is now testing a feature it has resisted for a long time – clickable links in post captions.…

RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:00pm · Musically

Music communities: ‘Audiences become the key driver in discovery’

Big figures and views on AI were the initial headlines from yesterday’s launch of the IFPI’s ‘Global Music Report’. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Mar 20, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

AI-music roundup: ElevenLabs Marketplace, Flowtonik, Reply contest

There’s a cluster of stories today around the topic of… we’ll call it AI music-making. People who are using GenAI models to make music at a more serious level, with the ambition of earning an income – a non-fraudulent one! – from their work.…