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The world s largest music subscriber service Spotify says 2015 was in many ways, our best ever year. The number of users jumped 50% to 89 million. Its subscriber figure hit 30 million, marking about…

2016 seems to be the year that voice recognition technology moves from merely giving commands to having two-way conversations with devices. Tech-heads have every reason to be excited at new…

Did Alanis Morissette s former business manager rob her of US$4.7 million to enjoy a lavish lifestyle? Or did he invest it into illegal marijuana growing concerns on her behalf? The Canadian singer…

The exclusive deal that Beyonce’s Lemonade album had with Tidal has brought 306 million global streams to the service that she is part-owner of. According to the New York Times, 75% of these (229…

While singer Kesha s lawsuit against Dr. Luke claiming he drugged and raped her and exerted suffocating control over her career plays out in New York, her attorneys want to also revive it in…

Rumours this week of important news to come from EDM community hub Beatport suggested an early announcement of its new owner, scheduled for May 23. There was an interesting update on this. But…

Image: Rolling Stones at O2 Arena European and UK arenas had a bumper year in 2015, with over 14 million tickets sold over 12 months. The study came from combined data from the European Arenas…

Apple has denied speculation that it is planning to discontinue iTunes music downloads within four years to concentrate on streaming. The report initially surfaced on Digital Music News and was…

Taylor Swift took out two awards at the 64th BMI Pop Awards in Los Angeles, which honour the writers and publishers of the most performed songs in the past 12 months. The first was for her own…

Drake has set two new chart records in the United States. Aside from taking #1 place on the album chart (with Views) and #1 on the singles chart (with One Dance, featuring WizKid and Kyla), he has…

Superstars as Adele, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith are helping British acts claim their biggest share of the North American record market, according to new figures from the trade association British…

After years of trying, Sony Music has finally landed Robbie Williams to a multi-million dollar record deal. With sales of 70 million albums as a solo artist (18 million in Britain alone), the 42-year…