News As part of the deal, UMG will roll out a dedicated Excel music label with global distribution capabilities. News India's oldest music label has the option to increase its stake in the studio to 51% by 2030. News Finn Wolfhard and Joe Keery, who releases music as Djo, saw their streams rise after the Stranger Things' return News More than 50,000 song creators will be paid via PRS this quarter, including hundreds of first-time songwriters and composers News Partnership arrives amid the rising global popularity of Korean music and entertainment Analysis The following MBW op/ed comes from Frederic Schindler, founder of music supervision company Too Young Ltd. and the licensing platform Catalog News The feature will reach all Premium users in both countries by the end of the month. News Bad Bunny reclaims the title from Taylor Swift, who achieved 26.6bn+ streams globally on Spotify in 2024, and 26.1bn+ on the platform in 2023