News Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, Key Production’s Karen Emanuel and more amongst those recognized in UK New Year’s Honours list Max Richter and Ellie Goulding also awarded in latest New Year's Honours list
News UK audio music stream volume topped 210 billion in 2025 – but YoY growth slowed Growth in streaming consumption has slowed down in the UK, but vinyl continues to soar in popularity
News Electronic music experiences firm Pacha Group booked $139m in revenue between January and September 2025, after ‘record-breaking’ season at Pacha Ibiza nightclub Pacha Ibiza nightclub drew 583,834 guests across 156 events this season, up 20% YoY.
News Drake hit with RICO lawsuit over alleged gambling and stream manipulation scheme via Stake.US Drake is being accused of using Stake's "Tipping" feature to obscure payments to bot operators who then generated fake streams of his music.
News BTS to officially return on March 20 with new album; tease first world tour in four years Dates and venues of the upcoming BTS world tour will be announced on January 14 at midnight Korean Standard Time.
News Universal Music acquires 30% stake in India’s Excel Entertainment, valuing Bollywood production house at $267m As part of the deal, UMG will roll out a dedicated Excel music label with global distribution capabilities.
News Bandcamp Fridays hit $154m in payouts since 2020, with $19m paid in 2025 alone The latest figure represents a $31 million increase from the $123 million Bandcamp reported in May 2024.
News PRS for Music and IPRS strike licensing deal for Apple Fitness+ India launch IPRS will license the service in India while PRS for Music will handle processing, matching reported music usage with registered works and distributing royalties.
News TikTok signs deal with Oracle consortium for US business The ByteDance-owned platform has signed a joint venture agreement with Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi's MGX that is set to finalize on December 22.
News Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch 2026: LaBlackie, ROA, Luz Gaggi, RNBOI The last four new names from Vevo’s annual DSCVR Artists to Watch list
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News PPL’s royalty distributions jump 19.9% to $72.8M in final quarter of 2025 The recorded music royalties collection society says it's seeing strong collections coming from abroad
News UMG and Roblox strike deal to expand commercial opportunities for artists on the gaming platform – including merch sales via Shopify Deal includes the integration of commercial features designed to 'drive increased engagement and revenue for artists and labels'
News UMG and Splice team up to collaborate on ‘next generation’ AI music creation tools Companies claim to be 'building a roadmap for development of commercial AI tools rooted in creative control and sonic excellence'
News Indie music publishers saw revenues grow 5.1% to $2.9bn in 2024: IMPF The IMPF is raising the alarm about the risk of AI to songwriters' and music publishers' income
News Create Music Group acquires UK dance label Cr2 The deal brings Cr2 Records, MBMB Publishing, and music education platform Sample Tools by Cr2 under CMG’s ownership.