Now hear this: Sales of recorded music in the U.S. grew for the eighth consecutive year in 2023, with streams accounting for a dominant 84% and vinyl up by double digits again, the RIAA said in its ...
Listened to more music last year? You're not alone. The global music industry surpassed 4 trillion streams in 2023, a new single-year record, Luminate’s 2023 Year-End Report found. Global streams were ...
There isn’t really such a thing as “a quiet year” in Nashville’s music ecosystem, but 2023 was pretty damn busy by just about any measure you choose. We take stock of it in our Year in Music issue, ...
While 2022 may have been a year completely dominated by a certain sad summer reggaeton album, 2023 drew its power from a set of familiar sounds that took on new prominence: tubas, accordions and a ...
If you're catching our Best of SC Music 2023 edition, then you'll see the records voted the top 20 out of South Carolina this past year. But what about the albums we loved that missed the cut? Here, ...
On today's episode of The Excerpt podcast: It would be hard to argue that 2023’s biggest name in music wasn’t Taylor Swift. She was recently named Time magazine’s Person of the Year and was Spotify’s ...
It seems I’ve been singing the same refrain ever since 2017, the year of our blessed “Despacito.” In 2023, Latin music continued its exponential growth in commercial value. The Recording Industry Assn ...
From bossa nova to EDM, and metal to jazz, the catalog of music enjoyed by Los Angeles teens is boundless. “I feel like this year, over every other year, I've listened to a lot more genres that I ...
AI tools can emulate famous singers and create entire songs. But some musicians are worried about copyright violations and ...
The Hanteo Music Awards 2023 has unveiled its final lineup! On February 16, Hanteo Global announced that ATEEZ, NCT 127, and NCT DREAM would all be performing at this year’s awards, which will take ...