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Chartmetric’s Data Reveals Some Interesting New Realities About the Global Music Market In 2026

In the music industry, global availability is not the same as global success. A song can be one tap away for a listener in any country and never leave its home market. Some music g...

Social Media Success through Songs

Blue Dot Fever: What Chartmetric’s Data Reveals About the Gap Between Fandom and Ticket Sales

Post Malone, Zayn Malik, Meghan Trainor, and the Pussycat Dolls all canceled or softened their touring aspirations in 2026. Four very different acts, four canceled or scaled-back t...

Fall Culture Index 2026: Must-Have Albums to Soundtrack the Season

Discover groundbreaking albums this fall, from Chaka Khan’ and K. Michelle to Leon Bridges, redefining genres and setting the season's soundtrack.

How to Identify AI Music

Concrete examples to train your ear for the current generation of AI songs. How to Identify AI Music Wren Graves

The Best and Worst Concert Experiences Fans Say They’ll Never Forget

Live music has reached an unprecedented financial peak, yet fan satisfaction depends heavily on artist execution and emotional authenticity. The global concert industry is navigati...

The Most Popular Music Genre in Every State, Mapped

Find out America's favorite music genres, and vote for yours!

Mapping the Song Every City is Listening To

What is the world listening to today? Rotation's Music Map offers a wonderfully simple way to explore that question, with a globe showing the songs currently charting in 166 countr...

The New School Of Cool! A Gallery Of Trendsetters, Moment Makers & Couture Curators Who Stunned While Celebrating Co...

The New School of Cool! This year’s star-studded CultureCon was an aesthetically epic affair that brought together trendsetters, moment makers and dreamchasers for two days of work...

Can You Guess The UBER Popular '80s Music Icon Based On Three Random Songs?

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The One-Hit Wonder File: ‘Tainted Love’

The song had been released twice before, but never achieved the kind of fame it found with Soft Cell’s version. The post The One-Hit Wonder File: ‘Tainted Love’ appeared first on T...

Your Favorite New Latin Acts Have Arrived in Billboard’s’ ‘Trending Up’ Series

Here are the Latin acts you need on your radar in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month 

Best Mobile Apps for Watching Concerts, Shows and Following Music

A music fan no longer needs to wait for a DVD release, a TV broadcast or a shaky fan recording to see a band live. Concerts, festival sets, backstage interviews, tour documentaries...

The New School Of Cool! A Gallery Of Trendsetters, Moment Makers & Couture Curators Who Stunned While Celebrating Co...

The New School of Cool! This year’s star-studded CultureCon was an aesthetically epic affair that brought together trendsetters, moment makers and dreamchasers for two days of work...

Is this the next big thing in music? Spotify is turning online fandom into real-life community

Inside Spotify and Phoebe Bridgers’s phone-free Lost Weekend planetarium experience — and the larger movement bringing music fandom offline.

What is mainstream culture now? YouTube tries to answer that question.

A new YouTube trends survey looks at the state of monoculture in 2026.

ElevenLabs adds section-by-section song editing to ElevenMusic, as Suno, Udio, and Google build out rival tools

Tracks can be built from a user's own lyrics, from an existing recording, from a text prompt, or from scratch, ElevenLabs said. Source

KATSEYE’s Paris Show Had Fans Rattling the Floor: Here’s How One Got to Dance With the Group Backstage

When seeing your favorite artist means booking a flight, Verizon Shine can make the trip about more than the concert with exclusive fan experiences.

Live Nation Says 93% Of Fans Crave Real Experiences Over Digital Ones

The more life moves onto screens, the more people appear to want something they can experience in person. New global research from Live Nation finds 93% of fans crave real experien...

How Wax Motif Uses Live Crowds and Social Media to Test Unreleased Music

Wax Motif has spent all spring and summer this year bringing his sophomore album, House of Wax II, to dance floors around the world. But some of the dropped tracks filling his icon...

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Fall Culture Index 2026: Fairs, Festivals and Art Shows Worth Leaving the Group Chat For

Discover can't-miss fairs, festivals, and shows celebrating Black art and culture this fall.

CultureCon 2026: Its Stars Left Us With Gems We Didn’t Know We Needed

Stars share life lessons and creative wisdom at CultureCon.

Here Are the Best Podcasts About Songwriting

Seven essential shows highlighting creators and collaborators dive deep into how inspiration becomes a finished recording