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Paid subscriptions grew 8.8% in 2025. The more interesting number is what the remaining thirty per cent is made of....
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Roughly a trillion streams in 2025, and only seven to ten per cent of listeners paying. Universal is testing a...
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Fives from Attitude, fours from The Times and Rolling Stone, and a notably cooler 6.5 from Pitchfork. The spread is...
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Grant Park flooded overnight, gates opened three hours late, and the day was rebuilt in public. Heavy overnight rainfall flooded...
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Yungblud, Olivia Rodrigo and Melissa Auf der Maur all appeared across a seventeen-song headline set. The Smashing Pumpkins headlined Lollapalooza...
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The group will not submit ARIRANG for 2027 consideration. The new Asian Pop category is the reason. BTS played two...
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Ratios, weighting and rules about what counts. The chart is a measurement instrument, and instruments have settings. Charts are usually...
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Recordings function as scheduling and positioning. The revenue arrives at the door. In most of electronic music, the recording is...
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Album-equivalent accounting rewards deep tracklists, and hip-hop was built for it before the rule existed. Hip-hop's sustained position at the...
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A small share of revenue that carries margin, ownership and a chart week. That is why it gets the attention....
