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 ...

“Everything is under control,” Meshell Ndegeocello sings, again and again, throughout “Call the Tune,” a haunted hymn amidst the collection of mystical prayers, jazz vamps, and folk musings that ...

Perhaps the best thing that you can say about life in Britain over the last few years is that it’s rarely been boring. And, after a brief lull at the start of the year, the U.K. has once again been ...

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 ...

Regional Mexican music — a catchall term that encompasses mariachi, banda, corridos, norteño, sierreño and other genres — has become a global phenomenon, topping music charts and reaching new ...

Let’s get this out of the way: Taylor Swift dominated the year in music, and it wasn’t even close. Four-year-old songs of hers topped the charts. She sold physical albums at a head-spinning rate. Her ...

In 2023, the Nigerian music industry continued its international ascension as Afrobeats stars churned out hit singles that enjoyed both local and global acclaim. From party-starting Amapiano records, ...

The Jazz Music Awards 2023 celebrates the best in today's jazz. The Jazz Music Awards 2023 celebrates the best in today's jazz. The inaugural broadcast is hosted by Dee Dee Bridgewater and Delroy ...

However, the news arrives amid hundreds of layoffs at major music companies — totaling more than a thousand at Universal and Warner Music Groups, with more expected — concerns over AI, and efforts ...

For a band that is on a mandatory hiatus for South Korean military service, BTS had one of the best years of its career. Last December, group member RM released “Indigo,” his first solo LP since 2018, ...

The dichotomy of 2023: we had an amazing year for music, in terms of listeners having access to seemingly endless troves of virtuosity and bangingness. We also had a depressing year for music, in ...