When TV’s “upfront” advertising marketplace dropped 6 percent to $18.1 billion in 2014 — the first year-over-year decline since 2009 — several factors were to blame. Time-shifted viewing has consistently risen (40 percent of all U.S. homes paid for video on-demand services as of November 2014, according to Nielsen), and Netflix reached a record 57.4 million global subscribers…

According to TMZ, Frank Ocean‘s request to formally change his name was granted today in Los Angeles….

Record Store Day 2015 was once again a triumph, according to merchants who participated in the event and data supplied by Nielsen Music….

Continuing to focus on growing its user base, Pandora’s losses widened in the first quarter ending March 31, posting a net loss of $48.3 million, or 23 cents per diluted share, a 67 percent increase from the $28.9 million it lost in the corresponding period last year. However, the digital radio service’s revenue continues to…

The annual Light Up the Blues autism benefit concert spearheaded by rocker Stephen Stills and his wife Kristen takes another step forward this year with the participation of Stills’ old pal Neil Young, who tops Saturday’s bill at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood….

It’s official: Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea are coming to 2015 Billboard Music Awards for the debut TV performance of “Pretty Girls.” Billboard and Dick Clark Productions said Wednesday that Spears and Azalea would perform their new single, in what will surely go down as one of the biggest pop moments of the year so…

Empire stars Jussie Smollett (Jamal) and Bryshere “Yazz” Gray (Hakeem) will team up with Estelle to perform a medley of the Fox hip-hop drama’s hits, “Conqueror” and “You’re So Beautiful,” at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. Smollett and Estelle performed “Conqueror” on one memorable Empire episode, while “You’re So Beautiful” — Terrence Howard‘s character’s signature song…

Ed Sheeran, the most-streamed Spotify artist of 2014, has become only the second act to hit two billion streams on the service. How does that translate into cold, hard cash? Well, the honest answer is that we don’t know, exactly – but we can form a rough estimate….

When stars from so many generations and genres collide, sparks fly, and last night’s extraordinary night in Cleveland demonstrated just how powerful rock & roll can be. Laughter, tears, fart jokes: Ringo Starr, Green Day, Bill Withers and Co. brought them all. These were the big night’s biggest moments….

“This is the meat of what I do,” Van Morrison says of his new record, Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue. “I like working with challenges. And I like working with other singers.” Morrison, 69, resurrects deep tracks from albums like 1977’s A Period of Transition and 1991’s Hymns to the Silence with heroes and friends including Steve…