Award winning songwriters and composers from all points of the genre spectrum are gathering today in Washington, DC to meet with elected officials as part of the annual American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) “Songwriter Advocacy Day” on Capitol Hill….

Just hours after we learned that Kanye West is joining the 2015 Billboard Music Awards as a performer, a slew of can’t-miss acts have joined the May 17 party….

Spotify claims to have represented one out of every ten dollars record labels earned in the first quarter. This bombshell statistic came from Will Page, Spotify’s director of economics, during his Music Biz presentation during the Music Biz Conference in Nashville on Tuesday (May 12)….

Independent and private equity-backed US publisher Spirit Music Group has entered into a joint venture with songwriter, producer, soundtrack and record producer T Bone Burnett….

Rock band Mumford & Sons scores its second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as its new release Wilder Mind debuts in the top slot. It moved 249,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 10, according to Nielsen Music….

Music consumption is shooting upward. Streaming activity is skyrocketing. So why isn’t the record business doing better?…

Forget MTV. Music videos are about to become more popular than ever before. Except this time they’ll be everywhere you listen….

“Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new,” Steven Tyler once said. And while self-abnegation as a means to a triumphant end may seem counterintuitive, maybe this former American Idol judge was just trying to express a lesson he learned from watching Ryan Seacrest build a vast media empire and nine-figure fortune…

Mississippi brothers (and outspoken anti-flex activists) Rae Sremmurd have, erm, unleashed a new video for SremmLife single “This Could Be Us,” in which they’re hanging out with a bunch of wild animals in South Africa. Showcasing the duo’s travels, the clip finds Swae Lee and Slim Jimmy traipsing through nightclubs, chilling with cheetahs and other…

Warner Music Group sucks at making money, though they did make a small profit last quarter. Part of the reason is streaming, which now brings in more money than downloads. With that in mind, Warner Music CEO Stephen Cooper had this to say to a group of investors and stakeholders….