Fiat Chrysler Automobiles U.S. returned to the American Music Awards on Sunday night, building off of its 2014 campaign by partnering with all three major labels — Universal, Sony and Warner — to create custom ads/music videos that aired during the telecast….

As it looks like Justin Bieber‘s Purpose is headed to the top of next week’s Billboard 200 albums chart over One Direction‘s Made in the A.M., the pop star’s Spotify figures are in and they look good — record-breaking good. …

One Direction, Ed Sheeran, The Grateful Dead, Kenny Chesney and KevinHart were the big winners at Thursday night’s 12th Annual Billboard Touring Awards, held Thursday (Nov. 19) at New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel….

Rihanna fans are speculating that the singer may release new album ‘Anti’ by the end of the month after she launched a new website for the record yesterday. The singer posted a new video on Instagram alongside a link to antidiary.com overnight. There is little more information at this point, though the website features the phrase “Patience. You’ll…

Nielsen recently published its annual Music 360 Report, detailing consumer spending in music, especially subscription services. According to Nielsen, the appetite for music in the United States is high. Apparently, 91% of the US population is listening up to 24 hours of music a week, a much larger number than reported for similar surveys in the…

This is it. The moment we find out if recorded music can still cut the mustard as a blockbuster proposition, or if it’s been rendered a commercial also-ran to movies, TV and video games. The moment the album proves that the unbundled track culture unleashed by iTunes 12 years ago has failed to vanquish its…

Although music streaming, the most disruptive technologycurrently being used in the industry, is well on its way to becoming the dominant methodthrough which listeners consume music, it has not yet even come close to unlocking its full potential, despite having been around for close to two decades….

Alabama State University has canceled their upcoming homecoming student concert after learning the promoter they were working with allegedly did not book Lil Wayne as promised. The University had been expecting Lil Wayne to headline the homecoming concert on Nov. 18th but learned that they appear to have been scammed….

How is the increasing power of artists affecting the modern day record deal – and how will that dynamic shift in future? Artist lawyer Paul Spraggon, co-founder of SSB with clients including Adele and The Prodigy, knows exactly how he’d like things to change….

With less than 24 hours to go before Adele‘s third album 25 arrives, it seems we finally know if the insanely anticipated LP will be available for streaming. Sadly for those who have shuffled off the CD/mp3 coil, 25 will not be available on the major streaming services come tomorrow’s (Nov. 20) drop date….