Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” just passed a major milestone that eludes many smash hits — it’s now 10 times platinum-certified by the RIAA. The 2008 dance-pop hit — which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — is now diamond. According to the RIAA’s digital singles criteria, one unit is equal to one digital download or 100 streams….

Apple’s quest to make iPhones even thinner may come at the expense of those sweet headphones you bought on Cyber Monday. The latest report in the Apple rumor sack is that the company may chop the 3.5mm headphone jack from next year’s iPhone 7, a move that would require adapters to use old cans and…

Bandcamp is pulling a Costco and giving artists an easy way to sell their albums in bulk. A full discography purchase option was quietly added to user accounts recently, giving artists the ability to bundle their digital albums and sell them for a discounted price….

Headphones are the essential tool of every serious DJ, just like a pickaxe was crucial for a miner of the past to do any work, headphones are the first equipment you have to get, if you want to become a DJ. If for any reasons like thinking average headphones will do or because you don’t have…

  It may seem strange for companies like YouTube and Amazon to be entering the streaming industry, particularly given how notoriously unprofitable it is, but by offering it bundled with other services, profitability becomes less important than long-term customer loyalty….

They’re both media giants on a worldwide scale, and they’ve both just released their list of tips for new music artists in 2016. In the red corner, the BBC, whose new 15-artist Sound Of… longlist includes the likes of Jack Garratt, Frances, Blossoms, NAO and Rat Boy….

Spotify unveiled its annual Year in Music results on Tuesday, with Drake topping a crowded field to become the world’s most streamed artist. The rapper had over 1.8 billion streams and 46 million listeners. The year’s most streamed female artist was Rihanna, with over 1 billion streams and 57 million listeners….

\ The sales keep climbing for Adele‘s blockbuster 25 album. After processing the first sales reports through Nov. 29, Nielsen Music says that 25 has sold at least 650,000 copies in its second week on sale in the U.S. Combined with the 3.38 million 25 sold in its first week (Nov. 20-Nov. 26), the album has now sold more than 4 million in…

\ Benny Boom is in negotations to replace Carl Franklin as director. With the clock ticking on Morgan Creek’s Tupac Shakur movie, the company is in the midst of hiring music video and commercial director Benny Boom to helm….

Last week, online file transfer service WeTransfer unveiled a new platform for streaming music, entering an increasingly crowded marketplace dominated by the likes of Spotify, YouTube and Apple Music. On the surface, it seems like a bizarre move for the Dutch company, known more for providing an easy way to send large files — a…