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In its first three days of release, Adele’s 25 has already sold at least 2.3 million in pure album sales in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. And, at the present (Nov. 23), industry forecasters suggest the album could finish the week with 2.9 million sold….

Justin Bieber breaks a Billboard Hot 100 record previously held by the Beatlesand Drake. Bieber boasts 17 songs on the Dec. 5 Hot 100, marking the most titles that any artist has placed on the chart in a single week. He bests the 14 each that the Beatles managed on April 11, 1964 and that Drake earned on the March…

Over 1,000 musicians from all across the globe, spanning every genre – from acoustic metal-rap to Zydeco pop covers – headed for Chicago to empower themselves with the knowledge handed down from leading music industry experts at CD Baby’s first ever artist-oriented DIY Musician Conference….

Last Christmas, Amazon didn’t quite give you its heart – but it did give you its very own album. All Is Bright featured recording stars such as Liz Phair, Yoko Ono, The Flaming Lips and Beth Orton laying down original versions of traditional Christmas songs….

SoundCloud has some big issues right now – not least that it’s being sued by PRS For Music for failing to obtain a European license from the UK-based collection society. Partly as a result of PRS’s action, it appears that Universal Music Group’s own groundbreaking licensing deal with the digital service is now frozen at the final stage of…

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…