The competition between music streaming services is heating up with Spotify bringing out the big guns. The Swedish streaming giant’s forging new business partnerships and expanding ones that already exist…
YouTube Music is now available in India, just two weeks after the highly awaited launch of Spotify. YouTube, subsidiary of Google and part of Alphabet Inc., has launched its own music…
Physical Sales Outdoes Digital Downloads According To Recent Reports The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) annual end-of-year report notes that recorded-music revenues in 2018 were up 12 percent to their highest…
Universal Music Group (UMG), one of the ‘Big Three’ record labels in the world alongside Sony and Warner Music, is selling up to 50 percent stake in its business, according…
Spotify, the world’s biggest music streaming company, is looking to the future with new investments and innovations. The Swedish streaming giant, that recently launched in India, has set its eyes…
24 hours of all-female programming at Boxout.fm to celebrate International Women’s Day 2019 Starting at 8 am on March 8, 2019, New-Delhi based online community radio station Boxout.fm will feature…
In the past decade or so, the ‘Festival’ has certainly arrived in India! We’ll all heard and some of us have been lucky to go outside and witness massive Music…
Spotify Turns A Week Old in India – Hop Right In To Find Out How It Went! After multiple challenges and indicative plans to launch in India for about a…
In the last 5 years or so, the rise of solo projects has been abundant in India. The rise of genres outside Metal has seen various monikers arise, and musicians…
Swedish music streaming giant Spotify, after a long wait, finally launched in India a week ago. And, in just a week, the world’s most popular paid music streaming service has…
THE SECOND EDITION OF BUDX IS ALL SET TO ELEVATE THE MULTI-GENRE EDM SCENE IN INDIA This year, the program unearths the lesser known sounds of Techno, Bass, Hip-Hop and…
The American music industry posted its third consecutive year of double-digit growth, according to the RIAA’s year-end revenue report (Streaming services push recorded music business to highest revenue in a decade).…
Hard has just released her latest single, ‘Poison’ on her YouTube channel. It is the first single off of her sophomore project; The Private Album. The song talks about her expression…
Smule, a way ahead for community singing with over 50 million global users via GIPHY The leading social networking music app ‘Smule’ connects the global music community with 50 million active…
Wait, What? Spotify Now Live In India! via GIPHY Spotify India, let’s download the HELL out of the worlds best streaming App! Talks about Spotify’s launch in India had been…
DID YOU KNOW? Coldplay, John Mayer, Maroon5 or Ed Sheeran- global singers’ cover versions sell more than original work in Bollywood music dominated India, says Prabhtoj Singh – frontman/lead vocalist…
The Indian audio over the top (OTT) industry is valued at $280 million with revenues from the audio OTT industry contributing to 67% of the total recorded music revenue in…
Locals DISTRICT Music Festival returns for its second edition from 1st-3rd March After making its debut in 2018, Delhi based A&R firm – Local’s very own property festival Locals District makes…
With 225 million YouTube users in India and massive streams of Indian music on the platform, the ‘value gap’ battle is a growing battle in India. What is the Value…
As expected, the business of streaming music keeps getting bigger year after year. According to a report by Music Business Worldwide, the three major music labels generated over $1.5 billion…
With the success of Ranveer Singh and Aliya Bhat’s Gully Boy in the theaters, we note a big wave in the country move forward to support the Indian Hip-Hop community.…
Awful news for the individuals who utilize an advertisement blocker to dispose of the broadly irritating adverts on Spotify — the organization has refreshed its Terms of Service to expressly…
Under 25 Summit 19 – India is the youngest population in the world, it only made sense to have a whole festival dedicated to them! Bengaluru hosted India’s largest youth…
The 6 Pack Band, India’s first transgender band by Music Boutique and Y-Films (the youth wing of Yash Raj Films), performed at The Economic Times Women’s Forum last morning. With…
India’s premier hip-hop star DIVINE announces independent new venture, Gully Gang Entertainment
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. has confirmed today (February 1) that is has completed its $3.5bn all-stock acquisition of Pandora Media. Pandora Media Inc. (also known as Pandora Internet Radio or simply Pandora) is a music streaming and automated music…
Prateek’s last ‘cold/mess’ video – directed by Dar Gai – has amassed over a million views since its release in December 2018; the singer-songwriter will play 15 shows in US & Canada, including SXSW in Austin
The Influence of Electronic Music acts in India – Is the consumer base increasing? There has been a dynamic shift in terms of programming and line up curation in India…
Maruti Suzuki’s Nexa Experiences has launched Nexa Music to showcase India’s aboriginal talent. Created in collaboration with digital media company Qyuki, the platform is a nationwide hunt for budding musicians…
Last Week, Budweiser Experiences unveiled its first-ever streetwear collection in India, BUDXSTREET, in collaboration with five leading culture shapers in the country, namely VegNonVeg, Huemn, NorBlackNorWhite, Hanif Kureshi and Boxout.FM;…
Rockumentary: Becoming of Indian Rock, a 24-minute documentary that explores the state of rock music in India. Abhimanyu Kukreja, who began his career as an entertainment journalist, felt that there…
The clubbing culture of India has transformed over the last 10 years. A decade ago, while the rich partied in clubs at five-star hotels, those lower on the wealth scale…
Five years back, Saregama was struggling to sell CDs and was forced to shut its chain of stores, including the biggest one on Park Street in Kolkata which was a…
As the year is drawing to a close, WE’RE BACK FOR ROUND 2! Last year, we looked at 5 Rock and Metal acts that took that year by storm, and…
Fashion brands have a long history of working with artists across various fields. Kanye West and Pharrell Williams are probably the best examples, along with companies ranging from streetwear right…
In today’s modern day music business, labels have really gone down the Pyramid in terms of their influence. At one point of time, no one could get a single song…
Swedish music streaming giant Spotify went public earlier this year. The results for them doesn’t seem to be on the rise in fact, the firm’s share price hit an all-time…
The business of Music Merchandise was started during the Beatles and Elvis Presley era and has been going on strong since then. In today’s age selling merchandise for $45-$65 dollars…
Continuing its last year’s roaring success, Rider’s Music Festival has yet again managed to grab the attention of Delhiites! On its way to becoming India’s biggest biking music festival, this…
In the 21st century streaming applications have become the ultimate world for the progress of the recorded music industry. Yet in these times Swedish streaming giants are at war with…