Get the Insider app A personalized feed, digest mode, and ad-free experience. Download the app close icon Two crossed lines that form an ‘X’. It indicates a way to close an interaction or dismiss a notification. Pop sensations like Taylor Swift have ignited their stardom in recent years, but SwiftRead More →
Image credit: Amazon Music Here’s how to connect with your fans on Amazon Music by recording a personal Spotlight message alongside your music. Amazon Music has launched Spotlight, an all-new way for Amazon Music artists to interact with their fans on the platform. Artists can now share a voicemail messageRead More →
After launching a payola-free presentation and promotion tool last year, Amazon Music has officially launched Spotlight, which allows artists to equip their profiles with personalized voice messages. Amazon Music for Artists contacted DMN with details about Spotlight today. The new feature allows artists with at least 3,000 fans on theRead More →
Queen of dancehall music, Spice walked away with the most coveted awards at the inaugural Jamaica International Music Awards in Sunrise, Florida last night. The Grammy nominee won Best Female Reggae Dancehall Album with “ten,“a few moments after his single”Goh Down Deh” won song of the year. Spice was notRead More →
Country music has certainly faced growing pains and controversy over its long history. Many fans are divided on the introduction of pop music into country music, and whether this style can even be considered country music. In my opinion, country music should echo tradition and avoid becoming too dependent onRead More →
BTS’ V Shares Photos While Browsing Music Albums BTS’ V recently shared glimpses of his day with his friend and since then fans can’t help but gush. On Saturday, the singer took to Instagram and shared his first post on the platform following his recovery from Covid-19. In the firstRead More →
On Saturday, BTS member V shared photos giving a glimpse of his day with his friend as he browsed music records from the 1970s and 1960s and posed for photos. Taking to Instagram, V shared his first post on the platform following his recovery from Covid-19. In the first photo,Read More →
LL Cool J will host the ninth annual iHeartRadio Music Awards and Jennifer Lopez will receive the iHeartRadio Icon Award, iHeartMedia and Fox Entertainment announced today. The 2022 ceremony is scheduled for March 22 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. A 2021 inductee into the Rock and Roll HallRead More →
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Have you ever wondered what your favorite country stars looked like before they rose to fame? You are about to find out! Dolly Parton 1967: Country singer Dolly Parton with collaborator Porter Wagoner on set of her television show circa 1967. Mr. Wagoner is wearing a Nudie suit designed byRead More →
Awards like the CMT Music Awards, American Country Awards, Grammy Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and BMI Awards spotlight country artists from the United States and around the world. While many of these artists represent states like Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, states like Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah have anRead More →
With a sensual voice that carefully articulates every syllable of wisdom stitched into her lyrics, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Jensen McRae creates deeply sentimental music that blossomed this year with the release of her debut EP, Who hurt you?. Her propensity to write and sing is also illustrated in her latestRead More →
American social media giant Twitter has released a list of top musical moments that have struck a chord with its Indian users in 2021. This list also included the most tweeted Indian artists about music. These included Korean band BTS, legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, composer AR Rahman, American pop sensationRead More →
There is no doubt that these are the best collections (including EPs) delivered in 2021 by Ghanaian artists. KiDi released the album ‘Golden Boy’ on June 23, 2021. The 14-track album preceded extensive promotion in anticipation of the album. The “Golden Boy” album is one of the best albums releasedRead More →
The Russian World Music Chart (RWMC), Russia’s premier world music chart, has revealed the top 20 Russian world music albums of 2021. A total of 40 albums from 15 labels participated in the chart in music genres of the world, ethnic and folk, released in 2021, including 12 traditional musicRead More →
One of the biggest players in music streaming, Spotify, has released the list of the most streamed artists in 2021 for the period from January 1 to November 27. While Bad Bunny retains its top spot, artists including Taylor Swift, Drake and Justin Bieber also make the list. Read onRead More →
It was perhaps inevitable that Spotify and Shopify – with their similar nicknames – would eventually join forces. Spotify on Wednesday announced a new partnership with e-commerce provider Shopify to allow artists to list merchandise directly to their profiles on the audio streaming giant’s platform. Any artist in the worldRead More →
SINGAPORE — With the pandemic affecting their gigs and projects overseas, musicians in Singapore have turned to writing new songs and recording albums over the past year. Veteran singer-songwriter Ramli Sarip’s new album is his first to be made in Singapore since the mid-1980s, while indie pioneers The Oddfellows’ latestRead More →
Fender launched Player Plus Studio Sessions, allowing unsigned artists to earn 10 hours of recording time in a professional recording studio. The artists’ tracks will be judged by a panel of industry experts, including Nile Rodgers of Chic, Emily Kokal of Wolfpaint and Ashley McBryde. Fender says the initiative wasRead More →
Pop sensations like Taylor Swift have ignited their stardom in recent years, but Swift still isn’t the best-selling artist of all time. Insider turned to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) list to find out who is. The list is based on the total number of certified album unitsRead More →
A complaint filed in the Southern District of New York by various music producers and distributors on Tuesday charged Frontier Communications Corporation with thousands of counts of copyright infringement, alleging that Frontier allowed its subscribers to illegally download music without no compensation. The fifteen plaintiff companies are referred to respectivelyRead More →
Pirate, whose revolutionary self-service studio model has become the UK’s largest network of recording facilities, has launched in the US after 12 months of planning. With the opening of new studios in Los Angeles added to the three recently opened in New York, Pirate’s affordable, keyless, contactless and 24-hour accessibleRead More →
The country music world has not been spared the effects of the novel coronavirus which is upsetting lives around the world. Many events have been canceled and many artists, including Willie Nelson and Margo Price, have delayed the release of their new records. Still, all hope is not lost forRead More →
Red Bull will close and/or sell its collection of owned music studios as part of a reduction in the company’s ties to the entertainment industry. MBW learned of the closures via whistleblowers at the Austria-based company, who tell us that company management told staff on Monday (July 13) that RedRead More →
As streaming services allow new and experienced musicians to post recorded music anywhere, recording studios are used less and less. Statista reports that there were 1,793 recording studios in the United States in 2008. In 2014, that number was 1,693. However, the number has started to rise again. In 2017,Read More →