How Independent Artists Are Using Data to Make Smarter Career Decisions
For most of music history, career decisions were made on instinct, relationships, and gut feeling. A manager booked a tour...
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Vale! ULB Ignite a Global Latin Party on Genre-Blurring Single ‘Devórame’
After building international momentum with chart success across Europe, the Americas and beyond, multicultural Latin collective Vale! ULB return with...
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The Role of TikTok in Breaking New Artists — A 2026 Industry Breakdown
The 2026 Grammy Awards made one thing unmistakably clear: TikTok has become the music industry’s most powerful engine for launching...
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Alessi Rose Returns With ‘Dependent’, Cementing Her Place Among Britain’s Most Compelling New Voices
Alessi Rose has released “Dependent,” her latest single and the follow-up to May’s “Skin,” arriving as the Derby-born singer-songwriter continues...
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Why Playlist Pitching Still Matters and How to Do It Right in 2026
In an era when algorithms seemingly determine everything about music discovery, it would be reasonable to assume that playlist pitching...
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The Truth About Per-Stream Rates and What They Mean for Your Music Career
The per-stream rate is one of the most quoted and most misunderstood numbers in the music industry. Artists see figures...
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Why 1,000 Streams Is the New Benchmark Every Artist Needs to Understand
In early 2024, Spotify implemented a policy that went largely unnoticed outside industry circles but had consequences that rippled across...
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Spotify vs Apple Music vs Tidal: Which Platform Pays Artists More in 2026
Ask any independent artist which streaming platform they care most about and the answer is almost always Spotify. Ask which...
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Angela Chambers Announces Pre-Save for Upcoming Single “Everybody’s Talkin'” Set for July 10th Release
LOS ANGELES, CA – Singer-songwriter and actress Angela Chambers has officially announced that her highly anticipated new single, “Everybody’s Talkin’,” is available...
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How Spotify’s Algorithm Changes Are Affecting Artist Revenue
No single company has more influence over what music people hear — and therefore which artists earn money — than...
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The Rise of the 360 Deal: What It Means and Why Artists Should Think Twice
When record labels began losing billions of dollars in CD sales revenue in the early 2000s as digital piracy decimated...
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The Difference Between a Record Deal and a Distribution Deal — Explained
After two years of silence, club culture came back harder, stranger, and more vital than ever.
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