Music Business

New tech-enabled spectacles are transforming passive music listening into deep, multi-sensory experiences

The Popular French EDM artist, DJ Snake, is set to return to India this year, marking his third time performing in the country. The tour will begin on Sept 26 and end on Oct 5

A handful of financial firms, including Apollo Global Management Inc., Warburg Pincus LLC and Temasek Holdings Pte, Singapore's state-owned investment firm, have expressed interest in the assets

TIPS Music, one of India's leading music labels, on Monday announced a strategic partnership with TikTok to promote its music library on the short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet firm ByteDance. With this agreement, a catalogue of over 31,000 songs of TIPS Music (earlier known as Tips Industries) could be accessed through TikTok's platform. "This partnership will enable music lovers, Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and expatriates, to access and engage with TIPS Music's rich and diverse music collection on the popular short-form video platform," a statement said. The agreement aims to meet the "increasing demand for Indian music among global audiences", it said, adding that this collaboration ensures TikTok users across multiple regions will have seamless access to the wide range of TIPS Music's library. TIPS Music Managing Director Kumar Taurani said: "We have seen an increased consumption of Indian music globally. Several existing TikTok trends hold testament to

Swift is not even close to halfway through the tour, but she has already gone above and beyond her fans' expectations thanks to multiple surprises, major announcements and special guest appearances

The film will follow Honey Singh's meteoric rise in mainstream Bollywood music and his fall as the landscape eventually changed due to market dynamics

The new season will feature an amalgamation of over 50 artists from across the country and its hinterlands coming together to create over 10 memorable tracks celebrating the roots of India

Music streaming platform Spotify on Friday said that it has fixed the issue that affected its website and application

US, China remain biggest pie-holders globally, says PwC report

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Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has said that the band will stop recording new music in 2025. The 44-year-old musician made the revelation during an appearance on BBC Radio 2's special broadcast. "Our last proper record will come out in 2025, and after that I think we will only tour," Martin said. "And maybe we'll do some collaborative things but the Coldplay catalogue, as it were, finishes then," he added. Martin leads the band which also includes Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion. Coldplay released their ninth album, 'Music of the Spheres', in October this year. The band is set to embark on a global tour next year. At the time of the album's release, Martin had said that the band might stop after releasing three more albums. "This is not a joke, this is true. I think after 12 that will be the end of our catalogue, but I think we will always want to play live together," Martin told Absolute Radio. "So, I think in the way that the (Rolling) Stones do, it will be so

Till the pandemic struck in March 2020, film music was over 70 per cent of the market. The restrictions around Covid meant that not many new films or music were released

Shamrock Capital, a private equity firm, has acquired the Taylor Swift master recordings from Carlyle Group and manager Scooter Braun for $300 million

While sports leagues and restaurants try to figure out when they can reopen to the public, there's growing recognition among music industry executives that concerts won't be coming back anytime soon.

Streaming now brings in 70 per cent of the Rs 1,068 crore the industry made in early 2019

Streaming apps revived the industry, but record labels collect the profits