HIGHLIGHTED MUSIC NEWS OF THE WEEK

His long-awaited follow-up to 2004’s ‘Chronicles: Volume One’ is a collection of essays about songs by other artists

Get ready Selena fans — a new album will soon be on the horizon.

The late artists’s reps said the embattled rapper/singer sampled the 1984 smash without permission on his song “Enchanted Waterfall”

ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus is launching a radio show on Apple Music, with hopes of figuring out why his songs like “Mamma Mia” and “Dancing Queen” have stayed stuck in the heads of so much of the world for so many decades.

TikTok’s short-form video format was copied mercilessly – now TikTok’s copying new features.

At a time when NFT and web3 criticism is reaching fever pitch, hip-hop legend and innovator Nas is selling two of his singles as NFTs, which fans can purchase to claim streaming royalty rights.

Mariah Carey wants her real singing voice to be used in the screen adaptation of her memoir.

Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas is You' has set a new chart record.

Bruce Springsteen's entire back catalog – including songwriting and recordings – reportedly cost Sony Music Group north of $ 500 million.

Saudi Arabia’s Music Commission has launched the Kingdom’s first-ever music strategy, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

One-third of musicians were still earning nothing after restrictions on live events were lifted this summer, according to UK charity Help Musicians.

A previously unreleased Whitney Houston song demo recorded when she was 17 years old is being offered as part of an upcoming NFT collection.

A previously unheard song featuring two of The Beatles at the height of their fame has been given its world premiere after being rediscovered in a loft.

One in three jobs in the British music industry were lost during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report from trade body UK Music.

ABBA will retire after their comeback album. The Swedish pop icons - Agnetha Faltskog, 71, Bjorn Ulvaeus, 76, Benny Andersson, 74, and 75-year-old Anni-Frid Lyngstad - will bow out following the release of their upcoming record, 'Voyage', which features their first new music in almost 40 years ('I Still Have Faith In You' and 'Don’t Shut Me Down').

The Rolling Stones have released a deluxe edition 40th anniversary collection of their 1981 album, Tattoo You.

Tina Turner sold the rights to her music catalogue, including hits like The Best and Nutbush City Limits, to music publishing company BMG.

Group has not practiced together in nearly three months since their school’s doors in Kabul were closed after Taliban takeover.

New music download patterns appear to closely resemble epidemic curves for infectious disease, study finds

Spotify has conducted ‘neuromarketing’ research to optimize digital audio ads for its platform.