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Musi’s relative success speaks to a specific but growing niche of music listeners, experts say. Will it be enough to compete with Spotify?

An analysis of more than 12,000 rap, pop, country, rock and R&B songs from the past 50 years shows more emotional and straightforward lyrics

Songs across five popular genres have increasingly become less elaborate and more repetitive, possibly because listeners tend to play music in the background while doing other things, the researchers found.

Before Spotify laid off the employee who maintained Every Noise at Once, the website was an essential tool for music fans to discover new tracks and artists.

Is it a "fearful vocaloid wednesday morning," a "yearning cottagecore thursday afternoon," or perhaps a "heartbroken karaoke friday evening"? That's up to

Denver is now a top market for Sofar Sounds, which exists in 400 cities across 78 countries.

UMG and Deezer's new streaming model devalues passive listens. Is that a good thing?

Discover how Spotify succeeded despite facing stiff competition and established itself as a market leader in this article, which will give you a behind-the-scenes look at Spotify’s successful journey. If you haven’t heard about Spotify before, we’d like to point you in the right direction.Spotify’s path to becoming a market leader can be attributed to […]

A new study which aimed to investigate at what age music fans stop listening to new artists has been released.

Developed in Boston, the technology aims to add a few noteworthy surprises to the listening experience.