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Quavo Announces Pharrell Williams-Produced Album

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The long-teased Qrömelife now has a release date

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Charli XCX Announces 2027 European Tour Dates

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Music, Fashion, Film gets a six-date run next February

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Kendrick Lamar Joins Jhené Aiko on New Song “So Good”

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The pair reunite on Aiko’s new album Westside Whimsy

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Shygirl Reveals New Album Swallow!, Shares Song

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Her first studio LP in four years is led by “Lucky (Hymn)”

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Jenny Lewis’ Nice as Fuck Reunite for U.S. Tour

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Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the trio’s sole, self-titled album

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Victoria Monét Announces the Frequency of Love Tour

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A run of North American headlining shows to support the R&B singer’s forthcoming album

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Harry Styles Reveals 2027 Tour Dates

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The pop star will cross North America and Europe with Caroline Polachek, Kylie Minogue, LCD Soundsystem, and more

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Liars Return With First Album and Song in Five Years

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A Ban on Plastic Bag Bans was inspired by a move to Kalamazoo, Michigan and an actual law on the state’s books

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Documentary screenings at Met to benefit IF-A music program - Times-Citizen Communications

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Charli XCX Kicks Off Music, Fashion, Film Tour in Philadelphia: Full Setlist

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Country music singer shares ‘sad news’ in cancer battle: ‘It’s snuck back up’

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Miley Cyrus Announces Bass Persuades Album for 2026

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Pink claims she is 'lonely' after blasting Macklemore - music-news.com

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Caraquet teen once tried to quit trombone — now she’s heading to the world’s top-ranked music school

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Ocean Way music festival axed - music-news.com

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Music festival in Santa Monica canceled due to coastal erosion

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Allt Premiere New Single & Music Video "Ataraxia"

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Every Nicole Kidman Reference In Adéla's New Music Video

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Ocean Way Fest: New Santa Monica music festival canceled due to beach erosion from Hurricane Marie

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Quavo Reveals New Migos Music, Pharrell Album Features & Drake’s Shabang

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School of Music celebrates new season with pro series faculty concert

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Dolly’s New Song, Megan’s Tour, and More

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FELDSPAR Share New Song "Family Man" Ahead of SOFT SIDE Album

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Photos: THE DAMN TRUTH Releases New Single "Killer Whale" and Music Video

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Charli XCX announces 2027 UK and European ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ tour

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About Music

Two businesses sharing a beat

Music news covers recorded music and live performance, and the two make money in almost opposite ways. Recorded music earns small amounts an enormous number of times, mostly through streaming, and rewards catalog depth and longevity. Live performance earns large amounts a limited number of times, and is where most working musicians actually make a living. Touring economics turn on venue size, ticketing fees and costs that rise with the production, which is why a sold-out tour is not automatically a profitable one. Stories about ticketing platforms, venue ownership and festival cancellations belong to this beat as much as album releases do, and the consolidation of promoters, venues and ticketing under common ownership is one of its longest running arguments.

Who owns a song

Every recording involves at least two separate copyrights, and conflating them causes most of the confusion in music coverage. The composition is the song itself, the melody and lyrics, and it is handled by publishers. The master is the specific recorded performance, and it is usually owned by whoever financed the recording, which historically meant the label rather than the artist. An artist can own one and not the other. Catalog sales, re-recordings and disputes over who may license a song to an advertisement all come down to which of those two rights is in play.

What the charts actually measure

Charts are formulas, and the formula decides the outcome as much as listener behavior does. Streams are converted into notional sales at a ratio set by the chart compiler, with paid subscription streams counted more heavily than free ones. Bundling a download with merchandise or a concert ticket has at various points counted and then been disallowed. Genre classification is a further judgment call, made by committees whose decisions about which chart a record belongs on have repeatedly become news in their own right. A chart week is a fixed tracking window, so release day is chosen strategically, and a record arriving a day late competes in a different week against a different field.