Music Industry: News
18 Sep 2018
Cricket: News, Stats and more!Durga Puja music video featuring Sourav Ganguly coming up soon
A Bengali music video on Durga Puja featuring cricket icon Sourav Ganguly along with popular film actresses will be launched soon.
15 Sep 2018
BollywoodSinger Shaan talks about his absence from Bollywood music scene
Singer Shaan says the primary reason for his absence from Bollywood music scene is the fact that the newer generation has taken over the industry, leaving fewer opportunities for senior artistes like him.
03 Sep 2018
GermanyAfter losing voice mid-concert, U2's singer Bono promises he'll return
A day after he lost his voice in the middle of a concert in Berlin, Bono, the frontman of Irish band U2, has said he will be back soon.
02 Sep 2018
YouTubeTop 5 online platforms where you can promote your music
If you happen to be a budding musician in this digital age, you don't have to rush from one studio to another to get that much-needed breakthrough.
25 Aug 2018
Sonu NigamAnti-plastic song by Kirkire, Shaan screened at the United Nations
'Tik Tik Plastic Tik Na Paye Re', a song penned by noted lyricist Swanand Kirkire and composed by singer Shaan was screened at the United Nations in New York as part of its anti-plastic campaign.
24 Aug 2018
IndiaTop 5 music streaming apps for your smartphone
Thanks to the internet, music has become an indispensable part of our lives as it follows us almost everywhere.
11 Aug 2018
NepalPoetry in songs has died down, says Tochi Raina
Singer-composer Tochi Raina says poetry in songs has died down, deteriorating the quality of music being produced.
07 Aug 2018
BollywoodMusic no longer a character in Bollywood movies, says Rahman
Academy Award-winning composer AR Rahman believes music should be treated as a character in films and not something that is dispensable.
06 Aug 2018
Demi LovatoI will keep fighting: Demi Lovato on drug addiction
Demi Lovato, the 25-year-old American pop singer, recently opened up about her drug addiction problem. She was reportedly hospitalized on July 24, after an overdose.
25 Jul 2018
BollywoodImpressed by Janhvi, Lata Mangeshkar wants to sing for her
Janhvi Kapoor, Boney Kapoor and Sridevi's daughter, who recently shot to fame with 'Dhadak' just received a huge compliment from Lata Mangeshkar.
12 Jul 2018
Shah Rukh KhanSukhwinder Singh reveals secret of his two-decade-long singing career
Sukhwinder Singh has been in the industry for nearly two decades and the singer says his undying passion for music is what keeps him going.
09 Jul 2018
AndroidIf you're a music-junkie, these 5 apps are for you!
Music is an inexpensive but highly effective way of stress-busting.
07 Jul 2018
AppleApple Music takes over Spotify in the US market
According to reports, Apple Music now has more subscribers than Spotify in the US market.
13 Jun 2018
AR RahmanAR Rahman's authorized biography to be out in August
An authorized biography of AR Rahman will be out in August which will feature intimate interviews with the musical wizard, as well as anecdotes from key people from his life.
24 May 2018
Bob DylanHappy birthday, Dylan: You have songs for all my firsts
What do I write about Bob Dylan that hasn't been written?
10 Apr 2018
YouTubeOfficial YouTube video of Despacito deleted, now restored
The official music video of the hit song Despacito on YouTube was briefly deleted from the website by a group of hackers; it has now been restored. The video was posted on Vevo's YouTube account.
23 Mar 2018
IndiaJioMusic integrates with Saavn, combined entity worth a billion dollar
In an unexpected move, Reliance has announced that it will integrate its music-streaming service, JioMusic with Saavn.
16 Mar 2018
IndiaSpotify is coming to India soon, confirms CEO Daniel Ek
Speaking to investors during an annual event, Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek has said that the company is "working on launching" its service in some countries including India.
15 Mar 2018
Honey SinghMumbai's Dharavi hiphop finally gets its big Bollywood break
Dharavi's burgeoning hip-hop culture has finally got its big Bollywood break.
11 Mar 2018
GoogleMusicians can now directly post updates to Google Search
Google is allowing musicians to post updates about themselves directly in Google Search.
09 Mar 2018
BollywoodPyarelal Wadali, younger Wadali brother, passes away of cardiac arrest
In an unfortunate news for Bollywood and the music industry, Ustad Pyarelal Wadali, the younger brother of the famous Wadali Brothers, passed away Friday morning due to cardiac arrest.
28 Feb 2018
TencentMusic streaming service Gaana to raise $115 million in funding
Music streaming service Gaana today said it will raise USD 115 million (about Rs. 750 crore) from Chinese internet giant Tencent and Times Internet in its latest round of funding.
24 Feb 2018
South AfricaFormer South African cricketer, Lonwabo Tsotsobe turns DJ
South African left-arm speedster, Lonwabo Tsotsobe is currently serving an 8-year ban from cricket after he was found guilty of match-fixing.
09 Feb 2018
HollywoodMichael Jackson plagiarized songs: Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones, the American jazz legend who collaborated with Michael Jackson many times, has now revealed that the late pop star stole some songs.
08 Feb 2018
CelebrityA Jagjit Singh sized void stays now and forever
'Hothon se chuu lo tum, mera geet amar kar do'. When Jagjit Singh crooned for this 1981 movie 'Prem Geet', little did he know that the song would get immortalized, much like his other works.
06 Jan 2018
CelebrityCelebrating AR Rahman: The man, his music and his magic
Call him what you may, Mozart of Madras, Isai Puyal (music storm) or Allah Rakha Rahman, he rules over millions of hearts like he did when his soulful, haunting music first surfaced on the Indian musicverse 25 years ago. The year was 1992, the movie, Mani Ratnam's Roja.
13 Dec 2017
FacebookEgyptian singer jailed for suggestively eating fruits in music video
Shaimaa Ahmed, a 25-year-old Egyptian singer, was convicted on Tuesday of inciting debauchery through her music video.
09 Dec 2017
AppleApple to acquire music recognition app Shazam for $400mn
If reports are to be believed, Apple is going to acquire music-identifying app Shazam for about $400 million.
26 Nov 2017
IndiaAll you '90s kids, no Channel V on television anymore
Mostly celebrated for defining Indie-pop culture for an entire generation and being the coolest space on TV in the '90s, Channel V is reportedly shutting shop after a 20-year-long stint in India.
14 Nov 2017
MyanmarMusician Bob Geldof returns award in protest over Suu Kyi
Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof said he's returning his Freedom of the City of Dublin award in protest against fellow award holder and Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
31 Oct 2017
CelebrityMJ is Forbes highest-paid dead celebrity for fifth consecutive year
Such is the magic of Michael Jackson that despite being dead for over eight years now, he has been named Forbes highest-earning dead celebrity for the fifth time in a row.
25 Oct 2017
KolkataThumri Queen Girija Devi, 'pride of Banaras Gharana', dead
Eminent classical singer Girija Devi, the 'Queen of Thumri', passed away in Kolkata yesterday after a cardiac arrest. She was 88.
11 Oct 2017
IndiaApple, AR Rahman collaborate to open Music labs in India
Apple Music is soon going to open two Mac Labs in India in partnership with Oscar-winning music maestro AR Rahman.
18 Aug 2017
BollywoodTo Gulzar Saab, with lots of love
Sampoorn Singh Kalra or Gulzar turns 83 today. It's almost redundant to debate on the place that he holds in literature and in our hearts.
14 Aug 2017
SonyAlex Ljung and SoundCloud's search for the right tune
It is always a challenging thing to ask the founder and CEO to let go of his start-up. It's almost criminal in ethical terms. However, at the end of the day, the start-up is no longer only about him/her.
13 Aug 2017
SoundCloudSoundCloud survives, emerging voices in music will not be silenced
SoundCloud is not shutting down its shop, just yet.
23 Jun 2017
TeslaElon Musk's Tesla apparently wants its own music streaming service
Let's pick the odd one out - Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, Tesla, SoundCloud and Pandora. Did you notice the anomaly yet? No prizes for guessing that the anomaly is Tesla.
16 May 2017
YouTubeMP3 is officially dead, but the swansong isn't over
The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, a German research institution, which created the MP3 format; has now officially declared the termination of licensing rights pertaining to MP3.
06 Apr 2017
SpotifySpotify finally moves from free service to paid premium
Spotify along with Universal Music announced that it will release some of the albums by Universal Music artists exclusively for paid subscribers.
27 Jun 2016
CelebrityGoogle doodle celebrates Burman
Internet giant Google celebrated RD Burman's birthday with a surprise doodle on its webpage today.
