As DEI battles and funding shifts roil campuses, music programs from UCLA to Juilliard continue to grow. THR ranks the 20 schools shaping the next generation of composers. By Jeff Bond Conservatories ...

Few formats drive fan engagement like a great music video. That was true in 2025 and it’ll be true in 2026, too. Looking at Warner Music Group’s top-performing videos of 2025 offers insight into both ...

In September, country singer Zach Bryan decided to climb a barbed-wire fence to get at newcomer Gavin Adock, and the music community watched replays with jaws hanging open. It was a shocking attack on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, and music. Apple Music listeners, the moment you’ve been waiting for all ...

The most-played song in country music in 2025 is an RIAA certified, triple-platinum duet released two summers ago. After that, it's a lot of Morgan Wallen, Jelly Roll and famous country men. Seven ...

The first of the important year-end music industry data reports have come out for 2025, from Luminate Data and Chartmetric. Luminate’s report confirms that growth in music streaming in the U.S. is ...

Magic is real, and we know this because science could never replicate the process that gave us Getting Killed. A bunch of talented Brooklyn teenagers emerge from the pandemic with a promising ...

Apple announced on Tuesday that it’s rolling out Apple Music Replay, its answer to Spotify’s popular Wrapped feature. Apple Music Replay gives users a look back at their year in music by highlighting ...

The 2025 Music Bank Global Festival in Japan has announced its first lineup of performing artists! This year’s Music Bank Global Festival in Japan will be held over two nights on December 13 and 14 at ...

The genre peaked in terms of global awareness with “KPop Demon Hunters,” while the industry’s most promising new act was mired in a legal morass. By Jon Caramanica This year, from a distance, the ...

Every year, we read a lot of new music books, and it’s not only so that music-loving readers have holiday gift ideas for their loved ones, or just themselves; it also saves you time reading the bad or ...

Record labels' deals with AI music generation platforms bring more questions than answers heading into a crucial 2026. By Ethan Millman, Nicole Fell Let’s get this out of the way immediately: AI was ...