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In order to grow, streaming services may need to offer customers more, better, and cheaper subscription options — something Amazon is already doing
Rolling Stone previews the headlines of the biggest stories in the music industry this year
While streaming reached new highs, sales reached new lows.
The price of music streaming has stayed flat for a decade, but not because tech companies are generous
The young rapper was streamed more than 38.2 million times on Sunday — nearly three times as much as any other artist — and was also the leader in digital song sales
On Monday, the streaming platform emailed its users about an impending cap on uploads. By Thursday, it had reversed course
Celebrating the inaugural Apple Music Awards, Billie Eilish takes over the tech company's Steve Jobs theater to accept her accolade and perform in a literal forest
Apple will celebrate its new streaming awards with a Billie Eilish extravaganza on Wednesday, while Spotify will head to Mexico next year
From 2010 to 2019, both the business and culture of music went through an unprecedented revolution. Here are the biggest, craziest moments to remember
Universal artists can now access streaming consumption and social engagement data from an in-house app
