The year 2020 was dominated globally by the COVID-19 pandemic. Every area of social life was significantly and irrevocably altered by the pandemic, including artistic and cultural life. The impact on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrea Bossi is a New York-based contributing reporter covering music. Jan 07, 2021, 11:00am EST Jan 07, 2021, 11:18am EST This ...

While our feet were planted firmly in the U.S. in 2020, largely barred from international travel, streaming data shows us our ears, at least, were wandering the globe. Figures from Alpha Data, the ...

Hosted by Kim Jong Kook and Jun So Min, the 2020 APAN Music Awards took place on January 24. The 2020 APAN Awards (which includes both the Star Awards and the Music Awards) were originally scheduled ...

Even as live music massively struggled, the recorded music industry saw another booming year out of 2020, according to a year-end report from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) ...

While we’re well into the new year, YouTube Music looks to be taking another stab at giving users a 2020 Year in Review. Hopefully, this iteration will be widely rolled out. Sent via email, this is ...

The RIAA has released its annual year-end revenue report, surveying the state of the recorded music industry at the end of 2020. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, trends across the past several years ...

One of the rare good things that 2020 will be remembered for is just how great and diverse a lineup of video games we got throughout the entirety of the year. From experiences that helped sunset our ...

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has released its year-end revenue report for 2020. And despite a year of enormous hardships, there’s some positive news to share. In the U.S., ...

Global royalties collections for music creators dropped 10.7% during 2020 due to the pandemic, declining by nearly €1 billion (approximately $1.16 billion) to a pre-2017 level of €8.12 billion ...