Music Business Headlines

Here's your regular go-to for the latest music business articles related to trends, news, market development, equity and inclusion, and important changes in today's evolving music industry. Here's what we've been reading...

Billboard For Artists Like Gigi Perez and Sombr, Self-Producing Is ‘An Experiment and an Adventure’

Billboard Canada Billboard Women in Music Returns to Canada on October 1, 2025

Hypebot Bandcamp upgrades payments to Artists and Labels

CBC Arts This documentary celebrates the powwow as a place of joy and resistance

GreenMatters The Music Industry Is Destroying the Environment and Billie Eilish Knows Exactly How to Fight It

Music Radar “Festivals are being cancelled due to extreme weather, and grassroots venues are grappling with rising energy costs”: Brian Eno and others urge government to cancel new North Sea oilfield

Music Business Worldwide ‘We are the home for the modern African music entrepreneur.’

GLAAD Haus of Move Camp: Building Power & Creativity for Black and Brown LGBTQ+ Artists

Music Ally Kobalt joins UMPG and Warner Chappell with direct Spotify deal

Reuters Gaza's young musicians sing and play in the ruins of war

Africanews United Nations harnesses power of music for peace in South Sudan

Now Toronto New incubator program in Toronto supports early-career South Asian artists

Louder "There’s a lot of money in music, it’s creating billionaires. But it doesn't pay fairly." The Black Keys on the "insane racket" that is the music industry in 2025