Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ Helped Drive Music Industry To Record Sales In 2025; Vinyl Tops $1B For First Time Since 1983, RIAA Says
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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ Helped Drive Music Industry To Record Sales In 2025; Vinyl Tops $1B For First Time Since 1983, RIAA Says

Music industry revenue climbed 3% in 2025 to hit a new record of $11.54 billion, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

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Gen Z loves AI for homework, hates it in their headphones

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The Register: Pop music fans literally dying to stream hot new albums – in car crashes, that is . “A group of researchers affiliated with Harvard Medical School recently issued a working paper reporting an association between the release days of the most-streamed albums and an increase in US traffic fatalities. The authors say the pattern is consistent with smartphone-enabled driver […]

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The Register: Pop music fans literally dying to stream hot new albums – in car crashes, that is

The Register: Pop music fans literally dying to stream hot new albums – in car crashes, that is . “A group of researchers affiliated with Harvard Medical School recently issued a workin…

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Google experiments with locking YouTube Music lyrics behind paywall https://arstechni.ca/arve #Streamingmusic #youtubemusic #Google #google
Google experiments with locking YouTube Music lyrics behind paywall

After a lengthy test, YouTube Music is making lyrics a premium feature.

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Spotify prices are on the rise, sparking discussions about AI-generated "personalized" playlists. For artists, this shift impacts how fans explore and trust music in 2026. Get the scoop here: https://www.audiartist.com/spotify-price-increase-ai-playlists-2026/ #StreamingMusic

Associated Press: Music streams hit 5 trillion in 2025. Christian, rock and Latin lead growth in the US. “The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It’s a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024, which held the previous record. That’s according to a 2025 Year-End Report from Luminate, an industry data and analytics company that provides insight into changing behaviors […]

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Associated Press: Music streams hit 5 trillion in 2025. Christian, rock and Latin lead growth in the US

Associated Press: Music streams hit 5 trillion in 2025. Christian, rock and Latin lead growth in the US. “The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It’s a new single-year re…

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Spotify Raising U.S. Price Of Premium Subscription

Spotify next month will raise the price of its Premium subscription plan from $11.99 to $12.99 a month.

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Gig! Gig! Gig!
Saturday, Dec 20th, 6-9pm
With my wonderful friends at Chapter Two Brewing Company

This is it, my last real gig for 2025! And I get to do it at one of my forever favorite places

There will be some Ginger Folky standards, your Beer Runs, your Irish Rovers, your Last Shanties.... But there will also be some of the Xmas/Festive/Seasonal songs I've been lashin out for the last bunch of weeks all over Windsor/Essex County.

Then, Xmas Eve Eve, Tuesday Dec 23rd, at I think 7pm Eastern, I'll do that live stream to YouTube. About an hour of the Festive Folky Show. You can Sub here and click the bell to get notified https://www.youtube.com/c/ClintonAndersonAllen

Then I'll be done till 2026

Maybe I'll even change some strings

Cheers!!!
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