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The streaming music service announced Thursday that its many playlists can now be sponsored by advertisers.

Strong gains in both ad and subscription revenue led to Spotify booking more than $2 billion in revenue last year.

Musicians and artists in the United Kingdom earned more from vinyl sales in 2015 than they did from YouTube.

The company announced Google Home, a voice-assistant device not unlike Amazon's Echo, at its developer conference Wednesday.

We’ve curated the perfect playlist of classic, sad and modern songs to help you celebrate your time in school and look forward to the future.

Streaming music service Spotify said Monday it will produce new shows that take silly and sober looks at music and culture.

In an attempt to refute claims that it pays too little in royalties, YouTube asked that it be looked at as radio.

The music streaming service has vaulted past rivals, thanks to thirst for “Lemonade” and sadness about the Purple One’s death.

Songs and albums by the artist, whose remains were cremated Saturday, have been selling fast, adding to a $300 million fortune he left — for no obvious heirs.

A new industry report contends that a “value gap” created by the DMCA is hampering the recording industry's growth.

One year after a shaky rollout, the artist-owned music service has raced into the mix with its competitors.

The music streaming service is also reportedly looking at other big Asian markets, including Japan and India.

Old-school recordings accounted for more revenue in 2015 than songs streamed via ad-supported services like YouTube, data show.

The album had been kept off all streaming services until Monday. Now, it's on every service but one.

Although it took the music service nearly two years to move from 5 million subscribers to 10 million, reaching its latest milestone took just 13 months.

Critics of a deal reached Thursday say it sends a message that streaming services may use unsecured music with impunity.

The music streaming service will fork over as much as $25 million, plus a penalty, while publishers will refrain from filing claims, a report said.

Starved for streaming revenue, more bands are looking to popular music apps to help sell merchandise and concert tickets to their fans.

The mercurial megastar tweeted Monday that he will release future music only on streaming — despite the fact that CDs remain the highest margin album unit.

The hip-hop artist and producer uses his ‘SuperPhone’ to stay in constant contact with 45,000 fans.

The share of on-demand streams generated by the world’s top-selling artists, such as Taylor Swift, has hit an all-time high.

At the Code/Media conference in California, Michael Lynton talked peak TV, "windowing" — and his return to a quaint technology.

The artist's decision upset fans who paid $20 to download the digital album, with some of them being charged twice.

A new software update to Groove, Microsoft's answer to Spotify, has led to a series of problems for listeners.

The service is gaining momentum, with over 10 million subscribers reported.

Listeners to Spotify's music streaming service report not being able to play certain tracks and songs constantly skipping.

The Grammy-nominated rapper joins 16 other artists whose releases earned new certifications from the RIAA.

CEO Daniel Ek and company are betting that the streaming site’s users will also tune in to nonmusic content.

Access Industries, owner of Warner Music Group, and the telecommunications company Orange led the funding round.