India is home to the largest number of YouTube viewers in the world. But the platform’s music chart isn’t without flaws.

Amit Gurbaxani investigates why a lyric video with more than 400m views hasn’t charted on YouTube’s charts for India
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Indian Music Industry launches country’s first International Top 20 Singles Chart based on streaming data

Data will be aggregated from Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music
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Ticketing and livestream platform DICE launches in India

London-born ticketing and livestream platform DICE has launched in India. Founded in 2014, DICE introduced livestreaming to its offering this April, and has showcased over 4,000 livestreams, sold tickets in 145 countries and worked on exclusive livestr…

‘How Strangers Online Helped Me Make A Breakup Album’

Being a successful songwriter doesn’t necessarily mean you need to have musical experience. After going through a tough breakup, this artist turned to a community of strangers online to help her turn her written feelings into a complete album of songs. _____________________________ Guest post by Arianna January was a rough…

CD Baby, Dash Go Expand Into India

CD Baby has expanded into India, the world’s 15th largest recorded music market, according to the IFPI. The news arrives on the heels of recent expansion into China, Canada, Columbia, Southeast Asia, and the UK over the last 16 months. The indie music distributor also announced a notable Indian music…

JioSaavn: ‘We’re doing for music what Netflix did for movies.’

The service’s CEO, Rishi Malhotra, discusses his company’s uniqueness – and the power of parent company Jio
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