R. Kelly’s Plays Actually *Increase* After Spotify’s Playlist Ban

Spotify’s move to ban R. Kelly from their curated playlists may have missed the mark — but that only depends on what the initial objective really was. The world’s largest music subscription streaming service took a stand against R. Kelly ea…

Latest Industry: R. Kelly Merch, YouTube Music, Prince, FYF Fest, Fender Riffstation, Cary Sherman, More…

Spotify’s double standard with R. Kelly. Despite removing the troubled R&B singer from playlists on its service, Spotify still prominently features R. Kelly merchandise on sale.  The streaming music platform still has the artist’s …

Latest Industry: Cisco, YouTube, Warner, Metallica, Vivendi, Prince, Apple Music, Pandora, TIDAL, More…

Cisco pulls ads from YouTube. Over a fear of sensitive content appearing right after its ads, Cisco has pulled all of its online ads from YouTube.  Taking a veiled swipe at the video platform’s past controversies over sensitive content, Cisc…

Latest Industry: R. Kelly, WMG, Spotify, YouTube, Vevo, Janet Jackson, American Idol, More…

Warner Music Group releases its Q2 2018. Warner Music Group Corp. has announced its second-quarter financial results for the period ended March 31st, 2018. Revenue grew 16.7%, or 10.4% in constant currency.  Growth in Recorded Music digital, physi…

Latest Industry: Post Malone, J. Cole, R. Kelly, Avicii, BTS, Record Store Day, More…

Post Malone goes platinum in just 4 days. The Recording Industry Association of America has certified platinum Post Malone’s sophomore album, Beerbongs & Bentleys.  Thanks to the popularity of his hit single, ‘Rockstar,’ the …