India generated 218.3 billion on-demand audio and video music streams during the first half of 2026, making it the world’s third-largest streaming market by volume, according to new data from Luminate presented at the All About Music conference in Mumbai. The figure represents a 9.2% year-on-year increase according to Luminate’s latest India report, Unlocking the
Dolly Parton, the country music legend whose six-decade career produced songs including “Jolene”, “9 to 5” and “I Will Always Love You”, has died at the age of 80. Her death was announced by her nephew Brian Seaver on Tuesday 25 August 2026. The circumstances and immediate cause of death have not been disclosed. Parton
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Frank Beard, the longtime drummer of ZZ Top, has died aged 77. The musician died on Monday 17 August 2026, surrounded by his family at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, while receiving hospice care, according to the band’s representative Bob Merlis. No cause of death has been announced. ZZ Top have cancelled their scheduled concerts
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** UPDATED 6 September 2026 Some songs top the charts and disappear, while others refuse to budge. The tracks below dominated the Official UK Singles Chart for weeks on end, and in some cases, months. These are the songs that just wouldn’t let go, including hits by Queen, Ed Sheeran, and Bryan Adams. Frankie Laine’s
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William Orbit, the Grammy-winning producer best known for his work on Madonna’s landmark album Ray of Light, has died at the age of 69. Orbit died on 23 July, according to a statement shared on his official social media accounts. No cause of death has been announced. The influential producer worked with some of the
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On 15 July 2006, YouTube was little more than an ambitious video-sharing website. Twenty years later, it has become the world’s biggest music video platforms, capable of turning songs into global phenomena that transcend language, geography and traditional record industry boundaries. One milestone, more than any other, has come to define that success: one billion
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Music has always been shaped by the people who make it, by their experiences, their risks, their obsessions, and the particular ways they hear the world. Across decades and genres a remarkable number of those people have been queer. Their presence is neither a recent development nor a seasonal talking point. It is simply part
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From Cairo’s twentieth-century golden era to today’s global streaming charts, female vocalists, producers, and songwriters have continuously reshaped the sound and cultural footprint of Arabic music. This guide traces the movement through its defining pioneers and modern innovators across Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, Palestine, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. 🏛️ The Golden Age Pioneers Artist
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When Frank Sinatra’s Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! became the first ever Number 1 album on the newly created UK albums chart on 22 July 1956, nobody could have imagined what would follow. Published by Record Mirror, the inaugural chart contained just five albums, offering the first weekly snapshot of Britain’s music-buying habits. Seven decades later,
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** information correct at time of publishing (17 July 2026) Getting to Number 1 once can define a career. Returning there again and again, across changing musical eras and generations of listeners, is something far rarer. Since the Official UK Albums Chart launched in 1956, more than 1,000 albums have reached the summit. In that
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