National Album Day 2026 will celebrate some of music history’s biggest names with a wide-ranging collection of exclusive album releases arriving for this year’s “Icons” edition on 17 October 2026. The ninth annual National Album Day, held in association with BBC Radio 2, will bring together classic albums, anniversary editions, reissues and newer releases spanning
Compact discs, the format that once appeared destined for the history books, are having an unexpectedly strong 2026 in the United States. RIAA data shows CD revenue rose 58.6% in the first half of the year to $171.1 million, while unit sales increased 45.7% to 17.5 million discs. The rise comes after a difficult 2025
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One in six British adults are listening to more music than they were a year ago, according to new YouGov research, with Gen Z driving much of the increase in music consumption. The YouGov Profiles data, collected between September 2025 and September 2026, found that 16% of adults in Great Britain say they are listening
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London has celebrated a record-breaking summer of live music, with millions of fans attending concerts and festivals across the capital as Mayor Sadiq Khan hailed the city’s position as the music capital of the world. Major artists including Harry Styles, Ariana Grande, Jay-Z, Bad Bunny, The Weeknd, Luke Combs, Take That and Metallica have drawn
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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
Australia’s music charts will no longer accept songs that are largely or wholly created by artificial intelligence, with the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) introducing new eligibility rules from the chart dated Monday 31 August 2026. Music that uses AI as a supporting tool can still qualify, but recordings must be “substantially human made” and
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Nearly 40% of more than one million music recordings analysed by SubmitHub’s SH Labs AI Music Detector in July showed evidence of artificial intelligence involvement, according to new data from the music submission platform. The analysis found that 23.2% of recordings were classified as fully AI-generated, while another 15.3% contained evidence of AI-generated audio that
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Spotify will introduce a new AI Persona badge for artist profiles that appear to represent AI-generated identities, with the labels beginning to appear from mid-September 2026. The streaming platform says the move is designed to give listeners greater transparency, while music from AI Personas will be excluded from Spotify’s editorial and algorithmic recommendations by default.
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Snapchat has introduced Now Playing, a new feature that lets users share the music they’re listening to on Snap Map through a Spotify integration. Available now in markets where both Snapchat and Spotify operate, the feature allows users to connect their Spotify account, control who can see their listening activity and discover music through friends.
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Spotify says it removed more than 75 million spam tracks from its platform over the past 12 months as it steps up efforts to tackle AI-driven music fraud, fake streaming and unauthorised voice cloning. The streaming giant stressed that the crackdown is not aimed at AI-generated music itself, but at low-quality, mass-produced uploads designed to
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