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The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ becomes first song to hit 5bn streams on Spotify
The latest achievement coincides with the track topping Billboard's Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century chart Source...

From Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters record to BMG’s H1 results… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up
The biggest headlines from the past few days – all in one place Source...

beatBread CEO and co-founder Peter Sinclair dies aged 50
Sinclair passed away on Saturday (August 23) surrounded by his family in Los Angeles. Source...

Y2K on Doja Cat, Grammys, Elliott Smith, and why making music with TikTok virality in mind is ‘setting yourself up to fail’
Ari Starace is the latest interviewee in our World's Greatest Producers series Source...

Thomas Coesfeld on BMG’s H1 2025 results, why music streaming ‘remains undervalued’, and a strategy focused on the ‘core business’ of music rights
MBW quizzes Coesfeld on BMG's strategic direction, music being 'undervalued' on streaming services, and why he believes the wider music industry must do better on fair payments Source...

Italy’s paid streaming subscriptions jump 12.7% YoY in first half of 2025 as local acts dominate the charts
Italian artists accounted for 90% of the top 10 albums and singles in Italy in H1 2025, industry group FIMI says Source...

UK tribunal rejects Blur drummer’s class action lawsuit against PRS For Music over ‘black box’ royalties
"The central problem is that the class is, in a manner of speaking, suing itself..." Source...

BMG’s organic revenue fell 4.4% YoY in H1 2025, as EBITDA margin jumped; underlying streaming revenue up high single-digits
BMG recorded a strong EBITDA margin of 28.7% in the first half of 2025, up from 26.5% in H1 2024 Source...

Apple Music Radio expands beyond iOS with new TuneIn partnership
TuneIn's 75 million monthly users will gain access to Apple Music's commercial-free radio stations. Source...

YouTube expands creator promotion tool ‘Hype’ to 39 markets
The feature allows viewers to promote videos from creators with fewer than 500,000 subscribers. Source...