So much has been made of Stevie Wonder’s 1972-1976 album streak that Audible recently devoted an entire podcast series to it.

TDE/RCA’s SZA has dropped SOS Deluxe: LANA. The album boasts 15 additional tracks, including the Grammy-nominated “Saturn,” “30 for 30” with Kendrick Lamar and “Drive,” which is accompanied by a video starring Ben Stiller.

It's likely to be festive at the top of the Official U.K. Charts later this week, with Michael Bublé's Christmas and Tom Grennan's "It Can't Be Christmas" vying for #1 on the respective albums and singles tallies.

Hozier performed The Pogues' Christmas perennial "Fairytale of New York" and his own "Too Sweet" on Saturday Night Live.

UMG's Virgin Music Group is acquiring Downtown Music Holdings LLC in a $775m cash deal due to close by the second half of next year. The two companies will continue to operate independently.

Craig Marks looks back at the 1979 Grammy race for Best New Artist, which was won by disco one-hit wonder A Taste of Honey amid a field that also included Elvis Costello and The Cars.

WME had a lot to celebrate in 2024, including Coldplay crossing $1b on the Music of the Spheres Tour, Adele redefining the concept of a residency and Zach Bryan becoming a stadium sensation.

In the second installment of this sprawling assessment of the year, I.B. looks at indie successes, pubbery gains, DSP evolution and Nashville changes.

UMPG Chairman/CEO Jody Gerson will be the recipient of the 2025 Grammy Salute to Industry Icons honor, which will be presented 2/1 during the annual Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala at the Beverly Hilton.

For Wasserman Music, the instantly classic drone shot of 110k people rocking out to Chappell Roan at Lollapalooza summed up a year of massive artist development, continued global growth and festival flexes that were the envy of the biz.