Sony Music’s revenue from streaming rose nearly 6% to $640.3m in the first quarter of the company’s fiscal year. Effects of COVID-19 were felt across all of the company’s divisions.

The Grammy discussion has begun in earnest, if the nonstop calls we’ve been getting are any indication. We therefore now offer our first run-through of potential contenders for Album of the Year.

In a special edition of her Post Toasted column, Karen Glauber directs some urgent questions to the alternative community: Where are the protest songs of 2020? When will male musicians’ inexcusable treatment of girls and women come to an end? And where are the angry women? Essential reading.

Dr. Maurice Stinnett is joining Warner Music Group to spearhead WMG’s equity initiatives, and implement tailored strategies and programs designed to cultivate a diverse and inclusive company culture.

Producer JW Lucas recently made a series of unfortunate statements on social media—notably accusations about the late Breonna Taylor that seemed to equivocate on the injustice of her killing at the hands of police. Warner Chappell Music has now decided to part ways with him.

Irish punk band Fontaines D.C. are heading toward #1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart with their second album, A Hero’s Death (Partisan). Over on singles, Billie Eilish is on track to claim her fifth U.K. Top 10 with “My Future” (Polydor).