When music isn't just about the note but about 'notes', tooMusic is emerging as a valuable asset class with singers and composers launching their own labels to make more money in royalty payments.
27 Feb, 2026, 08.22 PM IST
How much was Lil Poppa worth when he died at 25? Here’s the estimated net worth, earnings, and wealth the CMG rapper Janarious Mykel Wheeler left behindLil Poppa's net worth was estimated at $1.5 million to $3 million. He had 247 million Spotify streams. His YouTube channel had 602 million ...
19 Feb, 2026, 04.44 AM IST
Spotify says it made record payout of more than $11 billion to music industry in 2025Spotify has announced a record payout of over eleven billion dollars to the music industry last year. This represents a significant increas...
28 Jan, 2026, 08.49 PM IST
Spotify says it made record payout of more than $11 billion to music industry in 2025The Swedish streaming platform said in a blog post that its payouts in 2025 grew by more than 10% from a year earlier, with independent art...
28 Jan, 2026, 07.36 PM IST
India’s music licensing market bleeds Rs 10,000 cr, Hoopr bets on fixing the gapIndia’s music licensing industry is bleeding losses of over ₹8,000–10,000 crore annually due to rampant infringement and unpaid royalties, ...
26 Aug, 2025, 10.42 AM IST
Rs 101 payment for hit songs? Dark reality of Bollywood playback singing exposed by Kanika KapoorSinger Kanika Kapoor, known for hits like Baby Doll and Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan, has revealed that playback singers in Bollywood are often pai...
17 Aug, 2025, 08.17 PM IST
Brands play it loud but pay it light, leaving music industry in the redIndia's music industry faces significant revenue loss, estimated at ₹8,000-10,000 crore annually, due to copyright infringements in branded...
28 Apr, 2025, 10.46 AM IST
Spotify paid $9 billion in royalties in 2023. Here's what fueled the growthSpotify's fourth annual report, which originally launched in 2021 following criticism over its lack of transparency, noted record accomplis...
19 Mar, 2024, 10.31 AM IST
Artistes’ body files insolvency plea against ZEEL claiming Rs 211 crore duesIPRS, which is a non-profit society comprising authors, composers and music publishers, had filed an application under Section 9 of the Ins...
03 Jan, 2023, 12.20 AM IST
FanTiger crosses 50k transactions, enters list of top five NFT projects globallyFanTiger empowers independent artists to build their fan community on the platform and the fans support the artists to launch new music by ...
28 Nov, 2022, 04.43 PM IST
NFT music platform FanTiger raises $5.5 millionFanTiger is a music NFT marketplace providing a platform for creating, buying and selling digital collectibles.
25 May, 2022, 10.22 PM IST
NFT marketplace FanTiger raises $5.5 millionFanTiger is founded by former Gaana CEO, Prashan Agarwal.
25 May, 2022, 07.08 PM IST
Crypto art is not just for art’s sake, it’s investmentArtistes, musicians and art collectors are minting millions with non-fungible token (NFT) art.
16 Mar, 2021, 05.03 PM IST
Crypto-art: It's not just for art’s sake, it’s investmentIf the West has been swooning over non-fungible token (NFT) art, Indian aesthetes too have begun trawling through marketplaces for digital ...
16 Mar, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
- MySpace bids to pay musicians 'lost' royalties of over $14 mn
Social networking site MySpace, which has enabled many artists to launch their careers, is now helping to pay them back millions of dollars...
24 Jan, 2010, 09.51 PM IST
- Mumbai night club Blue Frog makes tunes to jazz up biz
Blue Frog, upmarket night club in Mumbai, is now spreading its wings across the urban Indian music landscape, with an integrated music prod...
17 May, 2008, 12.35 AM IST
- Proactive galleries help artists go places
Galleries are putting thrust on extending support to artists and promoting them in a spectrum of cities. Should artists get royalty? | Art ...
14 Mar, 2008, 05.35 PM IST