AI Music Deals, a Rock Comeback and Country’s Coastal Invasion: Trends That Defined the Music Business in 2025

Record labels' deals with AI music generation platforms bring more questions than answers heading into a crucial 2026.

MTV’s Music-Only Channels Are Officially Going Dark

Many of MTV's last 24-hour music channels around the world are set to stop broadcasting after today, Dec. 31, 2025.

6 Classical-Music Performances We Can’t Wait to Hear in 2026

The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who died in 2023, wrote music of profoundly shadowed seriousness, and her ironically ...
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Tuesday Musical announces 2025-26 season: See the artists set to perform in Akron

CLEVELAND — Some major names in the world of music are set to visit Akron as part of Tuesday Musical's 2025-26 concert series beginning this fall. The 138-year-old performing arts nonprofit's upcoming ...

MTV made it big with music videos. Where does it stand today?

In 1981, The Buggles declared that video killed the radio star. For several decades, MTV became a cultural phenomenon and with it, the music video. (SOUNDBITE OF MICHAEL JACKSON SONG, "THRILLER") ...
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Which was MTV Music’s last song? Popular network’s music channels across the globe officially shut down after 44 years

MTV Music has shut down after 44 years. The network shut down its 24/7 music channels worldwide on January 1, 2026. Along with the popular music channel, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, Nick Music, MTV ...
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Music of Billy Joel Benefit Concert to Include Rufus Wainwright, The War and Treaty, Bettye LaVette, Joy Oladokun and More

The full artist lineup for the Music of Billy Joel benefit concert has been unveiled. Returning to the iconic stage of ...