Universal Music Group division Republic Collective has partnered with Indian music entrepreneur Shivam Malhotra’s US-based enterprise Ziza Inc. to launch Ziza Records. The multi-year joint venture will focus on developing […]
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Post Malone’s Guwahati concert had an economic impact of Rs43 crore
When BookMyShow announced that Guns N’ Roses would be returning to India to play two cities in November, that Bengaluru was one of them was no surprise given that it’s […]
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Lexic launches legal mentorship programme for Indian independent acts
Music lawyer Sandhya Surendran, who runs Lexic, is marking the tenth anniversary of her Bengaluru-based law firm with the launch of Lighthouse, an initiative through which four Indian or Indian-origin […]
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LyricFind integrates video-creation tool into Indian distro service SwaLay
In April, Canadian lyric licensing and data company LyricFind announced the launch of Artist Unlimited, a new subscription tier that allows users to create videos using Rotor. That’s the UK-based […]
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Madverse raises investment round led by Kobalt’s Willard Ahdritz
Delhi-headquartered music distribution, publishing and marketing company Madverse Music Group has closed its first institutional funding round, led by Ahdritz Capital, the investment vehicle of entrepreneur and the founder-chairman of […]
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Everything that happened at Spotify India’s first Equal Day
On 14 May, Mumbai joined nine cities across the world in hosting Spotify’s Equal Day. The event—named after Spotify’s global initiative to fuel equality in the music industry—was held in […]
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Indian artists did win at the 2026 Grammys Awards after all
When the nominations for this year’s Grammy Awards were announced in November 2025, releases by Indian acts made up half of the six nods in the Best Global Music Album […]
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PaRa Music is a new Indian “AI-powered” label — that says it won’t be using AI to create songs
Indian music industry professional and former executive VP at Saregama, Rashna Pochkhanawala, has founded PaRa Music, an “AI-powered” company. But the venture won’t involve AI artists or music. Instead, the […]
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These Indian acts are part of YouTube Music’s Foundry Class of 2026
Four Indian artists have been chosen for this year’s edition of YouTube Music’s annual global artist development programme Foundry. The Indian contingent of the Foundry Class of 2026—which comprises 24 […]
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Producer Abhijit Vaghani launches music institute The Swamp Academy
Music producer Abhijit Vaghani—who recently signed an exclusive global management deal with The Hello Group India—is launching The Songwriting and Music Production (Swamp) Academy. The Mumbai-based music institute, for “the […]
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Amazon Music is getting pricier in India — but will also be available for free
Eight years after it launched in India, Amazon Music is changing the way it does business in the country. The audio-streaming service, which was only available to subscribers of Amazon’s […]
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Regional-language music streaming service Damroo raises investment from HT Media
Indian conglomerate HT Media—the parent company of the Hindustan Times and Hindustan newspapers—has made a strategic investment worth Rs5 crore (approximately $522,000) in Damroo, an audio-streaming service dedicated to Indian […]
